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History and Definition of Robots

Handling operations occur in practically all production processes. At first they were carried out manually, but then the development of hardware components made it possible to relieve people from the necessity of handling heavy loads.

From this standpoint the industrial robot is not something supernatural. It is only the most perfect form of the technique used in handling processes. Their purpose is not only to substitute or imitate manual actions of human beings, but also to perform production processes more quickly and better than a man.

Robots fill the gap between special-purpose automation and human endeavour. They have demonstrated an ability to perform work that requires simple repetitive motions and, therefore, can relieve human operators from hazardous or monotonous tasks.

Terms like "teachable" and "programme-controlled" often are applied to robots. However, robots are best understood in terms of their real capabilities. Essentially, they are "off-the-shelf automation. It's the robot's ability to be easily taught or reprogrammed that distinguishes it from other types of automated handling equipment.

Robot is one of the very few Slav words (in this case Czech) borrowed in the different languages. It comes from the Old Slav word "robu", which means a servant. In modern Slav, the word "robotnik" means workman and is linked to the Russian word for work "robota".

1. Divide the text into the logical parts and give a title to each one.

2. Look through the text again. Give the main points of each passage of the text: Use: ''deals with" + word combinations given below.

E.g. The first (second, third, fourth ...) passage of the text deals with ...

The robot's abilities, the terms applied to robots, the aim of the robot's application, the functions of the robot, the history of the word "robot".

3. Discuss it with your groupmates.

Unit 2

Text Study. Classification of Robots.

Additional Text: Man/Machine Interfax.

Grammar. Direct, Indirect Speech.

Text Study

I. Pre-reading Exercises

1. Repeat the words in chorus:

Configuration, continuous-path, pneumatic, manipulator, angular, moulding, microprocessor-controlled, tool-handling.

2. While reading the text you will come across a number of international words. Try to guess what Ukrainian words they remind of you:

Electromechanical, number, position, to operate, typical, hydraulic, system, control, cylindrical, spherical, plastic, stamping, press, abrasive, sensor.

3. Pay attention to some grammatical points:

1) The "multi-point" PTP robot permits the control to stop each axis or manipulator at any point within its total range, rather that at only two, or a few, points. 2) CP robots operate, in theory, in an infinite number of points in space, than, when jointed, describe a smooth compound curve. 3) The simplest of the above mentioned robots are those operated by pneumatics with fixed cycle control. 4) Industrial robots are being used for a wide variety of tasks in factories, shops and foundries around the world.