Robotics Programming Quotes

I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.

If you build a robot, you're welding, machining sculpting, casting, dealing with electronics and hydraulics.

Robots already perform many functions, from making cars to defusing bombs - or, more menacingly, firing missiles. Children and adults play with toy robots, while vacuum-cleaning robots are sucking up dirt in a growing number of homes and - as evidenced by YouTube videos - entertaining cats.

The other one I did was 'I, Robot.' I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world.

It's fun to work the robotic arm in part because it's really a team effort.

Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds keeps biting robot developers.

Have you seen these Japanese hospital droids, or humanoids, or whatever they call it? They've perfected the skin, and the skin looks so real. They have these motors between the eyes for when they smile. It's just mind-blowing.

Shortly afterwards, I did a third one to repair the robotic arm of the station. This arm plays a very important role in the ongoing expansion of the station as well as in the deployment of solar panels.

I won a robotics championship when I was 13.

Don't expect to be able to upload your cat's brain into your Roomba any time soon.

When I started Battle Bots in 1999, the guy sitting next to me was a high school teacher with no robotics experience at all. There were special effects guys, engineers, software guys who just wrote code - all kinds of people who had a desire to build something. And they would do it in their garages or even their kitchens.

I'll be the person using the shuttle robotic arm.