Nearly Two decades back when Hollywood released movies like ‘Robocops’ and ‘Terminator 2 Judgement Day’, the word robotics was not so familiar in India. However, thanks to globalization which opened the knowledge window and the technological development which brings the world on your desktop, the term is no longer alien to any one of us and even 21st century kids are also not completely unaware of the same.
The term was coined by Karel Capek who invented the word ‘robot’ back in 1921 in a play entitled ‘R.U.R.’ or ‘Rossum's Universal Robots’. It comes from the Czech word ‘robota' or ‘robotnik’ which means work, forced labor, servitude, or drudgery and was used for machines which were modeled after humans but with tremendous abilities and no common human failings.
Today, the word ‘robot’ more typically refers to any reprogrammable, multifunctional machine that is designed to move material, parts, tools or devices through pre-programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks, many of which are normally performed by humans.
To create a new genre of youngsters with an inbuilt engineering mind Gemini Training and Staffing Pvt Ltd has launched a new venture Robokidz. The mission is to mould and prepare the young minds with the Designing, building, and programming robots to creatively explore computer programming, mechanical design, physics, mathematics, motion, environmental factors, problem solving, and group collaboration.
To understand how does robots sense, think, and act as well as the uses and limitations of working robots, Robokidz organizes various Robo exhibitions as part of a classroom robotics curriculum. By engaging in these activities, students will be encouraged to question their notions about robots and explore some of the science behind robotic operations. • Super Sleuth
• Can a Robot Tie Your Shoes?
• Design a Robot?
• Robot Factory
• Digital Codes
• Mobile Robots: Moving About
• Mobile Robots: Keeping the Balance
• Mobile Robots: Controlling the Action
An automatic device which is capable of performing many complex tasks with seemingly human intelligence is known as intelligent robots.
Intelligent robots are used mainly in heavy industrial environment involving high degree of manual work, in space missions, studying geographic contours where it is humanly impossible to venture into, in critical neural operations and many more complex activities.
To increase more awareness among the youngsters Robokidz introduced the concept of various Robo-exhibition wherein many competitions are organized to involve games like Robo Scoocer, Robo Race to inspire the kids.
