Robots that can transfer plastic rings. Robots that can toss Frisbees into targets. Robots that can climb, swim, dance, or make music. Robots that can clean up a nuclear plant after a Fukushima-style disaster, sparing human beings the risk of radiation poisoning.
All were on display – or at least were the topic of hopeful discussion – at Monday’s Philly Robotics Expo, a mix of demonstrations, classes, and presentations designed to whet the intellectual appetites of the next generation of robotics engineers and scientists.
Organized by Central High School’s RoboLancers club and sponsored by Drexel University during Philly Tech Week, the show was a chance to witness progress in a field likely to change the world in decades ahead.
Much as children progress from simple language and tasks to complex ones, robotics has developed incrementally, as engineers learn to integrate software, cameras, actuators, and other devices so their creations can navigate terrain and manipulate objects.
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