BEAMBOTS

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What is a Robot?

“A robot is a machine that gathers information about its environment and uses that information to follow instructions to do some sort of work. " (2000, The Tech Museum of Innovation

What are robots used for?

Jobs that ore too tedious for humans
Mechanical assembly
Jobs that are too dangerous for humans
Study deep sea
Study volcanoes
Study outer space

Three Laws of BEAMBots

A robot must protect its existence at all costs.
A robot must obtain and maintain access to its own power source.
A robot must continually search for better power sources.


Capacitors store energy!


Solar cell does not produce enough energy to power the motor
Energy has to be stored in the capacitor until there is enough to power the motor