Robotics


 * __Task 1__** create a series of interview questions that could be used to conduct an interview with a robot inventor about their robot.

Interview with Leonardo Da Vinci **__ Interviewed by Santina Amendolia __** **Santina:** good morning Mr Da Vinci **Santina:** what was the aim for doing this?
 * Leonardo:** morning
 * Santina:** so, you’re known to be the creator of the first robot, correct?
 * Leonardo:** yes, the idea came to me in a dream. The robot looked like a knight in appearance wearing the traditional at the time, Italian-German armour.
 * Santina:** so it came to you in a dream? Wow, interesting. Did you end up making this kind of robot?
 * Leonardo:** yes I did, because I wanted to prove to myself that a human being body could be imitated. I also built it for showcase in working mode at parties for one of his paintings //Lodovico Sforz. //
 * Leonardo:** the aim was to send the party members into amazement with the ability of his theatrics. I’m guessing that my robot was the highlight of the party with me at the helm of the crank powering the robot to move.
 * Santina:** interesting. So I’ve heard you studied anatomy and kinaesthetics in Florence, is this correct?
 * Leonardo: ** yes I went to Florence to study the anatomy and kinaesthetics to design the robot. My creation was an extension to my hypothesis that the human body is a machine in structure and its movement could be imitated with use of engineering machine parts such as levers and pulleys.
 * Santina: ** so what could the robot actually do?
 * Leonardo: ** when I built the robot in 1495, it could walk, stand and sit, open and close its mouth and raise its arms.
 * Santina: ** could the robot move its head at all?
 * Leonardo: ** yes it could. Side to side, which it did also with the use of a flexible neck. The robot is noted to have a jaw anatomically correct.
 * Santina: ** that’s really cool. Now, how did you make it work?
 * Leonardo: **the robot was composed of two working structures. Firstly there was four-factor system that controls the hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders. Secondly, there is a tri-factor system, which controls the hips, knees and ankles. Then we go to the chest where it contains means of power and controlling the four-factor system, which in turn moves the arms. I say the chest is programmable in an analogue format. Now the lower body and hence the tri-factor system is powered by a crank via a cable which in turn is connected to all the component parts of the leg.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Santina: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Wow that sounds like a lot of work and smart thinking.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Leonardo: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> well yes it was.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Santina: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> I heard you spent some time with Mark Rosheim
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Leonardo: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> yes, we did spend a lot of work together as he was interested in the replicate the correct movement of muscles and joints in light of those Robot scientists had not been able to solve the issue.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Santina: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> so Mark helped with the making of the robot?
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Leonardo: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> yes, he did. And he was a great help and took some weight off my shoulders.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Santina: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">well thank you Mr. Da Vinci, I’m sure the audience will ask a few questions now.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Leonardo: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> thank you Miss Santina Amendolia.

__Task 2__ contruct an image collage, (using paint, piknik [] or piklr [] ) depicting robots throughout history.