This week in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of his presidency, the Boy Scouts of America pays tribute to the late President Gerald R. Ford Jr. President Ford is the only president to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. âI have not sought this enormous responsibility, but I will not shirk it â¦ I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.â. âPresident Gerald R. Ford (1913â2006).
An industrial robot is a manipulator designed to move materials, parts and tools, and perform a variety of programmed tasks in manufacturing and production settings. Industrial robots are reshaping the manufacturing industry. They are often used to perform duties that are dangerous or unsuitable for human workers.
The quadrupedal military robot Cheetah, an evolution of BigDog (pictured), was clocked as the world's fastest legged robot in 2012, beating the record set by an MIT bipedal robot in 1989. A robot is a machineâespecially one programmable by a computerâ capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. Robots can be guided by an external control device or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed to take on human form but most robots are machines designed to perform a task with no regard to how they look. Robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous and range from humanoids such as Honda's Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility and TOSY's ...