This week I downloaded an app called Robots for IPad. This app is essentially an interactive data base about robotics. It allows the user to browse, learn, and interact with a large data base of information about specific robots. Each page gives information about the robot. For example, the user can look at the cost of making the robot, history of the design and building of the robot, or information about the designer of the robot. The app also integrates videos, pictures, and interactive 3d models of the robots.
The app also provides general background knowledge about robotics. The history of robots, the integration of robots, and the future of robots are discussed. There is also an interesting article about the Uncanny Valley. This is the area of facial structure and shape that is near human but just different enough to make it off-putting. Over all, the app is very informative and easy to use.
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