Robotics is the study of robots. Robots are machines that can be used to do jobs. Some robots can do work by themselves. Other robots must always have a person telling them what to do.
2. What is Robotics
Roboticists develop man-made mechanical devices that
can move by themselves, whose motion must be
modelled, planned, sensed, actuated and controlled, and
whose motion behaviour can be influenced by
“programming”. Robots are called “intelligent” if they
succeed in moving in safe interaction with an
unstructured environment, while autonomously
achieving their specified tasks
3. Definition of a 'Robot'
An automatic device that performs functions normally ascribed to
humans or a machine in the form of a human."
4. First use of the word 'Robotics'
The word 'robotics' was first used in Runaround, a short story published in
1942, by Isaac Asimov (born Jan. 2, 1920, died Apr. 6, 1992). I, Robot, a
collection of several of these stories, was published in 1950.
One of the first robots Asimov wrote about was a robotherapist. A modern
counterpart to Asimov's fictional character is Eliza. Eliza was born in 1966 by a
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Joseph Weizenbaum who
wrote Eliza -- a computer program for the study of natural language
communication between man and machine.
5. Robotics Technology
Most industrial robots have at least the following five parts:
Sensors, Effectors, Actuators, Controllers, and common effectors
known as Arms.
Many other robots also have Artificial Intelligence and effectors that
help it achieve Mobility.
This section discusses the basic technologies of a robot.
