This document provides an introduction to robotics, including: - A brief history of robotics from early mythology to modern times, highlighting milestones like Karel Capek coining the term "robot" in 1921. - Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics from 1941 which aimed to ensure the beneficial development of robots. - An overview of the main components and applications of industrial robots today like picking/placing, machining, painting/gluing, and assembling. - Examples of service robots like humanoids, medical robots, domestic robots, security robots, androids, exoskeletons, military robots, and mobile robots.