This document defines robotics as programmable, automatic industrial machines. It discusses the history of robots from the first use of the word "robot" in 1942 to describe automatons, to the first actual robot called Unimate being produced in 1956. The document also lists some key advantages and disadvantages of robots, such as improving production but also reducing job opportunities for humans. It suggests robots will play an increasing role in the future to bring more convenience to everyday life.

1. Zhuoyu Jin Joyce
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2. CONTENT
 Definition of Robotics
 History of robots
 Advantages and disadvantages
 Future

3. WHAT IS ROBOTICS
 Programmable, automatic industrial machines
(Kirkpatrick,2013)
 Type of robots
Automatic Sweeper Automatic Car
Space Detector Bomb Detector

4. HISTORY
 ‘ROBOT’ was from Czech word.
 ‘ROBOTICS’ was first used in Runaround in 1942 by
Isaac Asimov.
 The first robot called Unimate was produced in 1956.

5. Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages Disadvantages
Improve effectiveness of production
without any pay.
Bring risk for people & spend extra
money in repairing them.
Replace humans in doing lots of hard
and risky work. (detectors)
Reduce job opportunities to people &
communication time.
Bring convenience for people.
(housework robots)
Environmental issues.
(heavy metals)

6. Future
http://youtu.be/sUsjW1gdPnY

8. References
 Kirkpatrick, K. (2013). Legal issues with robots.
Communication of the ACM, 56(11), 17-19.
 Communications of the ACM. (2012). 55(5), 12-13.
 BBC News. (2014). Softbank unveils ‘human-like’ robot
pepper. BBC News Technology.
 http://www.slideshare.net/vundavallishreya

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