Robotics

• A robot is also called a droid
• is a machine especially one programmable by a computer, capable 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, robots are machines designed to perform a task regardless to how they look
• robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous
• sensing - to be able to sense its sorroundings
• movement - to be able to move around its environment
• energy - to be able to have power
• intelligence - a robot needs some kind of "smarts"
• robots obtain information from its environment
• robots exhibit a degree of intelligence
• robots manipulate objects
• industrial robots - help simplify production task

  1. logistics, like storage and delivery
  2. manufacturing, such a welding and packaging
• service robots - assist humans in their tasks

  1. medical, those used in surgery
  2. home, those that help do chores like vacuum cleaners
  3. education, those used to to teach programming
  4. defense, those used by the military like observation drone