Tag archive for ‘Robotics’
Performance of Robotics and Servo Mechanism
This definition implies that a device can only be called a “robot” if it contains a movable mechanism, influenced by sensing, planning, and actuation and control components. It does not imply that a minimum number of these components must be implemented in software, or be changeable by the “consumer” who uses the device; for example, [...]
Robotics at Your Service
Robots are used extensively for industrial purposes and people are wondering if these innovations will truly ever be accessible to the public. Service robots actually date back to the 1960s when Unimation, a robotics company was established. Even with such a long history, there seems to be a lack of service robots that are geared [...]
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
To be able to create a synthetic being that could do the mundane chores of our every day lives, has been a goal for us humans for not just the last 20 years, or the last century, but as far back as the ancient Greeks. In 350 BC, the Greek mathematician Archytas built a steam [...]
Historical Background and Design of Robotics
Robotics History
Definition of a 'Robot'
First use of the word 'Robot'
First use of the word 'Robotics'
Three Laws of Robotics
The First Robot 'Unimate'
Modern Industrial Robots
Benefits of Robots
Definition of a 'Robot'
According to the Robot Institute of America (1979) a robot is:
«A reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, [...]
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