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The typical industrial robot follows a predetermined sequence of actions, such as welding car parts together on an assembly line. Robots that use rules to make adjustments of their motion have only recently been developed. | The typical industrial robot follows a predetermined sequence of actions, such as welding car parts together on an assembly line. Robots that use rules to make adjustments of their motion have only recently been developed. | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* Arrick, Roger, and Nancy Stevenson. ''Robot Building for Dummies'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Building-Dummies-Roger-Arrick/dp/0764540696/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257895603&sr=1-15 excerpt and text search] | * Arrick, Roger, and Nancy Stevenson. ''Robot Building for Dummies'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Building-Dummies-Roger-Arrick/dp/0764540696/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257895603&sr=1-15 excerpt and text search] | ||
Revision as of 15:26, January 18, 2010
A robot is a programmable machine with many functions, such as building automobiles or cleaning floors (as is the case with the Roomba). In science fiction, robots often are servants to the sentients of that galaxy.
Isaac Asimov popularized the notion of robots as faithful human servants with his "Three laws of robotics". The term robot achieved currency when Czech playwright Karel Capek published R.U.R. ("Rossum's Universal Robots")[1]
The typical industrial robot follows a predetermined sequence of actions, such as welding car parts together on an assembly line. Robots that use rules to make adjustments of their motion have only recently been developed.
Engineers studying the human gait have developed a walking robot.[2]
Further reading
- Arrick, Roger, and Nancy Stevenson. Robot Building for Dummies (2003) excerpt and text search
- Cook, David. Robot Building for Beginners (2002) excerpt and text search
- Launius, Roger D. and Howard E. McCurdy. Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel (2008)
Notes
- ↑ Capek got the term robot from his older brother, Josef Capek. Who did actually invent the word "robot" and what does it mean?
- ↑ Teams Build Robots That Walk Like Humans