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What Is Robotics History of Robotics Scope of Robotics Advantages Disadvantages Applications

This document provides an overview of robotics, including: - A brief history from ancient times to modern day, highlighting key developments - The scope and applications of robotics across industries like automotive, healthcare, agriculture and more - The advantages of robots like increased safety, speed, consistency and productivity as well as the disadvantages like initial costs and potential job losses

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What Is Robotics History of Robotics Scope of Robotics Advantages Disadvantages Applications

This document provides an overview of robotics, including: - A brief history from ancient times to modern day, highlighting key developments - The scope and applications of robotics across industries like automotive, healthcare, agriculture and more - The advantages of robots like increased safety, speed, consistency and productivity as well as the disadvantages like initial costs and potential job losses

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CONTENTS

WHAT IS ROBOTICS
HISTORY OF ROBOTICS
SCOPE OF ROBOTICS
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
APPLICATIONS
• This kind of job is better done by robots than by
humans. Most robots today are used to do
repetitive actions or jobs considered too dangerous
for humans.

• A robot is ideal for going into a building that has a


possible bomb. Robots are also used in factories to
build things like cars, candy bars, and electronics
• Greek philosopher Aristotle made this famous
quote:

• “If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own


accord, could do the work that befits it... then there
would be no need either of apprentices for the
master workers or of slaves for the lords.”

• Around 1495 Leonardo da Vinci sketched plans


for a humanoid robot.
Between 1700 and 1900 a number of life-sized automatons were created
including a famous mechanical duck made by Jacques de Vaucanson that could
crane its neck, flap its wings and even swallow food.

Henry Ford installs the world’s first moving conveyor belt-based assembly line in
his car factory. A Model T can be assembled in 93 minutes.

Karel Capek coins the word ‘robot’ to describe machines that resemble humans
in his play called Rossums Universal Robots. The play was about a society that
became enslaved by the robots that once served them.

This idea is now a common theme in popular culture, ie Frankenstein,


Terminator, The Matrix etc.
The first true robot toy was produced in Japan. The ‘Lilliput’ was a wind-up toy which walked. It was made
from tinplate and stood just 15cm tall.

Alan Turing releases his paper “On Computable Numbers” which begins the computer revolution.

Legendary science fiction writer Isaac Asimov writes the short story ‘Liar!’ in which he describes the Three
Laws of Robotics. His stories were recompiled into the volume “I, Robot” in 1950 – later reproduced as a
movie starring Will Smith.
Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics:

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with
the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second
Law.
Alan Turing proposes a test to determine if a machine truly has the power to think for itself. To pass the test a
machine must be indistinguishable from a human during conversation. It has become known as the ‘Turing Test’.

George Devol and Joe Engleberger design the first programmable robot ‘arm’. This later became the first industrial
robot, completing dangerous and repetitive tasks on an assembly line at General Motors (1962).

The Soviet Union launches ‘Sputnik’, the first artificial orbiting satellite. This marks the beginning of the space race.

The IBM 360 becomes the first computer to be mass-produced.

Stanley Kubrick makes Arthur C. Clark's, 2001: A Space Odyssey into a movie. It features HAL, an onboard
computer that develops a mind of its own.
The U.S. successfully use the latest in computing, robotic and space technology to land
Neil Armstrong on the moon.

The first Star Wars movie is released. George Lucas‘s movie inspires a new generation
of researchers through his image of a human future shared with robots such as the now
famous R2-D2 and C-3PO.

The first LEGO based educational products are put on the market and Honda launches a
project to build a walking humanoid robot.
Sony releases the first version of AIBO, a robotic dog with the ability to learn, entertain and communicate with its
owner. More advanced versions have followed.

Honda debuts ASIMO, the next generation in its series of humanoid robots.

Epsom release the smallest known robot, standing 7cm high and weighing just 10 grams. The robot helicopter is
intended to be used as a ‘flying camera’ during natural disasters.

Researchers at Cornell University build the first self-replicating robot. Each ‘robot’ is made up of a small tower of
computerized cubes which link together through the use of magnets.

After being first introduced in 2002, the popular Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner has sold over 2.5 million units,
proving that there is a strong demand for this type of domestic robotic technology.
• This kind of job is better done by robots than by humans.
Most robots today are used to do repetitive actions or jobs
considered too dangerous for humans.

• A robot is ideal for going into a building that has a possible


bomb. Robots are also used in factories to build things like
cars, candy bars, and electronics
1. Safety

2. Speed 1. Potential Job Losses

3. Consistency 2.Initial Investment Costs

4. Perfection
3.Hiring Skilled Staff

5. Happier Employees

6. Productivity

7. Job Creation
• Automotive industry
• Assembly
• Medical laboratories
• Medicine
• Nuclear energy
• Agriculture
• Spatial explorations
• Underwater inspection
• Customer service
• Arts and entertainment

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