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The Future of Robotics: How Robots Will Transform Our Lives

  What comes to mind when you hear the word “robot”? Do you picture a metallic humanoid in a spaceship in the distant future? Perhaps you imagine a dystopian future where humanity is enslaved by its robot overlords. Or maybe you think of an automobile assembly line with robot-like machines putting cars together. Whatever you think, one thing is sure: robots are here to stay. Fortunately, it seems likely that robots will be more about doing repetitive or dangerous tasks than seizing supreme executive power. Let’s look at robotics, defining and classifying the term, figuring out the role of  Artificial Intelligence  in the field, the future of robotics, and how robotics will change Robotics is the engineering branch that deals with the conception, design, construction, operation, application, and usage of robots. Digging a little deeper, we see that robots are defined as an automatically operated machine that carries out a series of actions independently and does the work u...

ROBOTICS

What Is Robotics? Robotics is the intersection of science, engineering and technology that produces machines, called robots, that replicate or substitute for human actions. Pop culture has always been fascinated with robots — examples include R2-D2, the Terminator and WALL-E. These over-exaggerated, humanoid concepts of robots usually seem like a caricature of the real thing. But are they more forward thinking than we realize? Robots are gaining intellectual and mechanical capabilities that don’t put the possibility of a R2-D2-like machine out of reach in the future. WHAT IS A ROBOT? A robot is a programmable machine that can complete a task, while the term robotics describes the field of study focused on developing robots and automation. Each robot has a different level of autonomy. These levels range from human-controlled bots that carry out tasks to fully-autonomous bots that perform tasks without any external influences. As technology progresses, so too does the scope of what is co...

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: The Role of AI in Robots

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  It may be obvious, but robotics and artificial intelligence are two very different disciplines. While you can have robots with artificial intelligence, it’s equally possible for robotics to flourish without AI, and indeed most systems currently do. On this page, we’ll explain the differences between robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as exploring areas where AI is used in cutting-edge robotic technology. What is robotics? Robotics is the branch of engineering and computer sciences where machines are built to perform programmed tasks without further human intervention. That’s a pretty broad definition and covers everything from a simple, mechanical arm that assembles cars, all the way to something out of science fiction like Wall-E or Amazon’s upcoming Astro ‘Alexa on wheels’ home robot. Traditionally, robots are used when tasks are either too difficult for humans to perform well (e.g.: the movement of extremely heavy parts on an assembly line), extremely repetitive or ...