Robotics
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrate ...
is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots. Robotics is related to the
science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
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electronics
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engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
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mechanics
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software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware, hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
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United States
Robots of the United States include simple household robots such as Roomba to sophisticated autonomous aircraft such as the MQ-9 Reaper that cost 18 million dollars per unit. The first industrial robot, robot company and exoskeletons as well as the first dynamically balancing, organic, and nanoscale robots originate from the United States.
Japan
Japan has a long robotics history and high reputation in the robotics area. Approximately 700,000 industrial robots were used all over the world in 1995, of which 500,000 we used only in Japan.
See also
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List of robots
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Robotics in China
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Robotics in Iran
References
External links
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