Robot meaning (what is it, concept and definition)

What is Robot:

Robot is an electromechanical machine developed to help with the tasks or activities for which they were programmed.

The word robot was first used by the Czech science fiction writer Karel Čapek (1890-1938) in his play RUR, an acronym which translated into Spanish means "Universal Robots of Rossum".

The word robot derives from the ancient Slavic robota which referred to "servitude". The word robota derives in turn from the Slavic word rabu which expresses "slave".

Today, the word robot refers to the machine whose computer programs will determine the function and type of intelligence it will have. The word is used shortened bot to refer specifically to programs that help perform some task in the computer area as bots antivirus, bots to send emails, or new applications compounds bots .

The robotics is the science and technology to build robots. Formerly it was part of mechanical engineering but thanks to current technological advances it has separated from mechanics to get closer to computer engineering.

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Types of robots

Robots can be classified by their degree of autonomy, purpose, function, anatomy, design methodology, or type of intelligence. The most generalized classification of the types of robots that exist use a mixed classification with an emphasis on their function, design and anatomy:

• Android robots: are those that imitate human movements and forms. They are the favorite robots for the development of artificial intelligence or automata. Example: cyborg. Industrial robots: they are electronic and mechanical gadgets manufactured to help man in repetitive tasks of handling and manufacturing. Example: industrial articulated arm. Telerobots: They are remotely controlled by a human being. Example: drones.Mobile robots: they have great movement capacity and are equipped with sensors to avoid collisions. Example: rovers. Medical robots: they are created for the health area. Example: drug rehabilitation and storage robots. Polyarticulated robots: they are multifaceted and their functions depend on their programming. All of the above can be classified as multi-jointed robots if they have more than one movement.

The classification according to the shape, anatomy or design methodology of the robot is as follows:

• Humanoid: it is the simile of the androids or cyborgs although the degree or type of intelligence of the machine is not determined. Zoomorphic: it takes the form of an animal for its locomotion. In this case the humanoid robot would also be considered a zoomorphic robot. Dynamic biped: it uses two legs to move and it does it autonomously. Static biped: it differs from the dynamic one due to its lack of autonomy to walk. It needs to process each movement being its slowest and most "robotic" movement. Segway: they use two parallel wheels to move. The wheels are called segway wheels. Rover: they are used to explore territories of different nature and are characterized by having wheels or caterpillars to move through certain terrains. Example: NASA Astrologers Rovers sent for the exploration of Mars. Nicknames: mimic the behavior of snakes and worms.

See also Cyborg.