Branch of Engineering that applies computing to the design of machines that are capable of replacing the human being in some actions
Robotics is that branch within Engineering that deals with the application of information technology to the design and use of machines with the aim that what results from this can somehow replace people in the performance of certain functions or tasks.
In other simpler words, robotics is the science and technology of robots, because it basically deals with the design, manufacture and applications of the robots it creates. In Robotics, several disciplines are combined at the same time, such as mechanics, electronics, artificial intelligence, computer science and control engineering, while also, due to the work it performs, the contribution it receives and extracts is essential. from fields such as algebra, programmable automata, and state machines.
Of course, talking about a total effective replacement of a person by a machine is not possible, especially in some tasks that require human intervention, however, we cannot fail to recognize that the progress that has been achieved in Today this branch of engineering is certainly incredible and many robots are capable of imitating many human actions and impersonating people in some tasks, doing so very effectively.
Electronic machines that are capable of executing movements and actions prior programming in a system
Robots, creations par excellence of this discipline, consist of electronic machines that are capable of executing movements and actions prior programming in a system thereof.
Main uses; medical, military, industrial, commercial
These machines are widely used today at the request of the commercial and industrial fields to carry out exact tasks and of course because they involve cheaper labor than human beings.
They are even used to perform those most unpleasant jobs that human beings refuse to do because they are heavy, dangerous or unbearable. In industrial plants it is common to see a robot move and perform tasks such as assembly, packaging and transfers, among others.
And although there is still much to be discovered and defined, some robot designs are beginning to be used in the field of medicine, more specifically in minor surgeries.
Continuing in the field of health, clinical analysis laboratories have also begun to incorporate these machines with the mission of transferring special materials and biological samples.
There is also a use of the robot at the military level dedicated to humanitarian rescue actions, the machines being of great help in this regard.
And the most optimistic about what a robot is capable of doing already venture that one could be created to deal with the care and assistance of elderly people who demand it because they cannot do it per se, currently there are some that help people with disabilities in some specific actions that they are not capable of carrying out on their own.
Origin of the term
The term Robot reached its first impact in the twenties of the last century, at the request of RUR (Robots Universal Rossum), a science fiction play written by the Czech author Karel Čapek, in which for the first time allusion is made to the robot. robot concept, derived from the Czech term robota, which meant forced labor.
robotics background
Since its beginnings as a discipline and as a fundamental part of Engineering, Robotics has been tirelessly seeking to build artifacts that materialize the human desire to create beings in their likeness to whom they can delegate tasks, jobs or activities that are otherwise heavy and unpleasant to carry out. But and although many do not expect it, since time immemorial, very, very far from computers, there have been a few expressions of robotics. For example, the ancient Egyptians attached mechanical arms to the statues of their gods and argued that the movement of the members was carried out by work and thanks to these, even the Greeks built statues that operated with hydraulic systems, which were used to fascinate the worshipers of the temples.
And also, approximately between the 17th and 18th centuries, in Europe, very ingenious mechanical dolls were built that had some characteristics like those present in robots today. In a constant and tireless test through the centuries and when the entry into the new millennium (2000) was already a fact, the company Honda Motor Co. Ltda. specified Asimo, the first humanoid robot capable of moving bipedally and interact with people.
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