Modern Robotics

Robotics is the fascinating technology dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots in automating homes, businesses and warfare. This collection of Wikipedia articles presents the current state of robot design and operation. Robotics will achieve its ambitious goal when Artificial Intelligence comes into existence and imbedded into robots. The book presents a wide range of robots, among them vacuum cleaning robot, lawn mower robot, humanoid robots, androids, restaurant robots, welding robots, warehouse robots, automobile assembly line robots, and military robots. Robot related issues are also discusses. For example, what happens to us if robots take all jobs? Chapter titles: Robotics, Robot, Autonomous robot, Mobile robot, Artificial intelligence, History of robots, Science fiction, Three Laws of Robotics, R.U.R., The Terminator, Transhumanism, Industrial robot, Robotic arm, Mobile manipulator, Computer vision, Robot end effector, Unimate, KUKA, Degrees of freedom (mechanics), Automation, Japanese robotics, Domestic robot, Android (robot), Humanoid robot, AIBO, ASIMO, Roomba, Robotic lawn mower, Self-balancing unicycle, Human-robot interaction, Speech recognition, Gesture recognition, Facial expression, Open-source robotics, Evolutionary robotics, Robotics simulator, Cybernetics, Educational robotics, Cognitive robotics, Technological unemployment, Robotic mapping, Vehicular automation, Opportunity (rover), Google driverless car, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Autonomous underwater vehicle, Cloud robotics, Nanorobotics, Biorobotics, Bionics, Amazon Robotics, Military robot, RoboWar, DARPA Grand Challenge, Robot combat, Powered exoskeleton, Unmanned combat aerial vehicle, Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Network-centric warfare, CROWS, Black Knight (vehicle), BigDog, Legged Squad Support System, Metal Gear (weapon), Roboethics, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, Automated restaurant, Agricultural robot, Robot welding, Rescue robot, Harvest Automation, Robot-assisted surgery, Outline of robotics, Glossary of robotics