Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots.
Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer science, robotics focuses on robotic automation algorithms. Other disciplines contributing to robotics include electrical, control, software, information, electronic, telecommunication, computer, mechatronic, and materials engineering.
The goal of most robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Many robots are built to do jobs that are hazardous to people, such as finding survivors in unstable ruins, and exploring space, mines and shipwrecks. Others replace people in jobs that are boring, repetitive, or unpleasant, such as cleaning, m...
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Robot leg, with Air Muscles. Designed and built by David Buckley for The Shadow Robot company Ltd.
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Factory Automation with industrial robots for metal die casting in foundry industry, robotics in met...
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Capuchin climbing robot climbing a vertical artificial climbing wall.
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with Rodney Brooks, founder of Rethink Robotics, and my partners Andreas and Josh.
I learned a cool...
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A computer circuit board.
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This is a source code sample of C++ programming for explaining Window Entry Point.
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The SCORBOT-ER 4u is a robot system designed for educational use.
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A vehicle being developed for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. I took this picture and release it to ...
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Futur en Seine 2012 is a digital festival in Paris, France.
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An icon to represent "global thinking".
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iSplash-II Robotic Fish. A robot fish capable of outperforming real carangiform fish in terms of ave...
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The "Insectothopter", an micro unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the CIA for espionage purposes i...
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First Checker Playing Robot
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A puppet version of Magnus B. Egerstedt, Associate Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology....
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Visualization of entomopter flying on Mars (NASA)
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People icon
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Two spacecraft engineers stand with a group of vehicles providing a comparison of three generations ...
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PIA19664: InSight Lander in Mars-Surface Configuration
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