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1. What is robotics?

   • Robotics is a part of Engineering and Science. It has to do with the creation and building of robots, as well as computer programming. ... Some robots look like humans, but most just look like machines.

2. What is a robot?

   • A robot is a virtual or mechanical artificial entity. In practice, this is usually an electromechanical system that, by its appearance or its movements, offers the sensation of having its own purpose.
   • Types of robot
     • There are six main types of industrial robots: cartesian, SCARA, cylindrical, delta, polar and vertically articulated. However, there are several additional types of robot configurations. Each of these types offers a different joint configuration. The joints in the arm are referred to as axes.
   • Impact of robotics
   • Robotics classification
   • The architecture of a robot
   • Sensors, controllers, and actuators

3. Where does the word robot come from?

   • The term comes from a Czech word, robota, meaning "forced labor"; the word 'robot' was first used to denote a fictional humanoid in a 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti - Rossum's Universal Robots) by the Czech writer, Karel Čapek but it was Karel's brother Josef Čapek who was the word's true inventor.