Understanding Robotics: The Science of Robots 🤖

Robotics, as the name suggests, is the science and study of robots.<br />The term robot comes from the Czech word ‘Robota’ meaning ‘forced labour’ which was coined by Karel Capek in 1921.<br />Robots, as by what comes first to the mind, are man-made computerised machines which performs tasks on human commands or by themselves and seek to make work easier for human beings.<br />A robot is an integrated system made up of sensors, manipulators, control systems, power supplies and a software, which work co-dependently in order to perform a task.<br />The study of robot therefore requires a multidisplinary approach which includes subjects like science, physics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering,<br />structural engineering, mathematics, computing as well as biology, chemistry and medicine may also be involved.<br />Making of robots has never been an easy task and not all machines can be classified as robots.<br />There are certain characteristics that makes a machine to be called as a robot.