Robot | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-06

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot


00:03:53 1 Summary
00:04:53 2 History
00:05:38 2.1 Early beginnings
00:09:58 2.2 Remote-controlled systems
00:11:28 2.3 Origin of the term 'robot'
00:12:55 2.4 Early robots
00:14:28 2.5 Modern autonomous robots
00:17:19 3 Future development and trends
00:20:17 3.1 New functionalities and prototypes
00:22:07 4 Etymology
00:25:27 5 Modern robots
00:25:36 5.1 Mobile robot
00:27:00 5.2 Industrial robots (manipulating)
00:28:00 5.3 Service robot
00:28:38 5.4 Educational robot
00:29:51 5.5 Modular robot
00:32:54 5.6 Collaborative robots
00:34:09 6 Robots in society
00:34:38 6.1 Autonomy and ethical questions
00:36:53 6.2 Military robots
00:38:26 6.3 Relationship to unemployment
00:39:47 7 Contemporary uses
00:40:36 7.1 General-purpose autonomous robots
00:41:59 7.2 Factory robots
00:42:08 7.2.1 Car production
00:42:43 7.2.2 Packaging
00:43:07 7.2.3 Electronics
00:43:43 7.2.4 Automated guided vehicles (AGVs)
00:44:07 7.2.4.1 Early AGV-style robots
00:44:44 7.2.4.2 Interim AGV technologies
00:45:23 7.2.4.3 Intelligent AGVs (i-AGVs)
00:46:37 7.3 Dirty, dangerous, dull or inaccessible tasks
00:47:09 7.3.1 Space probes
00:47:38 7.3.2 Telerobots
00:49:12 7.3.3 Automated fruit harvesting machines
00:49:29 7.3.4 Domestic robots
00:49:55 7.4 Military robots
00:51:48 7.5 Mining robots
00:53:28 7.6 Healthcare
00:53:51 7.6.1 Home automation for the elderly and disabled
00:54:56 7.6.2 Pharmacies
00:57:20 7.7 Research robots
00:58:02 7.7.1 Bionic and biomimetic robots
00:58:24 7.7.2 Nanorobots
00:59:36 7.7.3 Reconfigurable robots
01:00:11 7.7.4 Soft-bodied robots
01:00:34 7.7.5 Swarm robots
01:01:43 7.7.6 Haptic interface robots
01:02:21 8 Robots in popular culture
01:02:31 8.1 Literature
01:05:26 8.2 Films
01:05:46 8.3 Sex robots
01:06:15 8.4 Problems depicted in popular culture
01:08:07 9 See also
01:08:26 9.1 Specific robotics concepts
01:08:51 9.2 Robotics methods and categories
01:09:18 9.3 Specific robots and devices



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A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer— capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. Robots can be guided by an external control device or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed on the lines of human form, but most robots are machines designed to perform a task with no regard to how they look.
Robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous and range from humanoids such as Honda's Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility (ASIMO) and TOSY's TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot (TOPIO) to industrial robots, medical operating robots, patient assist robots, dog therapy robots, collectively programmed swarm robots, UAV drones such as General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and even microscopic nano robots. By mimicking a lifelike appearance or automating movements, a robot may convey a sense of intelligence or thought of its own. Autonomous things are expected to proliferate in the coming decade, with home robotics and the autonomous car as some of the main drivers.The branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing is robotics. These technologies deal with automated machines that can take the place of humans in dangerous environments or manufacturing processes, or resemble humans in appearance, behavior, or cognition. Many of today's robots are inspired by nature contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics. These robots have also created a newer branch of robotics: soft robotics.
From the time of ancient civilization there have been many accounts of user-configurable automated devices and even automata resembling animals and humans, designed primarily as entertainment. As mechanical techniq ...