Cybernetics may not be a term you are familiar with, but its products are all around us the car in the driveway, the inner workings of your tv set, even componentry of your lap top computer. Cybernetics, you see, is that branch of science which deals with control mechanisms and the transmission of information, both in living things and in machines. The internal system works by giving commands, feeding back information on progress, and controlling by adjustment as necessary. In factories, it is seen as the mechanical arm picking up and transporting parts and materials for assembly. They utilise self regulating machines robots to do their work.
Robots employ the same principles of command, feedback and control that animals do.
They enable the robot to regulate it s own activity. The word robot originates from the Czech word for forced labor. True to this name, most robots are designed to alleviate the work load of humans. They are equipped with computers through which they can be programmed for a number of jobs. They basically function according to an inbuilt control system with the elements of command, feedback and control.