2. What is Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology
that deals with the
design, construction, operation, struct
ural disposition, manufacture and
application of robots.
Robotics is related to the sciences of
electronics, engineering, mechanics, a
nd software.
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3. Etymology
The word robotics was derived from
the word robot, which was introduced
to the public by Czech writer Karel
Čapek in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's
Universal Robots), which premiered in
1921.
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4. Ancient beginnings
In ancient China, a curious account on
automata is found in the Lie Zi
text, written in the 3rd century BC.
Within it there is a description of a
much earlier encounter between King
Mu of Zhou (1023-957 BC) and a
mechanical engineer known as Yan
Shi, an 'artificer'. The latter proudly
presented the king with a life-
size, human-shaped figure of his
mechanical handiwork
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5. 500 to 1500
5Al-Jazari's programmable humanoid robots
One of the first recorded designs
of a humanoid robot was made by
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) in
around 1495.
which was able to sit up, wave
its arms and move its head and
jaw.
6. 1500 to 1800
Between 1500 and 1800, many
automatons were built including ones
capable of acting, drawing, flying, and
playing music
several mechanical calculators were
also built in this time period, some of
the most famous ones are Wilhelm
Schickard's "Calculating Clock", Blaise
Pascal's "Pascaline", and the "Liebniz
Stepped Drum", by Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz.
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7. Inventions
John Kay invented his "flying shuttle"
in 1733
the "Spinning Jenny" was invented in
1764 by James Hargreaves
Samuel Crompton's Spinning Mule
first developed in 1779 is a fully
automated power driven spinning
machine capable of spinning hundreds
of threads at once.
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