Robotics and Servo Mechanism

This definition implies that a tool can only be called a “robot” if it contains a movable mechanism, influenced by sensing, planning, And actuation And control parts. It does not insinuate that a maximum number of these parts must be implemented in program, or be changeable by the “consumer” who makes use of the device; for example, the motion behavior can have been hard-wired in to the tool by the manufacturer.

So, the introduced definition, as well as the remainder of the material in this part of the Book, covers not “pure” robotics or only “intelligent” robots, but the broader domain of robotics And automation. This includes “dumb” robots such as: metal And woodworking machines, “intelligent” washing machines, dish washers And pool cleaning robots, etc. These examples all have sensing, planning And control, but often not in individually separated parts. For example, the sensing And planning behavior of the pool cleaning robot have been integrated in to the mechanical design of the tool, by the intelligence of the human developer.

Robotics is, to a large extent, all about process integration, achieving a task by an actuated mechanical tool, by an “intelligent” integration of parts, plenty of of which it shares with other domains, such as systems And control, computer science, character animation, machine design, computer vision, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, biomechanics, etc. In addition, the boundaries of robotics cannot be clearly defined, since also its “core” ideas, ideas And algorithms are being applied in an ever increasing number of “external” applications, And, vice versa, core expertise from other domains (vision, biology, cognitive science or biomechanics, for example) are becoming crucial parts in increasingly modern robotic systems.

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