From the course: Digital Technologies Case Studies: AI, IOT, Robotics, Blockchain
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A brief primer on robotics
From the course: Digital Technologies Case Studies: AI, IOT, Robotics, Blockchain
A brief primer on robotics
- Robotics refers to the technology behind robots. That is, machines that are programmable by a computer and which can carry out a complex series of actions automatically. Technically, the term robot can be applied to physical machines such as a drone or purely digital ones such as a voice assistant on a smart phone. In common usage, however, we associate the term robot with physical machines, and the shorter term, bot, with purely digital ones. In this course, we will focus only on physical robots. Robots are evolving rapidly in terms of both their physical dexterity as well as intelligence. This evolution is being propelled by a combination of developments in both hardware technology, as well as artificial intelligence. Robots can vary widely in terms of the degree of their autonomy. Some of the earliest robots in factories, such as an automotive assembly plant, were not capable for much, if any, autonomy.…
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