robotics

robotics

All scientific and industrial fields related to the design and realization of robots. Unlike the computer term, forged from scratch in France, robotics comes from the English robotics, imagined by the novelist Isaac Asimov and popularized by a book published in 1942, (Runaround) in which he describes the "three laws of robotics ".
In the industrial field, robotics produces PLCs that perform precise functions on assembly lines. Robotics also produces machines capable of moving in different environments: dangerous (polluted, radioactive ...), aerial, submarine, space ... In addition to industry, robotics now concerns scientific research, space exploration and military defense or law enforcement activities. It is also of interest to the medical sector, for prostheses, assistance to surgeons or nurses.
Robotics has also recently extended to the mass market with autonomous machines to ensure certain functions alone (vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers ...) or for fun activities (companion robots, toy robots ...).