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The word robot was first used in 1920 by Czech playwright Karel Chapek. In Slavic languages the word means "hard work". Chapek used it to describe intelligent machines that were able to operate on their own and in doing so relieve humans of hard and harmful work.

To this day it remains the core definition of a robot - a machine, most likely moving or with moving parts, designed to replace a human in dangerous or monotonous operations that is capable of executing a set of actions without constant input from a human.

We also refer to automatic space probes as robots because they are designed to operate in the most extreme environments and can perform many tasks without human input because of constrains of the immense distances in space. Because of great importance of robots to its operation NASA plays an important role in furthering development of robotics via its Robotics Alliance Project.

Today there are many important industries that simply cannot function without robots (semiconductor manufacturing, electronics assembly) and many more that would be severely hampered without robots, such as automobile manufacturing.

A very popular topic, you can find robots discussed at sites like Robotics Industries Association and Robotics Community

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  • Humanoid Robot Works Side by Side With People


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    Tecnalia has committed itself to combining the intelligence of the human being with the characteristics of industrial robotsThe first robots reached the world of industry over 60 years ago. Since then, for security reasons, they have performed their work isolated in cages, and that prevented collaboration between ...
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  • Northeastern University students develop eye controlled robotic arm that’s happy to feed you


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    As an alternative to receiving brain implants for robotic arm dominance assistance, check out this surprisingly cheap eye-tracking solution developed by six electrical engineering students at Northeastern University. Labeled iCRAFT, for eye Con­trolled Robotic Arm Feeding Tech­nology, the award-winning senior ...
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  • Rhythm Robot releases SpecTalk sample library for Kontakt


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    Rhythm Robot has announced SpecTalk, a sampled version of a genuine 1980s computerised speech synthesiser. It creates monotone robot voices, robot sound effects, 8-bit vocal phrases and glitchy stutter effects. It includes a complete phoneme set allowing the user to create any vocal word or phrase imaginable, plus ...
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  • Androidify: Let You Create Your Android Image


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    Androidify very nice allowing the user to build its own Android figure. It is really nice and simple to use suitable for anyone looking for a background image not used to screen his own home or just want to make a robot android own. What I loved it is that you can share the image directly through the app. Download ...
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  • New Robot Cleaner Concept Could Clean Up Oil Spill


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    After many proposed idea of using robots to clean up the oil spill and ocean wastes, here is something that sounds pragmatic. The Bio-cleaner, designed by Hsu Sean, is a new robot cleaner that is dropped off a helicopter into the ocean to fulfil the purpose. Going by the looks the Bio-cleaner resembles the Roomba ...
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  • *REVEALED* Kidrobot Black x Ron English - "America Depress" Art Toy


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    After the many teaser pictures, speculation, and doubts about the next Kidrobot Black figure, we are seeing the full reveal of the next sculpture in their Black line as pop-artist Ron English brings a new 2D painting to life with his upcoming KR Black art figure titled " America Depress ", and according to the ...
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  • Micro Robots could form Army


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  • FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ITALIA (FLL): Campionato a squadre di Robotica amatoriale!


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    Grazie al supporto del Museo Civico di Rovereto (una delle realtà  culturali più interessanti ed eclettiche del nostro paese) finalmente arriva anche in italia la FIRST LEGO LEAGUE: un campionato a squadre tra ragazzi under 16 (niente AFOL in questo caso) che progettano, costruiscono e programmano robot autonomi. ...
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  • Designing Embedded Systems with PIC Microcontrollers, Second Edition: Principles and Applications


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  • BYD Launches the ‘Knight Ryder’ of China talking robot car!


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  • Robots who tidy up your room learning to handle new objects


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