Robotics is the scientific discipline dedicated to designing, producing and using robots.
The etymological origin of the word robotics can be found in Czech. Specifically, in the union of two terms: robota , which can be defined as "forced labor" and rabota , which is synonymous with "servitude." Similarly, it should be noted that the first time that more or less reference was made to it was in 1920 in the work of the writer Karel Capek entitled "Rossum's Universal Robots."
Robotics is the science and technology involved in the design, manufacture and use of robots . A robot is, on the other hand, a machine that can be programmed to interact with objects and to imitate, in some way, human or animal behavior.
Disciplines related to robotics
Computer science , electronics , mechanics and engineering are just some of the disciplines that come together in robotics. The main goal of robotics is to build devices that work automatically and perform tasks that are difficult or impossible for humans.
Robotics has now evolved by leaps and bounds and has given rise to the development of a series of specialties such as robotic surgery. In this case, the clear objective of robotic surgery is to improve human health and to do so, it carries out a series of very complex surgical interventions that require great precision. Thus, robots eliminate the dangers that come with human interventions.
In this way, it is worth highlighting the existence of a robot called Da Vinci that has become one of the pillars of the aforementioned surgery. It is a device through which operations as important as transoral surgery have been successfully carried out.
Robotics has also succeeded in creating robots that are useful for assisting and helping people with some kind of physical disability. And that is without forgetting the set of robots that are being designed in the military field, for example, to carry out rescue operations.
Thanks to robotics, the scope of space exploration has increased.
Asimov's laws
The writer Isaac Asimov ( 1920-1992 ) is often considered to be the person responsible for the concept of robotics. This author, who specialized in science fiction and scientific dissemination, proposed the Three Laws of Robotics , a kind of regulation that governs the behavior of robots in his fiction books but that, if a similar degree of technological development were achieved, could be applied in future reality. These rules are printed as mathematical formulas in the "positronic paths" of the robot's memory.
The First Law of Robotics states that a robot may not injure a person or allow a person to come to harm through its inaction. The Second Law states that a robot must obey all orders given it by a human being, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law . The Third Law states that a robot must protect its own safety except where doing so would cause problems with the First or Second Law .