What Actually The Robotics is?

Robotics is the study of science and technology that associated with the design, fabrication, operation, structural deposition, theory and application of robots. While other fields contribute the mathematics, the techniques, and the components, robotics creates the magical end product. Robotics consists in the science of electronics, mechanics, mechatronics and software. Mechatronics is the area of knowledge and practice interfacing mechanical, electronics and software engineering whereas Robotics is a subset of mechatronics, which involves automated machinery and components that move.

Robotics is the confluence science using the continuing advancement of Mechanical Engineering, material science, sensors,  abrication, manufacturing techniques, and advanced algorithms. Perception algorithms process the sensor inputs, a control program decides how the robot should behave given its goals and current circumstances, and commands are sent to the motors to make the robot act in the world. The study and practice of robotics will expose a dabbler or professional to hundreds of different venue of study. For some, the romanticism of robotics brings forth an almost magical curiosity of the world leading to creation of amazing machines. A journey of a lifetime awaits in robotics. The practical applications of robots drive development of robotics and drives advancements in other sciences in turn.

The first deployed robots were in structured environments such as automobile assembly lines in the 1950’s. At that time, computation and sensors were both very expensive, so the environments for robots were specially constructed so that robots could effectively operate with little sensing or computation. Today’s manufacturing robots still follow this approach and so manufacturing robots are only used in industries where the overhead of building the necessary special environments can be absorbed. This restricts them to factories that produce very expensive objects such as automobiles or silicon wafers, or very high volumes of unchanging products over many years, such as disposable medical devices.

Since the 1970’s, most research in robotics has been targeted at extending robot capabilities to unstructured environments – environments not prepared specially for them. Early attempts concentrated on navigation, both indoors and outdoors, and the 1997 Mars rover Sojourner was the first major deployed success. Today, the commercial and industrial robots are widespread and used to perform jobs more cheaply, or more accurately and reliably, than humans. They are also employed in jobs which are too dirty, dangerous, or dull to be suitable for humans. Robots are widely used in manufacturing, assembly, packing and packaging, transport, earth and space exploration, surgery, weaponry, laboratory research, safety, and the mass production of consumer and industrial goods. They are also used in the fields of nuclear science, sea exploration, servicing of transmission signals and bio-medical equipment design.

 

Components/Parts:-
Actuator: a mechanical device for moving or controlling something
Algorithm: a procedure for solving a problem, especially in mathematics or computing
Assembly Line: an arrangement of machines, equipment, and workers in which work passes from operation to operation in direct line until the product is assembled
Automation: an apparatus, a process, or a system operate automatically
Design: to create, fashion, or execute according to a plan
Kinematics: a science that deals with motion apart from considerations of mass and force
Mechatronics: combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, and software engineering
Prototype: an orignal model for a new design
Robot: a device that automatically performs complicated, often repetitive tasks
Robotics: a technology dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots in automation.
Service Robot: assists human beings, typically by performing a job that is dirty, dull, distant or dangerous. Service robots typically are autonomous and/or operated by a build in control system, with manual override options
Industrial Robotics: the study, design, and use of robot systems for manufacturing