Application and Types of Robots

APPLICATIONS AND TYPES OF ROBOT
By: Phineas and Ferb

Robotics - is the engineering science and technology which involves the conception, design, operation and
manufacture of robots. Electronics, mechanics and software are brought together by robotics.
Applications:
1. Outer Space Application - Robots are playing a very important role for outer space exploration. The robotic
unmanned spacecraft is used as the key of exploring the stars, planets...etc.
2. Military Applications - unmanned aerial vehicles like the Predator drone, which are capable of taking
surveillance photographs, and even accurately launching missiles at ground targets, without a pilot.
3. Intelligent Home Application - Door and windows can be opened automatically and appliances such as
lighting and air conditioning can be pre programmed to activate.
4. Industry - Robotic arms which are able to perform multiple tasks such as welding, cutting, lifting, sorting and
bending are used in fabrics.
5. Health Service - will enable nurses to lift patients without damaging their backs. Scientists in Japan have
developed a power-assisted suit which will give nurses the extra muscle they need to lift their patients - and avoid
back injuries.
Types:
1. Aerospace: This is a broad category. It includes all sorts of flying robots—the SmartBird robotic seagull and
the Raven surveillance drone, for example—but also robots that can operate in space, such as Mars rovers and
NASA's Robonaut, the humanoid that flew to the International Space Station and is now back on Earth.
2. Consumer: Consumer robots are robots you can buy and use just for fun or to help you with tasks and chores.
Examples are the robot dog Aibo, the Roomba vacuum, AI-powered robot assistants, and a growing variety of
robotic toys and kits.
3. Disaster Response: These robots perform dangerous jobs like searching for survivors in the aftermath of an
emergency. For example, after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, Packbots were used to inspect
damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.
4. Drones: Also called unmanned aerial vehicles, drones come in different sizes and have different levels of
autonomy. Examples include DJI’s popular Phantom series and Parrot’s Anafi, as well as military systems like
Global Hawk, used for long-duration surveillance.
5. Education: This broad category is aimed at the next generation of roboticists, for use at home or in classrooms.
It includes hands-on programmable sets from Lego, 3D printers with lesson plans, and even teacher robots like
EMYS.
6. Entertainment: These robots are designed to evoke an emotional response and make us laugh or feel surprise
or in awe. Among them are robot comedian RoboThespian, Disney’s theme park robots like Navi Shaman, and
musically inclined bots like Partner.
7. Exoskeletons: Robotic exoskeletons can be used for physical rehabilitation and for enabling a paralyzed patient
walk again. Some have industrial or military applications, by giving the wearer added mobility, endurance, or
capacity to carry heavy loads.
8. Humanoids: This is probably the type of robot that most people think of when they think of a robot. Examples
of humanoid robots include Honda’s Asimo, which has a mechanical appearance, and also androids like the
Geminoid series, which are designed to look like people.
9. Industrial: The traditional industrial robot consists of a manipulator arm designed to perform repetitive tasks.
An example is the Unimate, the grandfather of all factory robots. This category includes also systems like
Amazon's warehouse robots and collaborative factory robots that can operate alongside human workers.
10. Medical: Medical and health-care robots include systems such as the da Vinci surgical robot and bionic
prostheses, as well as robotic exoskeletons. A system that may fit in this category but is not a robot is Watson,
the IBM question-answering supercomputer, which has been used in healthcare applications.
11. Military & Security: Military robots include ground systems like Endeavor Robotics' PackBot, used in Iraq
and Afghanistan to scout for improvised explosive devices, and BigDog, designed to assist troops in carrying
heavy gear. Security robots include autonomous mobile systems such as Cobalt.
12. Research: The vast majority of today’s robots are born in universities and corporate research labs. Though
these robots may be able to do useful things, they’re primarily intended to help researchers do, well, research. So
although some robots may fit other categories described here, they can also be called research robots.
13. Self-Driving Cars: Many robots can drive themselves around, and an increasing number of them can now
drive you around. Early autonomous vehicles include the ones built for DARPA’s autonomous-vehicle
competitions and also Google’s pioneering self-driving Toyota Prius, later spun out to form Waymo.
14. Telepresence: Telepresence robots allow you to be present at a place without actually going there. You log
on to a robot avatar via the internet and drive it around, seeing what it sees, and talking with people. Workers can
use it to collaborate with colleagues at a distant office, and doctors can use it to check on patients.
15. Underwater: The favorite place for these robots is in the water. They consist of deep-sea submersibles like
Aquanaut, diving humanoids like Ocean One, and bio-inspired systems like the ACM-R5H snakebot.

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