Evolution of Robots and Laws of Robotics — Flashcards

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Robotics is the field of engineering that deals with the creation, design, production, and use of robots. It also includes computer systems that control robots, give them sensory feedback, and help th…

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A robot is made up of sensors, actuators, a brain or microprocessor, and communication tools. Sensors help it detect the environment, actuators help it move, the microprocessor helps it think and cont…

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Aristotle made a famous statement in 320 BC about tools that could work on their own. His idea was that if tools could do their work by themselves, there would be no need for apprentices or slaves. Th…

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Around 1495, Leonardo da Vinci sketched plans for a humanoid robot. These sketches are an early example of human imagination about machines that look and work like humans.

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It was the first biomechanical automaton on record, built in 1737. The Flute Player could play 12 songs, showing an early step toward mechanical machines that could perform actions automatically.

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The word robot first appeared in 1920 in Karel Capek's play R.U.R. It comes from the Czech word robota, which means forced labor.

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The first true robot toy was Lilliput, produced in Japan in 1932. It was a wind-up toy that walked.

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In 1936, Alan Turing published On Computable Numbers, which introduced the Turing Machine. In 1950, he published Computing Machinery and Intelligence and proposed the Turing Test, a way to judge wheth…