What Is A Robot
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The term robot comes from the Czechoslovakian wordfor "forced labor,"
invented by Karel Capek. Karel Capek used robots in his plays and had them
look and behave like people.
Today, the word "robot" is harder to define because of new designs and
technology. The third edition of Websters's N ....
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.... of a variety of
tasks."
The key wor ds in their definition are "reprogrammable" and
"multifunctional." By "reprogrammable" they mean that if a robot gets a new
assignment, it will need new instructions, but its basic structure will not
change (except maybe a new mechanical hand). By "multifunctional" they
mean a robot is the mechanical counter part of a computer that can handle
various problems without any major hardware modifications. The only thing
that changes when a r ....
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