ROBOTICS

HERE BY WE ARE GOING TO GIVE INFORMATION REGARDING ROBOTICS, ROBOT RESEARCH, CARRER TRAINING, CERTIFICATE, CARRER IN ROBOTICS, EMPLOYMENT, SCOPE FOR THE FIELD ETC.

INTRODUCTION:-

Robotics is the engineering science and technology of robots, and their design, manufacture, application, and structural disposition. Robotics is related to electronics, mechanics, and software.The word robot was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), published in 1920. The term "robotics" was coined by Isaac Asimov in his 1941 science fiction short-story "Liar!".

ORIGINS:-

Stories of artificial helpers and companions and attempts to create them have a long history, but fully autonomous machines only appeared in the 20th century. The first digitally operated and programmable robot, the Unimate, was installed in 1961 to lift hot pieces of metal from a die casting machine and stack them. Today, commercial and industrial robots are in widespread use performing 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, and packing; transport; earth and space exploration; surgery; weaponry; laboratory research; safety; and mass production of consumer and industrial goods.

POWER SOURCE

At present; mostly (lead-acid) batteries are used, but potential power sources could be:
* pneumatic (compressed gases).

* hydraulics (compressed liquids).

* flywheel energy storage.

* organic garbage (through anaerobic digestion).

* faeces (human, animal);
may be interesting in a military context as feces of small combat groups may be reused for the energy requirements of the robot assistant .

* still untested energy sources (e.g. Nuclear Fusion reactors, ...)

* radioactive source (such as with the proposed Ford car of the '50s); to those proposed in movies such as Red Planet

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Robots recently became a popular tool in raising interests in computing for middle and high school students. First year computer science courses at several universities were developed which involves the programming of a robot instead of the traditional software engineering based coursework.

CARREER TRAINING

Universities offer Bachelors and Masters degrees in the field of robotics. Select Private Career Colleges and vocational schools offer robotics training to train individuals towards being job ready and employable in the emerging robotics industry.

CERTIFICATION

The Robotics Certification Standards Alliance (RCSA) is an international robotics certification authority who confers various industry and educational related robotics certifications.

EMPLOYMENT IN ROBOTICS

A robot technician builds small all-terrain robots.Robotics is an essential component in any modern manufacturing environment. As factories increase their use of robots, the number of robotics related jobs grow and have been observed to be on a steady rise.



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