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| Karel Capek | The word robot was introduced in 1920 in a play by |
| Isaac Asimov | The term robotics was coined in the 1940s by science fiction writer. In a series of stories and novels, he imagined a world in which mechanical beings were mankind's devoted helpers. |
| Unimate | The first robot |
| General Motors | Company who installed the first Robot. |
| Robot | is a mechanical contraption which can perform tasks on its own, or with guidance. |
| Structural System | Physical system that provides support and stability |
| Propulsion System | Drive system includes motors, wheels, and gears. Helps the robot move |
| Sensor, Tool, and Feedback System | System that uses Tools, arms, grippers, Manipulators, actuators, Perception, transducers that help the robot to be able to since and respond to it's Environment. |
| Control System | System that uses Microcontrollers, electrical power, and joystick to control the robot. |
| Programming | System that is the Code that Operates and Controls the Robot. |
| Sensors | used to gain information about the robot environment. |
| Actuators | The devices which perform the physical operations of the robot. Motors, arms, grippers |
| Remote Control | A control type that uses radio frequencies to communicate wirelessly with the robot to control it. |
| Autonomous | A control type that has sensors to respond to its environment so that it performs without human guidance. |
| Tethered | A control type that uses wires to physically connect controller to robot |
| Portable | Means that the robot moves freely |
| Batteries | Our primary power source |
| Micro-controller | Control unit that is built onto the Robot to run the computer program. |
| Motor controller | Gets signals from the Micro-controller and sends power to the motors t o make it move. |
