What+is+Robotics?

What is Robotics?

 * 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].

American Heritage Dictionary: **Robot** (rbt,-bt) n.
 * 1) A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human being and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
 * 2) A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
 * 3) A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.

Webster: **Robot**
 * a : a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts ( as walking or talking) of a human being; a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized b : an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically.
 * 1) a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks.
 * 2) a mechanism guided by automatic controls.

Definition of Robotics' Sources:

 * []
 * __[] __
 * []
 * __[] __