Even roboticists still debate exactly what a robot is. Is it a computer that moves, or a machine that can operate autonomously in reaction to its environment? What can be said for sure is that robotics is a set of technologies, often used for automation, and that humanoid robots are just one of many forms robots take.
Take a look at some of the machines on display at the RoboBusiness conference, which was in Boston last week, and the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) center at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, to get a sense of where commercial robots are going.
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I we look past beyond what a robot is or what it should do and look for the true purpose of robotics, one of the keyword that keeps on coming is “Automation”.
Think about it. If you put Anthropomorphism aside and forget about the A.I. what’s left is something that should do some meaningful work in the real world.
I strongly believe that the main purpose of robotics is to assist humans.