Robots are the best examples of mankind’s work of excellence. Robots are the best creations that human beings have been able to create till date. Scientific advancement has even made it possible to make robots look like human beings. This might raise the question in thoughtful minds that if robots are capable of doing all the work that human beings can do and if their appearance is also getting more like humans then what is the difference left out between robots and humans? Let’s then find out the major differences between robots and humans.

1) Emotions and feelings

The major difference that can be cited between a robot and a human is the lack of feelings and emotions in the former and the presence of it in humans. Human beings can feel various emotions like love, anger, sorrow, jealousy, pain, etc. and can also express these emotions to others. They can care for others, cry, laugh and emote in various other ways. They feel cold and hot and react to them too. Robots can do none of that. Robots neither feel emotions nor can react to them.  [...]

A Robot is programmed with the help of robot software which has coded commands. The coded commands are specially developed for the mechanical device to understand. The robots are expected to perform certain tasks and even their action is also controlled by the software. There are various programming methods which allow a robot to work more efficiently. The software system makes this job much easier.

There are many robot software which works to achieve an intelligent mechanical gadget. But till now, these kind of intelligent devices are only seen in the science fiction movies. But in order to see them in real, programming skills are still in a developing stage. Much more development and advanced techniques and methods are required for developing the artificial intelligence in the robots. Proper programming can make it possible. The existing robots works on pre-programmed software which includes loop for feedback option and the robot interacts with the environment. But it is not able to show the actual intelligence.

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The term robot instantly triggers a slide show of images that we have picked up from various movies or still images over the net or TV. Robots are not just a subject of sci-fi futuristic film or an intriguing and highly attractive theme for a science exhibition. Robots created a niche for them and have made life very easy for its creator.

What are robots?

A robot is an artificial, electro-mechanical agent or machine which is programmed by a computer or electronic circuit. Depending on their ability to work robots can be remote-controlled, autonomous or semi-autonomous. Nikola Tesla is credited for the designing of the first ever robot while the first digital robot was made in the year 1948 in Bristol, England by William Grey Walter. However in 1954 the first digitally programmable robot was created in the year 1954 by George Devol and was christened ‘Unimate’. Robots have replaced the human workforce in doing repetitive and dangerous works which humans can’t do due to various factors like size limitations and various other factors. Various works like researching about outer space or the bottom of the sea and other extreme conditions where human can’t survive.

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We need to let robots perform independent. They will perform the jobs we have been doing. And do them much precisely than we can. They will do jobs which are impossible for us. They will also help us discover new tasks that expand our talents.

Should you be worried about a robot one day overtaking you? Though your answer is yes, there are certain limitations on robotic technology which if regulated can stay in your control. Read on to learn the things, robots cannot perform on their own.

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Robot Technologies are of many types from which five are listed below:

1. Unmanned vehicle: This means that the vehicle is not operated by a person. It may be controlled through a remote or automatic remote guided device. They are able to sense the environment and navigate themselves automatically.

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Future means what will be going to happen and nobody cannot determine the future. Robot means an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically. Now days the value of time is very high to every people and they do not want to waste the time. The world is begun to move in technological earth.

A day will come when all of the things will be digital and our daily works also.

With the use of computers, robots etc our speed of work is going to faster. [...]

Robotics is the field of technology that is concerned with the construction, design, application and operation of robots and the use of computer systems for controlling them, getting their sensory feedback and processing the information collected by them. Many of today’s advanced robots are inspired by the properties of nature which contributes a lot in the branch of bio-inspired robotics.

Almost all of the new researches in robotics are focused not on some specific industrial tasks, but on researching and investigating the abilities of robots and construction of new types of robots. Scientists are trying to find out new ways to design advanced robots and new ways to construct them but there are certain other investigations, which are totally based on academic purpose. So what does the future hold for us? Are we going to be surprised by the ability of a robot in the not so distant future? Let’s take a look at what the experts think.

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Giving a fillip to the Star War saga, droids made by MIT undergrads are finally making their presence at the ISS. Developed in collaboration with NASA and DoD, the first prototype of the droid was tested at NASA’s KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft and is now exploring the realms of the space station. The little droids will act like big satellites collecting information and doing experiments in space, eliminating the launch of larger and costly satellites. NASA is planning to launch a huge swarm of little droids in space to carry out their own designated missions. These clusters of satellites, packed with sensors, thrusters, communications and microprocessors, will be controlled by special software.

Mr. Spike and Mrs. Candy are best friends of 13-year-old bedridden Achim Nurse. No, they are not her parents but a pair of robots that help him to keep up with his studies and friends. Achim controls the two robots with the help of a video game console type remote to communicate with his teacher and classmates miles away. Mr. Spike stays at his bedside and Mrs. Candy connects the little boy to the classroom by staying in the classroom. Mrs. Candy can easily move on its four-wheel base and displays live pictures of Achim in the classrooms. Achim can actually zoom in to read the class board via the provided joystick and maneuver the robot for all other activities as per the requirement. The program, called PEBBLES (Providing Education By Bringing Learning Environments to Students), is delivering impeccable results by connecting students to their classrooms. Developed by Telbotics Inc. in Toronto, the program aims at connecting any two points in the world via a pair of robots costing around $70,000.

Joshua v0.1.3a, latest software package for the autonomous chess-playing robot, is out. The latest software package runs on a computer to control the robot’s stepper motors that maneuvers a manipulator for all chess moves. Joshua may not compete with the Deep Blue or even Kasparov, but can at least engage humans or play with itself by manipulating the position of chess pieces via a photosensitive chessboard and the software. The sensitive GTK-based GUI interface of the software is compatible with Linux. Joshua is Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL.