Robotics

Robotics is the branch of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer science that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots.

Robotics combines various disciplines such as: mechanics, electronics, computer science, artificial intelligence, control engineering and physics. Other important areas in robotics are algebra, programmable robots, animatronics and state machines.

The term robot was popularized with the success of the work R.u.r. (Rossum 's Universal Robots), written by Karel Capek in 1920. The English translation of this work, the Czech word Robota , meaning forced labor, was translated into English as a robot.