This is the first in a series of articles in which we ask – and try and answer – the most frequently asked questions in robotics
Ask anyone what a robot is, and you’ll likely get a confident answer: “A machine that walks and talks like a human.”
Some people may offer something slightly more technical – perhaps “a programmable machine that can carry out tasks automatically”.
Both are right, to a point. But as we dig deeper, we find that the question “What is a robot?” quickly becomes more complicated than it first appears. [Read more…] about What is a robot? From mechanical helpers to intelligent agents