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What is A Robot
WHAT IS A ROBOT
The term robot comes from the Czechoslovakian wordfor "forced labor,"
invented by Karel Capek. Karel Capek used robots in his plays and had them
look and behave like people.
Today, the word "robot" is harder to define because of new designs and
technology. The third edition of Websters's New International Dictionary
defines a robot as "a machine in the form of a human being that performs
the mechanical functions of a human being." However, today's robot makers
are not interested in giving their creations human forms. Most industrial
robots look like lobsters or o....
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