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robotics

Also known as robotic engineering

thumb|Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly, one of the first [[industrial robots (1990)]]

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Robotics is the field concerned with designing and building machines that can be programmed to perform tasks automatically, like the early industrial robots used for assembly work in factories. It matters because these programmable machines can handle repetitive, dangerous, or complex work more efficiently than humans alone, making manufacturing and other industries more productive and safer.

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Research

133,448 papers

Robotics in urological surgery: evolution, current status and future perspectives.Actas urologicas espanolas · 2015Sivaraman A, Sanchez-Salas R, Prapotnich D et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2014.10.009
Systematic Literature Review of Realistic Simulators Applied in Educational Robotics Context.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Camargo C, Gonçalves J, Conde MÁ et al.DOI: 10.3390/s21124031
Stereotactic Neurosurgical Robotics With Real-Time Patient Tracking: A Cadaveric Study.Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) · 2022Robertson FC, Wu KC, Sha RM et al.DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000155
Engineering crop flower morphology facilitates robotization of cross-pollination and speed breeding.Cell · 2025Xie Y, Zhang T, Yang M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.07.028
[Use of robotics in laparoscopic urological surgery: state of the art].ReviewProgres en urologie : journal de l'Association francaise d'urologie et de la Societe francaise d'urologie · 2006Long JA, Descotes JL, Skowron O et al.
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System.Soft robotics · 2022Li S, Awale SA, Bacher KE et al.DOI: 10.1089/soro.2020.0123
Using robotics to teach the spinal cord to walk.Brain research. Brain research reviews · 2002de Leon RD, Kubasak MD, Phelps PE et al.DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0173(02)00209-6
Where are all the neurosurgery robots?ReviewJournal of robotic surgery · 2025Prasad D, Weiss BE, Snyder LA et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11701-025-02435-w

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Commons category: Robotics
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10010554
Stack Exchange site URL: robotics.stackexchange.com
hashtag: robotics

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Contents

Design
Power source
Mechanical construction
Locomotion
Manipulators
Control system
Sensing
Software
Navigation and collision avoidance
Human–robot interaction
Applications
Employment concerns
Safety and health
Careers
Research
Notes
References
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thumb|Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly, one of the first [[industrial robots (1990)]]

Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. A roboticist is someone who specializes in robotics. Robotics usually combines four aspects of design work: a power source (e.g. a battery), mechanical construction, a control system (electrical circuits), and software (run by remote control or artificial intelligence).