Global reach: robots have yet to conquer the world
Robotics
Robots may have yet to show they can take over the world – a vision of many science fiction writers – but they have made a considerable mark on the field of manufacturing.
Industrial robots – programmable, multifunctional manipulators – are ubiquitous in factories making products from cars to chemicals. The systems take care of tasks that, if the machines had never been invented, would have been left to humans.
Jobs commonly performed by robots include welding car bodies, screwing together electronic devices and lifting any number of different items between machines at various stages ...
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