HOUSEHOLD ROBOTS
Robots are also widespread now in our homes.
They vacuum up dust or mow the lawn. Some can even
clean windows. In other words: They do jobs that are
rather annoying for us.
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ROBOTS IN USE DAILY
Robots are somewhat commonplace for many people. Whether in kids’ rooms,
in factories, in hospitals or in the garden - robots are used nearly everywhere.
Here are a couple of examples:
INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS
Most robots are found in factories and have a very
special job there, which they do with a very high
level of precision. This could be welding,
painting, bolting or simply placing parts very
precisely. Industrial robots usually look very
different than robots from films. They often only
consist of one big arm, or are simply crates with
wheels to automatically bring parts from A to B.
OTHER ROBOTS
There are of course many more robots. There are
robots in shopping centres who show us the way.
In hospitals, they help during surgeries and the
military uses many different robots.
The function usually greatly determines what robots look like.
Robots that look similar to humans are usually in the group
of service robots. We have direct contact with these robots, which
is why it is advantageous if they look familiar to our eyes.
People we humans tend to attribute human characteristics
to robots who are human-like.
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