• DOI:10.1142/9781848167490_0011
Corpus ID: 11776663

Robot Companions: Technology for Humans

@article{Kernbach2012RobotCT,
  title={Robot Companions: Technology for Humans},
  author={S. Kernbach},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2012},
  volume={abs/1111.5207}
}

S. Kernbach

Published 2012

Engineering, Computer Science

ArXiv

Creation of devices and mechanisms which help people has a long history. Their inventors always targeted practical goals such as irrigation, harvesting, devices for construction sites, measurement, and, last but not least, military tasks for different mechanical and later mechatronic systems. Development of such assisting mechanisms counts back to Greek engineering, came through Middle Ages and led finally in XIX and XX centuries to autonomous devices, which we call today "Robots". This chapter… CONTINUE READING

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