Robotics in Present Scenario

Abstract

Robotics deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots coupled with computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing. Very often the design of a given robotic system brings together principles of electronic engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science (artificial intelligence in particular). Since the turn of the 20th century, research into the functionality and potential uses of robots has seen a lot of action. Given the rapid pace of technological advances, the research, design, and building of new robots have begun to serve various practical purposes – domestically, commercially and militarily. Today, many robots do jobs that are hazardous to people such as defusing bombs, mines and exploring shipwrecks. We spoke to a few people who are working with robots both academically and commercially in India and got to know their thoughts on the growing field of Robotics, the burgeoning opportunities that have opened up as well as the many challenges that they face in an Indian scenario.