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•Contents:
• Introduction To Robots
• Effect On Human Society
• Future of Robots
 Types of Robots

• It’s not easy to define what robots are, and it’s not easy to categorize them either. Each

robot has its own unique features, and as a whole robots vary hugely in size, shape, and

capabilities. Still, many robots share a variety of features. Here are the 15 categories we

used to classify robots.

• Aerospace Robots:
This is a broad category. It includes all sorts of flying robots—the
SmartBird robotic seagull and the Raven surveillance drone, for example—but also
robots that can operate in space, such as Mars rovers and NASA's Robonaut, the
humanoid that flew to the International Space Station and is now back on Earth.
• Consumer Robots:
Consumer robots are robots you can buy and use just for fun or to
help you with tasks and chores. Examples are the robot dog Aibo, the Roomba vacuum,
AI-powered robot assistants, and a growing variety of robotic toys and kits.
• Disaster Response Robots:
These robots perform dangerous jobs like searching for
survivors in the aftermath of an emergency. For example, after an earthquake and
tsunami struck Japan in 2011, Packbots were used to inspect damage at the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power station.
• Drones Robots:
Also called unmanned aerial vehicles, drones come in different sizes
and have different levels of autonomy. Examples include DJI’s popular Phantom series
and Parrot’s Anafi, as well as military systems like Global Hawk, used for long-duration
surveillance.
• Educational Robots:
This broad category is aimed at the next generation of roboticists,
for use at home or in classrooms. It includes hands-on programmable sets from Lego,
3D printers with lesson plans, and even teacher robots like EMYS.
• Entertainment Robots:
These robots are designed to evoke an emotional response and
make us laugh or feel surprise or in awe. Among them are robot comedian
RoboThespian, Disney’s theme park robots like Navi Shaman, and musically inclined
bots like Partner.
• Exoskeletons Robots:
Robotic exoskeletons can be used for physical rehabilitation and
for enabling a paralyzed patient walk again. Some have industrial or military
applications, by giving the wearer added mobility, endurance, or capacity to carry
heavy loads.
• Humanoids Robots:
This is probably the type of robot that most people think of when they think
of a robot. Examples of humanoid robots include Honda’s Asimo, which has a
mechanical appearance, and also androids like the Geminoid series, which are
designed to look like people.
• Industrial Robots:
The traditional industrial robot consists of a manipulator arm
designed to perform repetitive tasks. An example is the Unimate, the grandfather of all
factory robots. This category includes also systems like Amazon's warehouse robots
and collaborative factory robots that can operate alongside human workers.
• Medical Robots:
Medical and health-care robots include systems such as the da Vinci
surgical robot and bionic prostheses, as well as robotic exoskeletons. A system that
may fit in this category but is not a robot is Watson, the IBM question-answering
supercomputer, which has been used in healthcare applications.
• Military & Security Robots:
Military robots include ground systems like Endeavor
Robotics' PackBot, used in Iraq and Afghanistan to scout for improvised explosive
devices, and BigDog, designed to assist troops in carrying heavy gear. Security robots
include autonomous mobile systems such as Cobalt.
• Research Robots:
The vast majority of today’s robots are born in universities and
corporate research labs. Though these robots may be able to do useful things, they’re
primarily intended to help researchers do, well, research. So although some robots may
fit other categories described here, they can also be called research robots.
• Self-Driving Cars Robots:
Many robots can drive themselves around, and an increasing
number of them can now drive you around. Early autonomous vehicles include the ones
built for DARPA’s autonomous-vehicle competitions and also Google’s pioneering self-
driving Toyota Prius, later spun out to form Waymo.
• Telepresence Robots:
Telepresence robots allow you to be present at a place without
actually going there. You log on to a robot avatar via the internet and drive it around,
seeing what it sees, and talking with people. Workers can use it to collaborate with
colleagues at a distant office, and doctors can use it to check on patients.
• Underwater Robots:
The favorite place for these robots is in the water. They consist of
deep-sea submersibles like Aquanaut, diving humanoids like Ocean One, and bio-
inspired systems like the ACM-R5H snakebot.
Effects Of Robots On Human Society

Robots have some Positive as well as Negative Effects on Human

Society. We will Discuss these effects Of Robots in the form of Advantages And

Disadvantages Of Robots in the upcoming Slides.

 ADVANTAGES

• The robots can go far down into the unknown places where the humans would
be crushed, They can give us the information that the humans can’t get, They
can workat places 24/7 without any salary and food, Plus they don’t get bored.
• The robots can perform the tasks faster than the humans and much more
consistently and accurately, They become more common each and every
day, The robotic pets can help the patients with depression and they keep them
active.
• Most of robots are automatic so, they can move without any human
interference, They can entertain us and they can help us in certain tasks, You
can send them to dangerous environment such as the deep sea or the war-
zones.
• You can use the robots to produce the products in the factories such as
assembling the cars, They can also be used to build the parts for many products
such as the plane parts, the car parts and the construction supplies.
• The robots do anything which we need to be precise & accurate, New jobs are
created because the people have to fix and design the robots, The robots can
work without sleep, So, they can work 24/7/365.
• The robots can endure the hostile environment of the interplanetary space, They are
made that the planetary atmospheres do not affect their physical state and
performance, They can replace the human beings in many areas of work, They can
shoulder greater responsibilities and they can be programmed to manage
themselves.

• The robots can be programmed to reach the Earth’s nadir, They can be used to dig
for the fuels, They can be used for mining purposes, They can be harnessed for
exploring the depths of oceans, They can be used to overcome the limitations that
humans have.

• The robots can be used in carrying out the repetitive & time-consuming tasks
efficiently, They are used to do dangerous tasks, They can adjust their parameters
like their speed & time, They can act quickly, unaffected by the factors that affect
the humans.
• The robots do not require to sleep or take breaks, They are able to function
without stopping, When employed to carry out dangerous tasks, the risk to the
human health & safety is reduced, They can work long time without service or
maintenance and they can be more productive than the people.
• The robots can not tremble or shake as the human hands do, They can have
much smaller & versatile moving parts than the people, They have performed
the medical surgeries because they can be faster and more precise than the
people.

• The robots are designed to work in harsh environments like in space, without
the air, underwater & in the fire, They can be used instead of the people when
the human safety is a concern, They can come in any size, Whatever size
needed for any task can be created.
 DISADVANTAGES

• Robots need a supply of power, The people can lose jobs in factories, They need
the maintenance to keep them running, It costs a lot of money to make or
buy the robots, The software and the equipment that you need to use with the
robot cost much money.

• Robots can take the place of many humans in factories, So, the people have to
find new jobs or be retrained, They can take the place of the humans in several
situations, If the robots begin to replace the humans in every field, They will
lead to unemployment.
• Robots cost much money in maintenance & repair, The programs need to be
updated to suit the changing requirements, the machines need to be made
smarter, In case of breakdown, the cost of repair may be very high, The
procedures to restore lost code or data may be time-consuming & costly.
• The robots can store large amounts of data but the storage, access, retrieval is
not as effective as the human brain, They can perform the repetitive tasks for a
long time but they do not get better with experience such as the humans do.
• The robots are not able to act any different from what they are programmed to
do, With the heavy application of robots, the humans may become overly
dependent on the machines, losing their mental capacities, If the control
of robots goes in the wrong hands, The robots may cause the destruction.