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AUGMENTING ROBOTS
Augmenting robots are designed to enhance human capability or replace the abilities, a
human may have lost. They are used in medicines. An example of Augmenting robots is
the exoskeleton, which is used to lift heavy objects. A paralysed man walks with the help
of a mind-controlled exoskeleton. A prosthetic limb, or artificial limb, is also an example.
HUMANOID ROBOTS
Humanoid robots are designed to Subject: Who made Ruby?
perform human-like activities by
mimicking human behaviour. They Ruby was made by the students of Arya
College, Jaipur, using a Japanese concept
look like humans and also have of magnetic strips and motion sensors.
human-like expressions.
Examples of humanoid robots are:
Sophia is the world’s first robot citizen and the first robot
Innovation Ambassador for the United Nations Development
Programme.
Atlas is designed to operate both outdoors and inside buildings and
is able to sense obstacles.
A recent introduction to the all-women handled restaurant,
robot "Palki" has become a draw for customers from all
generations. Wearing a traditional Assamese Sattriya dress,
a humanoid robot serves as a waitress at a restaurant in
Assam's Guwahati.
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