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Robots in Space and Research

                 Robots play an important role in space and research programmes. Robots are sent to space because
                 sending a ro ot in space is much cheaper than sending a human. They don t need to eat or sleep.
                  ence  they can  or   or long hours and they can sur i e in space  or many years and can  e le t
                 out there  or  urther research.  o ots can do a lot o  things that human can t.  ome can  ithstand
                 harsh conditions  li e e treme temperatures or high le els o  radiation. ome o  the  ery success ul
                      s ro ots are






                                                            Mars Rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity.








                    A-PUFFER,  which is  short  form for Autonomous
                    op  p  Flat  Folding    plorer   o ot   is  capa le  o
                    attening itsel  out and duc  down to investigate tight
                   spots.





                                                            The BRUIE ro ot can  oat on the  ater and roll its  heel
                                                          along the underside of an icy surface while taking pictures
                                                          and collecting data. This would be used in future to search
                                                          sign of life on icy bodies elsewhere in the solar system.



                 Toy Robots

                  o otic toys  such as Fur y  ha e  een popular since 1   . There are also small humanoid remote
                 controlled ro ots as  ell as electronic pets  such as ro otic dogs. These ro ots com ine sensors
                 computation and motors to interact intelligently with their environment.



                                                         Lego and Furby  ere educational ro ots introduced in 1   .
                                                       Fur y   as  ine pensi e   stand alone  and  interacti e  toy.   t
                                                       had  multiple  sensory  mo ements   light   touch   sound   etc.
                                                       More than 12 million Furbys were sold in one year.













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