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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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