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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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