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Space Exploration



                                                          NASA has made a number of robotic devices to
                                                          support or substitute astronauts to perform high

                                                          risk tasks. Robonaut 2 or R2 was the first humanoid
                                                          robot sent to space as a part of STS-133 mission.



                    Entertainment


                 In entertainment industries, robots are proving to be                                                      ROBOTICS
                 a great help in managing the cameras, providing special

                 effects, performing stunts in an action movie, etc.



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                                                      Underwater robots are being helpful in bringing

                                                      ecological balance in ocean. Shipwreck robots search
                                                      the wracked ships like Titanic, etc.




                   Latest Robots


                 As  you  have  already  studied  various  applications  of  humanoid  robots  in  personal

                 assistance, caregiving, education and entertainment. Now, let us learn about some of

                 the latest inventions in this field.


                         Fun        The  quadrupedal military robot  Cheetah,  an evolution  of BigDog,
                         Fact!
                                    was clocked as the world's fastest legged robot in 2012, beating
                                    the record set by an MIT bipedal robot in 1989.


                                                                                                     21 st   #Critical Thinking
                                                                                                  Century
                      Warm             Match the following:                                         Skills
                      Up!              1.  Flyability        a.  the first robot to join the assembly line


                                       2.  Unimate           b.  robots searched the wracked ships

                                       3.  Shipwreck         c.  the first humanoid robot sent to space
                                       4.  Robonaut 2        d.  world’s first collision-tolerant flying robot
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