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Let us start with an activity:

                 Imagine you have to build your robot. Share
                 your ideas about what your robot would be

                 like and what it would do daily.

                 Now that  you  have an idea  of what your
                 robot would be like and what you want it to
                 do, answer the following questions:

                 1.   What are the raw materials needed to build your robot?                             _________

                 2.   What is the shape of your robot?                                                   _________

                 3.   Will your robot work on electricity or solar energy?                               _________
                 4.   Will your robot be operated by buttons or will it be remote-controlled?  _________




                          INTRODUCTION

                 Robots have leaped out of comic books and television screens and landed straight
                 into our reality. Robots are now used in the fields of agriculture, industries, space,

                 medicine, travel and manufacturing. Robotics has reached new heights in the past
                 few years. The continual and rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) paired with
                 robotics has created a storm for engineered innovation. Let us now learn about

                 robots and robotics in detail.



                          WHAT IS A ROBOT?

                 A  robot is  an automatic  programmable  machine that  follows

                 commands and does work that reduces human effort. The term
                 'robot' is coined from the Czech words ‘robota’ meaning labour
                 and ‘robotnik’ meaning workman.

                 Robots are designed to perform any task either automatically or
                 by a remote control. A robot requires a power source to function. It

                 needs to gain its energy through solar charging, electric charging or
                 battery charging, depending on the amount of work it is designed
                 to perform.





                                 Sophia is first humanoid to get the citizenship from Saudi Arabia on October 25, 2017.






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