{"id":19579,"date":"2022-01-11T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stackfuel.com\/?p=19579"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:19:36","slug":"grundlagen-der-robotik-definition-arten-und-einsatz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stackfuel.com\/en\/blog\/basics-of-robotics-definition-types-and-use\/","title":{"rendered":"What is robotics? - Basics, definition and use"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few decades ago, robots were pure science fiction, but today it's hard to imagine life without them. Whether as a small everyday helper for vacuum cleaning, for manufacturing cars in industry or for exploring foreign planets - robots have long since taken on a variety of different tasks. In this article, we explain how robots work and how these small, programmed machines can help you with difficult or dangerous tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The history of robotics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Controllable machines have fascinated people since ancient times. But where does robotics have its roots? The term 'Robot'<\/strong> comes from the Czech language and means as much as 'Frondienst'<\/strong>. In a Czech science fiction drama, these artificial humans were created as early as the 1920s as workers who perform tasks in industry in place of humans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1950s, fiction became reality: George Devol and Joseph F. Engelberger invented the world's first program-controlled machine in the USA. Today, robots also play an important role outside industrial applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key to the further development of intelligent machines lies in the digital transformation<\/strong>. Key technologies such as automation and artificial intelligence have meant that robots can now work autonomously and perform tasks quickly and precisely. So what exactly do you understand by the term robotics?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is robotics: a machine with many faces<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Robotics as a scientific discipline deals with programmable and versatile machines. Whether gripping, drilling or assembling - robots can be equipped with various tools to perform different tasks automatically for you. So is every automatic machine a robot? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. An automaton is a machine that can perform one - but only this one - specific task automatically. A robot, on the other hand, can be programmed and retooled. This makes it flexible and suitable for a large number of tasks can be used<\/strong>. Where an automaton can only repeat the predefined operation, you can reprogram a robot to grip or assemble, but also to weld, drill or glue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For robots to do all these different tasks, they need three components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Figure 1: Components of a robot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    The Sensors <\/strong>are the so-called Sensory organs <\/em>of a robot. Robots perceive their environment via GPS, microphones or distance meters, for example, and can pick up on influences or stimuli. The Processing systems <\/strong>such as circuits, microprocessors or cloud connections, on the other hand, make up the Brain <\/em>of the robot. Sensor information is recorded via these and instructions are issued. These instructions are in turn sent to the Actuators <\/strong>These can be motors, loudspeakers or lasers, for example. These form the Muscles <\/em>of the robot and allow it to interact with its environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The branches of robotics: What can robots do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Due to the wide range of applications, various branches of robotics have developed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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