Robotics and AI

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  Robots

  A robot is a machine that carries out a series of actions on command or by being programmed in advance, and which can react to its environment. Some modern robots are fully...

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  How robots work

  Many robots are designed to perform actions that would otherwise be carried out by human beings. Such robots—which only rarely look like humans—are made of components that are...

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  Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer or robot to carry out tasks that would otherwise need human (or super-human) intelligence. But AI is not just about...

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  AI robots

  Intelligent robots are often featured in science-fiction books and movies, in which they think and behave exactly like humans. While this remains the stuff of fiction...

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  Swarm robotics

  Swarm robotics is a technology involving the use of large numbers of small, simple robots, all working together. They imitate the swarming behaviour of social insects (such as...

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  Self-drive cars

  US tech giants, such as Google and Apple, along with traditional carmakers such as BMW and Volvo, are competing to build the first self-drive (autonomous) car. The cars will use...

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