Contents [hide]
1 Summary
2 History
2.1 Early beginnings
2.2 Remote-controlled systems
2.3 Humanoid robots
2.4 Modern autonomous robots
3 Etymology
4 Modern robots
4.1 Mobile robot
4.2 Industrial robots (manipulating)
4.3 Service robot
4.4 Educational robot
4.5 Modular robot
4.6 Collaborative robots
5 Robots in society
5.1 Autonomy and ethical questions
5.2 Military robots
5.3 Relationship to unemployment
6 Contemporary uses
6.1 General-purpose autonomous robots
6.2 Factory robots
6.3 Dirty, dangerous, dull or inaccessible tasks
6.4 Military robots
6.5 Mining robots
6.6 Healthcare
6.7 Research robots
6.8 Entertainment
7 Future development
7.1 Technological trends
7.2 Technological development
7.3 Reading robot
8 Robots in popular culture
8.1 Literature
8.2 Problems depicted in popular culture
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links