A robot is a machine designed to execute one or more tasks automatically with speed and precision. There are as many different types of robots as there are tasks for them to perform.
T ypes of R obot
Stationary Robots
Wheeled Robots
Legged Robots
Flying Robots
Micro Robots
On the human side, people have to be trained for tasks computers cannot perform. This means prioritising science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. But that’s not the only solution. Upskilling and reskilling employees is critical for businesses. Challenge to reskilling will be stiff as new jobs will keep replacing old ones at a rapid pace. And, upskilling will be made challenging by the fact that much of what students learn in a technical course at college will become outdated when they reach the employment stage.
The Utility of Humans and Robots Obviously, humans and robots should be used where and when each are most useful. As technologies for robots improve the number of those tasks that robots are better at will increase. Currently robots are better than humans at a number of things. Machines can perceive beyond the human visual spectrum, they need a smaller mass of consumables (e.g., food), they are more expendable, and they can be built to better tolerate environmental extremes (e.g., cold and radiation).