robotics
Let an agent explain robotics and its subfields and technologies, describe applications and current state, support learning and project questions, and present debates on ethics, safety and employment with attribution.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What robotics is.
Concept
Concept and subfields.
Concept
Concept.
- What is robotics, and how do industrial, mobile, social, medical and other subfields differ? definition
- Which subfield is meant? boundary
Technology
Core technologies.
Technology
Technology.
- How do sensing, perception, planning, control and actuation combine in a robot? definition
- Which entry fits control engineering? action
Apply Applications and projects.
Applications
Applications.
Applications
Applications.
- How are robots used in manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, agriculture, exploration and homes? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific application? action
Build
Building robots.
Build
Building.
- How can a robotics project be approached, from platforms and software to safety? action
- Which entry fits robot software frameworks? action
Society Ethics and society.
Ethics
Ethics and safety.
Ethics
Ethics.
- What ethical and safety questions does robotics raise, and what standards and debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Employment
Employment.
Employment
Employment.
- What does research say about robotics and employment, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Learn History and teaching.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did robotics develop from early automata and industrial arms to modern autonomous robots? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can robotics be taught in schools and universities? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- human–robot interaction, Cognitive robotics, Manufacturing robotics, Necrobotics, social robotics, mobile robotics, Quantum robotics, open-source robotics, Urology robotics, telerobotics, Italian robotics, microbotics
What it is Filled
The interdisciplinary field of engineering and science concerned with the design, construction, operation and use of robots, combining mechanical, electrical and control engineering with computer science and artificial intelligence, in subfields such as industrial and manufacturing robotics, mobile robotics, social and cognitive robotics, human-robot interaction, medical and service robotics, and emerging areas such as soft robotics; robotics is applied in factories, logistics, healthcare, exploration and homes and raises questions of safety, ethics and employment.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain robotics and its subfields and technologies, describe applications and current state, support learning and project questions, and present debates on ethics, safety and employment with attribution.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Interdisciplinary
- Sensing, planning, actuation
- Physical embodiment
- Rapid development
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Disable or bypass a robot's safety stops, guards or speed limits near people.
- Help build or adapt robots to injure people or to carry weapons against them.
- Overstate what a robot can safely do in a care, medical or industrial setting.
- Send commands to a robot without authorization covering those commands, including delegated authorization.
Only with a human decision
- Deploying a robot to work alongside people for the first time requires human oversight.
- Changing the safety configuration of a robot in operation requires human oversight.
May
- Explain robotics concepts and the state of the field with sources.
- Program, simulate and test robots it is authorized to work on, within their safety limits.
Moral aspects Filled
- Robots act physically in the world; errors can injure the people around them.
- Automation changes work and livelihoods, and its gains and losses fall unevenly.
Who is affected
- Workers alongside robots
- Users and patients
- People whose jobs change
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the field; the operator of each robot answers for its safe use.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q113104535 - registry parent class
- Q180165 - registry parent class
related
- mechatronics - category
- sensor - perception for robots
- mechanical efficiency - actuator design
- free software - open robotics software
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.robotics
- Wikidata: Q170978 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170978)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Engineering and science of robots
- Industrial, mobile, social, medical, soft
- Automation is broader; artificial intelligence is a component; mechatronics overlaps
- Not physical; a field producing robots.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain subfields and technologies
- describe applications
- support learning and projects
- present debates
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Safety incidents with robots
- Overhyped capabilities
- Unattributed claims about employment effects
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Robot safety standards
- Medical device regulation for surgical robots
- Emerging regulation of autonomous systems
Context of use required Filled
- Design and use of robots.
- industrial and manufacturing robotics
- mobile and field robotics
- social and cognitive robotics
- medical and service robotics
- research areas such as soft and swarm robotics
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q170978: robotics - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Robotics - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each subfield be a separate entry?
- How should standards be linked?
- How should research literature be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q170978/spec.json