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History of Service Robots

History of Service Robots

Zielinska Teresa
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466602915|ISBN10: 1466602910|EISBN13: 9781466602922
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0291-5.ch001
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Teresa, Zielinska. "History of Service Robots." Service Robots and Robotics: Design and Application, edited by Marco Ceccarelli, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0291-5.ch001

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Teresa, Z. (2012). History of Service Robots. In M. Ceccarelli (Ed.), Service Robots and Robotics: Design and Application (pp. 1-14). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0291-5.ch001

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Teresa, Zielinska. "History of Service Robots." In Service Robots and Robotics: Design and Application, edited by Marco Ceccarelli, 1-14. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0291-5.ch001

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Abstract

The short history of service robots with its precursors is given. Next, the definition of service robot is discussed and some statistical data is given. The described history of service robots covers the ancient period with robot precursors, the middle ages, and the period of industrial revolution. The representative examples of different kinds of service robots built in the twentieth century are given. The chapter is concluded with future trends.

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