The Development Trend of Robots

Abstract

Various types of robots have been designed to make people's lives easier. To meet requirements of the modern society, the precise control of robots is a key competence for academia and industry. So far, a great deal of development has been made to enhance robot performance, introduce new functionalities, and decrease robot costs. This paper mainly sorted out and analyzed the types and applications of existing robots. Especially, examples of robot areas that arise big attention today include space robots, underground robots, medical robots, construction robots, microrobots, and robots used in industry. The developmental history and application of the above robots will be discussed as well as the technical challenges that the robot manufactures have to meet. Also, this paper gave suggestions for the future development of robots.