Elenco Robotics - Manual (Page 2)

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Robot
The word Robot is used to describe any automatically
operated machine that replaces the human being.
It does not look like a human being nor does it necessarily
do the same things as human beings.
The origin of the word Robot is from a Czech word, Robota,
meaning " forced Labor " The word was used in a play written in 1920
showing how the industrial revolution created mechanical workers called robots,
which could do all types of physical work.
There is a very old Charlie Chaplin film called "Modern Times",
in which the machine operator behaves like a machine.
One of the first robot devices was a water clock made by the The Greeks in 250 BC.
From as early as 3rd century BC, during the Han dynasty in China,
a mechanical orchestra was made for the Emperor,
later flying birds, an otter that caught fish and many mechanical dolls were made.
The present day Robots started as mechanical toys and were later
adapted for use in industry and led to the development
of automatic industrial machinery.
One of the most important parts of a Robot are its "arms "or manipulators ,
these usually consist of an arm and body with 3 joints connected
by large links and a wrist consisting of 2 or 3 joints.
Many every day machines are made up of elementary robot mechanisms.
It was only from 1960 that microelectronics were introduced into robots.
The electronic robots in this kit are simple to assemble and operate.
They will show you how larger and more complicated robots function and behave.