3. Match the types of robots with pictures and their description. Entertainment robots 1. This type of robots includes many quite different
devices such as robotic vacuum cleaners, robotic pool
cleaners, sweepers, gutter cleaners and other robots
that can do different chores. Also, some surveillance
and telepresence robots could be regarded as house-
hold robots if used in that environment.
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A B 2. This is a very broad category. It starts with toy ro-
bots such as robosapien or the running alarm clock
and ends with real heavyweights such as articulated
robot arms used as motion simulators.
Space robots Military robots 3. First and foremost are surgery robots. Also, some
automated guided vehicles and maybe lifting aides.
C D 4. This type would include robots used on the Inter-
national Space Station, Canadarm that was used in
Shuttles, as well as Mars rovers and other robots used
in space.
Industrial robots Medical robots 5. Usually these are articulated arms specifically de-
veloped for such applications as welding, material
handling, painting and others. If we judge purely by
application this type could also include some automat-
ed guided vehicles and other robots.
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E F 6. This type of robots includes bomb disposal robots,
different transportation robots, reconnaissance drones.
Often robots initially created for military purposes can
be used in law enforcement, search and rescue and
other related fields.