The word “robot” (from the Czech word “robota” for forced labor or serf) was used for the first time in a play called “R.U.R” (Rossum’s Universal Robots) by the Czech dramatist Karel Capek. In the 1920 science fiction play, which portrayed robots as intelligent machines serving their human makers, the plot ended dramatically. Robots took over the world and destroyed humanity.
This scenario is far from reality!
Today industrial robots and robotic systems are key components of automation. More than 1.1 million industrial robots are operating in the factories all over the world:
- Improving quality of work for employees
- Increasing production output rates
- Improving product quality and consistency
- Increasing flexibility in product manufacturing
- Reducing operating costs
