Introduction to Robotics

This lecture, created by Alaa Khamis of German University in Cairo, serves as an introductory lesson on robotics. Beginning with an outline, the entire presentation is structured in sections, including: What is a Robot?, What is Robotics?, Science Fiction, Science Facts, Robots Today, Robot Statistics, Robots' Future, Resources, and Summary. 

The 77-page presentation focuses on three main points: (1) "A robot is a machine that imitates the actions and sometimes the appearance of an intelligent creature, usually a human; (2) New Research and increasing applications have been the impetus behind the evolution of industrial robots into service robots; and (3) Personal robots derive from service robots as the latest step of this evolution by introducing the notion of personal use of the robot." The entire lesson is a comprehensive look at what robotics is, and how robotics can be (and is) applied in daily life.