Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305971776
Author: Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Robot:

  • A robot is nothing but a machine that is capable of doing complex actions automatically.
  • It is programmable by a computer and guided by a control device.
  • Similar to a computer, robots are linked with networks, software in order to increase its usefulness.
  • A robot can identify people and objects. It also can talk, respond to alarms, carries supplies, etc.

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Additional tasks:

Some of the additional tasks that can be performed by robots are as follows.

  • Riding vehicles
  • Robot...

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Limitations:

Some of the limitations that restrict the kind of household chores that robots can do are as follows...

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