How Are Robots Being Used?

Video Transcript

"Robot were originally designed to perform jobs such as repetitious, dangerous or sometimes boring. Like cleaning the floor. However, increasingly, robots are being used in service industry. Such as assisting physically handicapped or elderly people. Helping doctors and nurses in hospitals, conducting surveillance at the airport or warehouse. Or even helping astronauts in space. This robot is called Help Mate. Originally designed and manufactured by the company that Dr. Engelberger. Who is known as the Father of Industrial Robot Mate. It is called Help Mate. And this particular model was used in hospitals, transferring documents and the food from floor to floor. It has a number of sensors and controllers in behind. This is an example of a service robot. Made by a company called iRobot. And this is a floor cleaning robot. It's nick named Roomba. It's still being sold and if you can just get it. Move around, it runs around and collects dust. That's all it does but it does well."