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past, present and future of service robotics The chapter gives an overview of the current developmental trends in service robotics. First the short history of service robots with its precursors is presented together with the definitions. The developmental trends and statistical data are summarized. The overview of service robots includes the ancient robot precursors, the middle ages, and the period of industrial revolution. The representative examples of different kinds of service robots built in the 20th and 21st centuries are also given. The chapter is concluded by discussing the perspectives of service robotics.

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to developing the knowledge, planning the research

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state of the art

Professor Teresa Zielinska
Politechnika Warszawska

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This page is a summary of: History of Service Robots and New Trends, IGI Global,
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5276-5.ch006.
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