On future development of robotics: From industrial automation to knowledge automation

Abstract

An investigation into the future development of robots and robotics is conducted. After a brief discussion on the historical and current developments of physical robots or earlier industrial robots, we focus on software robots, knowledge robots, parallel robots,and related issues in the corresponding fields of robotics. Clearly, having played an important role in industrial automation, robots or robotics are becoming a critical factor in the coming revolution of knowledge automation, and a great attention must be paid to software, knowledge, and parallel robots and robotics for the success of intelligent industries.