A new series: Armada International is now introducing a new regular series of articles on ground robots to cater to this emerging discipline. Three reports will be devoted to this technology for 2006. Interestingly enough, Armada International started to look into robots as early as 1989, issue 6 of that year to be precise.

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A new series: Armada International is now introducing a new regular series of articles on ground robots to cater to this emerging discipline. Three reports will be devoted to this technology for 2006. Interestingly enough, Armada International started to look into robots as early as 1989, issue 6 of that year to be precise.

The word robot first appeared in the printed English language in a 1921 translation of the play called R.U.R. by Karel Capek. Robot derives from robota, which means labour, or work, in Czech. And indeed, the idea behind the robot as we define it today is to create an autonomous mechanical tool able to do the dirty work that we huma...

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