Often located in “cages” within highly specialized industrial processes (most
notably automobile manufacturing), these purpose-built tools are perhaps more aptly described
as highly sophisticated numerically controlled machines rather than as robots with significant AI
content. Over the past twenty years, innovation in robotics has had an important impact on
manufacturing and automation, most notably through the introduction of more responsive robots
that rely on programmed response algorithms that can respond to a variety of stimuli. This
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