A robot is an automatic operation device that can imitate the manipulator's hand and arm's certain motion functions, and is used to grasp, transport, or operate tools according to a fixed program. The feature is that it can be programmed to complete a variety of expected jobs, construction and performance on both the human and mechanical mobile devices their respective advantages.
Manipulator is the earliest industrial robot, and it is also the earliest modern robot. It can replace people's heavy labor to realize the mechanization and automation of production, and can operate under harmful environment to protect personal safety. Therefore, it is widely used in machinery manufacturing, metallurgy, Electronics, light industry and atomic energy departments.