Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and others. Robotics deals with the design, construction, operation, and use of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing. 

These technologies are used to develop machines that can substitute for humans. Robots can be used in any situation and for any purpose, but today many are used in dangerous environments (including bomb detection and de-activation), manufacturing processes, or where humans cannot survive. Robots can take on any form but some are made to resemble humans in appearance. This is said to help in the acceptance of a robot in certain replicative behaviors usually performed by people. Such robots attempt to replicate walking, lifting, speech, cognition, and basically anything a human can do. Many of today's robots are inspired by nature, contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics. 

The concept of creating machines that can operate autonomously dates back to classical times, but research into the functionality and potential uses of robots did not grow substantially until the 20th century. Throughout history, it has been frequently assumed that robots will one day be able to mimic human behavior and manage tasks in a human-like fashion. Today, robotics is a rapidly growing field, as technological advances continue; researching, designing, and building new robots serve various practical purposes, whether domestically, commercially, or militarily. Many robots are built to do jobs that are hazardous to people such as defusing bombs, finding survivors in unstable ruins, and exploring mines and shipwrecks. Robotics is also used in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) as a teaching aid. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How many different fields fall under the umbrella of robotics?
2. How many fields make up that of robotics?
3. How many fields are incorporated in the interdisciplinary branch of robotics?
Q2:
1. What is the purpose of building a robot?
2. What purposes do robots serve?
3. What is useful about building a robot?
Q3:
1. How long has the idea of an autonomous machine been around?
2. How old is the rough notion of the robot?
3. Since what period have people had some sort of notion of an autonomous machine?
Q4:
1. Is building a robot an aspect of robotics?
2. Does the field of robotics include the building of robots?
3. Is making a robot something that robotics does?
Q5:
1. When did the possibility of making a robot start becoming a reality?
2. When did the possibility of making robots start to become actually possible?
3. When did the reality of creating robots set in?
Q6:
1. Is there only one shape that a robot can take?
2. Do robots come in just one shape?
3. Is there a single form for robots?
Q7:
1. Why make a robot look human?
2. What is the utility of making a robot look human?
3. Why give a robot human qualities?
Q8:
1. What historical assumption is made about robots?
2. What have people historically assumed about robots?
3. What have people always imagined to be true about robots?
Q9:
1. How many human activities might robots be able to perform, according to the article?
2. How many human things does the article say that robots might be able to do?
3. What is the number of human activities robots could one day mimic?
Q10:
1. Is the field of robotics shrinking?
2. Is robotics a dying field?
3. Are less and less people studying robotics?
Q11:
1. What is the inspiration for many recent robots?
2. What serves as inspiration for the creation of many present day robots?
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Q12:
1. What two dangerous activites do robots do?
2. What are two unsafe things that robots do?
3. What two dangerous tasks are given to robots?
Q13:
1. Are robots only used by the military?
2. Is the military the only ones who use robots for dangerous tasks?
3. Do robots only do unsafe activities for the military?
Q14:
1. Can robots help children?
2. Can robots come to children's aid?
3. Can a child be helped by a robot?
Q15:
1. What STEM activites do robots do?
2. What are robots used for in the field of STEM?
3. How do STEM researchers employ robots?
