# Reading: Introduction and History

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## Chapter 1

- Section 1.2: Definition of a robot
- Section 1.3: The components of a robot
- (Optional) 1.4: Modalities
- 1.5: Uses of robots
- 1.6: AI areas in relation to robots
- Think about exercises 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6

## Chapter 2

- Section 2.1: Overview
- Section 2.2: Robots as tools, agents or joint cognitive systems
- Section 2.3: WW2 and nuclear industry
- Section 2.4: Industrial manipulators
- Section 2.5: Mobile robots
- (Optional) 2.6: Drones
- (Optional) 2.7: Joint Cognitive Systems
- Think about exercises: 2.1, 2.3

## Extra

- Watch the videos embedded in this [article](https://www.robotshop.com/community/blog/show/the-top-10-robots-of-the-past-10-years) and reflect on the ideas you learned in the first two chapters relative to the robots shown in the videos.

[Canvas submission](https://hanover.instructure.com/courses/2004/assignments/36308)