Exploring the Future: Robotics in Action

Continuous Education and Community Service

The Community Outreach Program titled “Exploring the Future: Robotics in Action” presented by Dr. Hasin Alam Quraishi, Senior Lecturer, Engineering department, College of engineering & technology, UTAS IBRA, OMAN, on April 23, 2024, offered valuable insights into Robots/Robotics and how they are revolutionizing the human life.

The program outlined the origin of the word Robots, its multi-disciplinary nature, why it is so important, the short history of Robotics, three laws of Robotics, different types of Robots, Robot Body parts etc.

Dr. Hasin's presentation was equipped with attractive slides with moving pictures exploring practical applications and demonstrating the use of different Robots in our practical life and highlighted the potential of robots to play a vital role in logistics, travel, manufacturing industries, healthcare and medical devices, augmented reality, environmental monitoring, smart homes, entertainment, gaming, drones etc. It is shown that Robots will increase economic growth and productivity and will create new career opportunities for many people worldwide. Future trends reflect the reduction in power needs and size, greater integration of technologies, more user-friendly interface, easy to disassemble and destroy the Robots and easily reusable or degradable parts, Autonomous vehicles, and Robots as coworkers.

This event was facilitated by the Industry and Community Engagement Committee (ICEC) under the Continuous Education and Community Service.