Industrial Robots

• We've used robots industrially at an increasing rate since World War Two.
• For instance, a great deal of automobile production is done by robots. (It varies from company to company, and indeed from factory to factory.)
• A fair few things in building cars are dangerous and involve a lot of strength.
• So welding, and chasis assembly is often done by robots.
• Moreover, things like painting can be done effectively by robots.
• When it's cheaper to do something with a robot, we do.
• Of course, it isn't a clear line between robot and non-robotic machine.
• Is a timed coffee machine a robot?
• What about automated fruit and vegetable pickers?