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Advances in robotics (Review)

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The state and prospects of macro-, micro-, and nanorobotics are described. The role of industrial robots in the creation of modern automated production is shown. Developments in the field of mobile robots and examples of their use are given. Miniaturization and molecular manufacturing are addressed as two approaches to nanorobot development.

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Original Russian Text © A.M. Petrina, 2011, published in Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsiya, Seriya 2, 2011, No. 3, pp. 1–16.

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Petrina, A.M. Advances in robotics (Review). Autom. Doc. Math. Linguist. 45, 43–57 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S000510551102004X

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