Historical and futuristic perspectives of robotics

According to the progress and applications of robots, we can categorize them into three different generations: industrial robots, autonomous mobile robots, and social robots. At the first section, the significant characteristics, structures, and control methods of industrial robots have been introduced. In the next, autonomous mobile robots, their mobile attributes and the typical navigation methods have been briefly presented. Following that part, we investigate social robots as the third generation of robots. The applications of social robots and their promotion process is also a subject of our study. Finally, try to envisage future trends in the field robotics.