The document discusses fundamentals of robotics including history, types, applications and future. It provides definitions of robots, discusses Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. It describes major parts of industrial robots like controllers, links and end effectors. It outlines types of robots based on movement and applications in fields like medical, space, agriculture and defense. It predicts that by 2020, most robots will use cloud-based software and a robotics marketplace will emerge.