This document provides an introduction to robotics, including definitions of robotics, the history of robots from the first industrial robot installed in 1961 through current generations, and types of robots such as pre-programmed, humanoid, autonomous, teleoperated, and augmenting robots. It also discusses how computer science relates to robots through areas like artificial intelligence and sensor processing, and gives examples of applications of current and future robots in areas like medical care, bomb disposal, transportation, exploration, and more.