Volume: 2 Issue: 1 | Open Access | 10 Jan 2026
A Review On AI and ML in Modern Robotics
Mahesh Kumar, B.Tech (Robotics), LPU.
Abstract: Advanced robotics increasingly depends on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) to achieve autonomy, robust perception, and adaptable decision-making. This review outlines foundational concepts, key learning paradigms, core architectures, prominent application areas, sim-to-real strategies, and unresolved challenges. We emphasize how learning-based techniques are reshaping perception, control, and intelligent behavior in robotic systems. This article also surveys benchmarks and proposes future research directions. In-text citations throughout the paper link concepts to scholarly sources.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, AI in Robotics, ML in Robotics, Robotics Technology
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