Robotic Revolution

The Robotic Revolution refers to the rapid advancement in robotic technologies, that consisted of three simultaneous advances which took place in the 23rd Terran Century:
 * The large scale manufacture of artificial muscles
 * The invention of the first optical microprocessor
 * The decoding of the Human Connectome

First Applications
The first applications of the Robotic Revolution could be classified in the following categories:
 * Military
 * Entertainment
 * Industrial
 * Scientific
 * Medical

Entertainment Applications
Among the applications of the Robotic Revolution in entertainment, are:
 * Androids - The first androids were used for entertainment purposes only, and under modern criteria, could be classified as humanlike robots. They had no intelligence of their own, and were expensive and incapable of domestic use.
 * Sexbots - Primitive versions of what we know as eroids, or erotic androids. The first sexbots had cheap rubber skin, had a very limited set of commands, and were unable to experience pleasure. Their prices ranged from the tens to the hundreds of thousands of Euros.
 * cyPets - The first experiments on artificial pets had a script-based soft AI. They were easily broken in comparison with today's versions.
 * Animal robots - Used in zoos to interact with controllable, synthetic version of wildlife.
 * Avatars - The first Avatars were identical in manufacture to androids, except that they were controlled by humans via VR gear. They had a limited range, and required a low latency broadband connection to operate correctly.

Military Applications

 * Combat Robots - The first military applications of the Robotic Revolution were the deployment of the first humanoid combat robots. Controlled by remote control and with a limited Soft Artificial Intelligence, the first combat robots marked the beginning of the Robotic Cold War on Earth. This later led to World War III, which caused the fragmentation of the United States and the stagnation of scientific development around the world.
 * Animal surveillance - Like androids, the first animal robots were used for covert surveillance of the population by authoritative governments. Animal surveillance was declared illegal under the Guadalajara Convention, after WWIII ended.

Industrial Applications
The industrial applications of the robotic revolution were the basically robots and avatars used to replace human workers in both low sanitary conditions.

Scientific Applications
The main scientific application of the Robotic Revolution was the use of autonomous robots to colonize space and to build the first interstellar ships.

Medical Applications
The first application of the robotic revolution was the first bioelectromechanical prosthetic limbs.