Robots for people: do we really need them? Introduction: Scientific progress represents enormous milestones towards the development of new advanced technologies that are increasingly present in human life. Today, robots replace people in many fields, including healthcare, security and military, industry, education, entertainment and science. The role of robots becomes more significant because they are able to do the work that people are not able to do well. Sometimes people are too lazy to do some routine jobs, due to that situation such tasks might be delegated to machines. People's lives are becoming more and more technology-based, which increases the demand for efficient robots. Engineers say that today robots look like machines, but in the near future robots will look more human, today they perform some simple jobs, but in the near future they will be entrusted with much more complicated tasks. The history of robotics dates back to the times when the ancient Greeks described the first devices with which people were to fly in the sky like birds. In fact, the heart of every robot is a program that directs the device and controls its actions. The robot cannot perform tasks that have not been programmed into it and this is the factor that makes it rather limited in its actions. Current robotics studies aim to eliminate these disadvantages and make robots more functional and universal through the development of artificial intelligence capable of operating independently. The curiosity of the world community towards robotics is increasing every day, which makes all research and inventions in the field of robotics more and more in demand. The history of robots, recent achievements and future prospects of robotics must be studied and studied to understand what machines can give to humanity and what pros and cons exist in the middle of paper......botica .megagiant.com /history.html (accessed 30 October 2011).• K.-D Bouzakis and S.Mitsi, Off-line programming of an industrial robot for production, Spinger-Verlag London Limited, 2004, 262-267 (accessed 30 October 2011)• Khoshhal K. and MHKorayem, Vision-based simulation and experiment for robot performance testing. Spinger-Verlag London Limited, 2004,1218-1231. (accessed October 30, 2011)• Purdy, Ellen M. 2008. “The Growing Role of Robots in National Security.” Defense AT&L 37, no. 3: 26. MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed 1 November 2011).• Vukobratovic, M., Borovac, B.: Zero-Moment Point - Thirty Five Years of its Life, International Journal of Roborics, 2003, 12-14 (accessed of October 31, 2011) • Anderson, MichaelAnderson, Susan Leigh. 2010. “ROBOTS BE GOOD.” Scientific American 303, no. 4: 72. MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed November 1, 2011).