Abstract
Robotics has several aspects such as science, technology and art. Therefore, the purpose, method, and evaluation of robotic research are very different depending on the cases. This paper tries to clarify the difference between science and technology in robotics. Moreover, the relation between robotics science and human science is explained in this paper. As science in robotics, this paper point out the importance of synthetic science as well as analytic science. As an example of synthetic science, sensor feedback motion control based on linear transformation form vision to motion is explained and three conditions are revealed. Some simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the feedback control. Finally, several issues concerning methodology of robot science are discussed.
