Imashini yinganda ninganda nyinshi - ihuriweho na manipulator cyangwa nyinshi - dogere - ya - robot yubwisanzure yagenewe gukoreshwa mu nganda. Ifite ubushobozi bwikora bwo kugenzura no kugenda, kandi ni manipulatrice ishobora gukora imirimo itandukanye. Kuva robot yambere yingirakamaro yigishwa yinganda yakorerwa muri Reta zunzubumwe zamerika muri 1962, iterambere mpuzamahanga, ubushakashatsi, nogukoresha ama robo yinganda bimaze imyaka 50. Kugeza ubu, inganda za robo zo mu bihugu byinshi, zihagarariwe n’Ubuyapani, Amerika, Ubudage, Ubufaransa, na Koreya yepfo, ziragenda zikura kandi zinonosoye.
Imashini yinganda igizwe ahanini numubiri, sisitemu yo gutwara, hamwe na sisitemu yo kugenzura, hamwe na tekinoroji yo kugenzura ibyingenzi. Yishingikiriza kubigize nka kugabanya na moteri ya servo kugirango igere kubikorwa byo hejuru -. Porogaramu zayo zirimo gusudira, gutunganya ibikoresho, no gusiga amarangi, kandi bigira uruhare runini mubikorwa byo gukora amamodoka ninganda za elegitoroniki, gusimbuza imirimo yintoki mugukora imirimo isobanutse mubidukikije.
Imashini yinganda isobanurwa nkibishobora gutegurwa, byinshi - manipulator. Igipimo cya ISO (2012) cyerekana ko kigomba kugira amashoka atatu cyangwa menshi ashobora gutegurwa. Imashini ya mbere y’inganda yakoreshejwe mu bice by’imodoka yatejwe imbere muri Amerika mu 1956, naho robot ya mbere y’inganda ishobora kwigishwa yakorewe muri Amerika mu 1962. Imashini z’inganda ziva mu bihugu nk'Ubuyapani, Amerika, Ubudage, Ubufaransa, na Koreya y'Epfo zahindutse ibikoresho bisanzwe ku isi.
