[u][b]Robotics, computing, and Artificial Intelligence[/b][/u]

Computer technology developed hand in hand with other advancements in technology. Miniaturisation and processing power increased rapidly, hand in hand, along with the ubiquity of computers and devices that included computer technology. Computers were integrated into everything, along with the increasing proliferation of the internet. This especially took off after the Heavenfall and the period of rebuilding and replacement, as information technology and computer systems and connectivity were built into almost everything. 

Robotics is intrinsically linked to computing. However, robotics developed less quickly. Robots as seen in science fiction works did not come about. Bipedal robots or even walking robots in every-day life or even specialised roles did not appear in great numbers, and have still remained highly specialised and restricted to very narrow fields of use, and are mostly experimental. However, industrial robots such as in manufacturing, scientific, industrial and other applications have become more widespread. Medical robots have also been in use, along with others in fixed or semi-mobile locations. Such robots only have limited capabilities, and conduct their actions based on limited programming for specific tasks. 
Some industrial robots are more mobile and adapatable, and can undertake multiple tasks and roles, though these also tend less to be humanoid, and more designed and shaped to take on their roles and in their environments. Some are used in construction applications, for everything from lifting and carrying, to actual construction tasks themselves. 
Some robots are used in search-and-rescue applications, especially in hazardous environments and areas, such as for fire rescue, or in other such areas. Others are used in scientific research, such as underwater survey and exploration, in below-freezing temperatures, or many other such places less hospitable to human life. 
Military robots have not been extensively adopted, or at least; not in the sense of land-based ones. Smaller mobile automated platforms are occasionally used to carry cargo across rough terrain. Automated or remotely-piloted drones have been used in the air for reconnaissance and surveillance and even in light ground-attack roles on occasion. They are frequently used for maritime patrol and surveillance of borders. Derived versions are also often used for things like geological and geophysical surveys, air sampling, weather reconnaissance and monitoring and other such useful roles. 

As the development and employment of semi-autonomous robotic platforms grew, the need for more and more sophisticated programming went along with them. Artificial Intelligence has always been a 'holy grail' of development and research for information technology and computing, and this is still very much the case. 
Full artificial intelligence has yet to come to pass. No 'sapient' or even 'self-aware' Artificial Intelligences have ever publicly been revealed or declared, although increasingly complex, reactive and sophisticated computer programs and systems have been deployed and developed at faster and faster pace, dealing with all manner of aspects of life, from running and managing power, systems, utilities and other such tasks at large industrial complexes, other large installations or facilities, and even cities. 
Claims of artificial intelligences being created or present in the world are made frequently, but as yet; no proof has been found.