'O ka lopako hana 'oihana he lopako -huihui a i 'ole ka -degere-o-ho'okohu 'ole i ho'olālā 'ia no nā noi 'oihana. Loaʻa iā ia ka mana automated a me ka hiki ke neʻe, a he manipulator programmable hiki ke hana i nā hana like ʻole. Mai ka wā i hana ʻia ai ka robot hana aʻo mua ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1962, ʻo ka hoʻomohala honua, noiʻi, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā robots ʻenehana i 50 mau makahiki. I kēia manawa, ʻo nā ʻoihana robota o nā ʻāina he nui, i hōʻike ʻia e Iapana, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kelemānia, Palani, a me South Korea, ke ulu nei i ka makua a me ka maʻalahi.
ʻO ka lopako ʻenehana ka nui o ke kino, kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻokele, a me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻomalu, me ka ʻenehana hoʻokele neʻe ke kumu. Ke hilinaʻi nei ia i nā ʻāpana e like me nā mea hoʻemi a me nā mīkini servo e hoʻokō i nā hana pololei kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻopili ʻia kāna mau noi i ka wiliwili, ka mālama ʻana i nā mea, a me ka pena, a he hana koʻikoʻi loa ia i ka ʻoihana kaʻa a me nā ʻoihana uila, e pani ana i ka hana lima i ka hana pololei ʻana i nā wahi paʻakikī.
Ua wehewehe ʻia ka lopako ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he polokalamu hiki ke hoʻolālā, -multipurpose manipulator. Hōʻike ka ISO maʻamau (2012) he ʻekolu a ʻoi aʻe paha koʻi hiki ke hoʻolālā ʻia. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ka lopako ʻoihana mua i hoʻohana ʻia no nā ʻāpana kaʻa i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1956, a ua hana ʻia ka robot hana aʻo mua i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1962. Ua lilo nā lopako ʻenehana mai nā ʻāina e like me Iapana, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kelemānia, Farani, a me South Korea ua lilo i mea maʻamau ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
