Roboti y'inganda ni igikoresho gikoreshwa n'abantu benshi canke gifise ingero nyinshi z'umwidegemvyo gikoreshwa mu nganda. Irafise ubushobozi bwo kugenzura no kwinyiganza, kandi ni igikoresho gishobora gukoreshwa muri porogarama gishobora gukora ibikorwa bitandukanye. Kuva aho robo ya mbere y’inganda ishobora kwigishwa ikoreshwa muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu 1962, iterambere mpuzamakungu, ubushakashatsi be n’ugukoresha robo z’inganda vyaramaze imyaka 50. Muri iki gihe, inganda zikora amaroboti zo mu bihugu vyinshi, ziserukirwa n’Ubuyapani, Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, Ubudage, Ubufaransa na Koreya y’Epfo, ziriko zirarushiriza gukura kandi zikaba ziteye imbere.
Robot y’inganda ahanini igizwe n’umubiri, uburyo bwo kuyitwara be n’uburyo bwo kuyigenzura, ubuhinga bwo kuyigenzura bukaba ari bwo bushingiyeko. Ishingiye ku bihimba nk’ibigabanya ubushobozi n’ibikoresho vy’ubuhinga bwa servo kugira ngo ishobore gukora neza cane-. Ivyo ikoresha ni ugusudira, gukoresha ibikoresho be no gusigira, kandi irafise uruhara runini cane mu bijanye n’uguhingura imodoka be n’ivy’ubuhinga bwa none, igasubirira ibikorwa vy’amaboko mu gukora ibikorwa vy’ukuri mu bibanza bikomeye.
Roboti y'inganda isobanurwa nk'igikoresho gishobora gukoreshwa muri porogaramu, gifise intumbero nyinshi-. Itegeko rya ISO (2012) rivuga ko ritegerezwa kuba rifise amabara atatu canke arenga ashobora gutegurwa. Robot yambere y'inganda yakoreshejwe mu bihimba vy'imodoka yateguwe muri Amerika muri 1956, n'irobot yambere y'inganda yigishwa yakozwe muri Amerika muri 1962. Amarobot y'inganda yo mu bihugu nk'Ubuyapani, Amerika, Ubudage, Ubufaransa, na Koreya y'Epfo yacitse ibikoresho bisanzwe kw'isi yose.