The COVID-19 pandemic begins in the end of 2019 and spread all over the world in few months. The pandemic is very severe in nature, challenging to the safety and health of general public, medical personals and healthcare systems. Different emerging technologies are playing a vital role to minimize the impact of pandemic. As COVID-19 imposes many restrictions like lockdowns, stay a home, no public meeting or collective works which badly impact on the normal flow of life and world economy. Robots are best alternative to humans for the continuity of work and combating against COVID-19 in different perspectives. Robotics are used for mass screening, disinfection, diagnosis, examination and medical care, industries, education and all domains. In this paper, we have explored the state of the art contributions of robotics for combating against COVID-19. The agenda of paper is based on two points; the prime contributions of robotics made against pandemic to normalize the life and reduce the COVID-19; the main key research directions and development which are needed for future pandemics. We have categorized the current robotic achievements in different categories such as medical robots, logistics, manufacturing and delivery robots, social care and assistance robots, educational robots and general robots. This paper gives a short, precise and state of the art view of the robotics in pandemic which lead the research to future work.