Autonomous robot

Who Owns the Future Due to Artificial Intelligence (AI) having the ability to learn information at an exponential rate, it is very easy to believe that AI owns the future. There are two broad types of AI, soft and hard AI. Soft AI is not intended to mimic the human brain, soft AI could be used to make a difficult boss in a video game. Hard AI on the other hand is intended to mimic the human brain, and many experts in the field are scared of what will come from the evolution of hard AI (Baer).…

Minecraft Stroymode is a Telltale game inspired by Mojang's very own Minecraft. As of now, there are currently three of five episodes out of the game. The game is based on a story driven by the choices of the character. No game anyone plays we be exactly the same because there are so many choices to be made while playing. In the first episode of Minecraft Storymode, Jesse the main character is with his friends Axel, Olivia, and Ruben the pig. They head off to try to finally beat the…

After years of convincing myself that the robotics team of Slidell High was an organization unfit for me, I finally overcame my robotic-phobia and enlisted. The team moved with a rhythm unmatched by any other team, grinding and welding and programming without bounds. The finest gumbo of human achievement, the robotics team accepted my flavor unwaveringly. Although I felt that I was needed with the labeling and organizing, I had no particular impact on the gumbo until computer science discovered…

In his novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Ship?” an American writer Philip K. Dick takes aim at what it is to be human and how to recognize one among androids. Dick introduces the Voigt-Kampff machine to serve as an interrogation tool to distinguish humans from androids. By examining the depictions of various characters – humans and androids, we can see Dick is arguing that Voigt-Kampff Empathy Test is implausible and doesn’t make any sense from the humane and ethical perspective. In general,…

dangerous master. If technology takes over all of the simplistic jobs of the working class, what will be the purpose of human beings? This is a question entering every individual’s mind after reading Kevin Kelly’s article “ Better than Human: Why Robots Will - and Must - Take Over Our Jobs”. In this reading, Kelly describes the inevitable future of computers taking over many of the current jobs of the working class. In his article, he effectively addresses many of the pros to this new epidemic,…

softly. The ever present pitter patter of Seattle rain was descending on Seattle General Hospital as he uttered the last words. “So let me get this straight, you’re going to let a robot-” Mila began before being cut off. At the young age of 16, brain surgery shouldn’t be one of her problems. “Not any robot, a robot that was made specifically to perform a perfect frontal lobe resection. You are in the most capable hands here at Seattle General. The surgery is fairly easy, but the slightest…

mechanical weapons of death flying through the sky is an idea that is definitely hard to wrap one’s head around. While those who were raised to the tune of movies like “The Terminator” could be understandably hesitant at the thought of allowing military robots to lead airstrikes on other countries in the world. Others agree that drones can be a huge asset that can revolutionize warfare. Either way it’s pros and cons help to create a major topic of debate in modern day society, especially in The…

started. It all started with the ancient Greek, where robots started to emerge the name robots as depicted began to…

Aerial Robotics Team. Ideally, I would work with the team to develop autonomous flight capabilities. The field of robotics is facing an unprecedented leap in capability, and I hope that an education at USC will help me to shape that change to benefit…

rights. In the movie “I, Robot” Sonny would be a good an example of a candidate for full rights. I think that machines could be given rights based upon the countries citizenship path, passing exams, and awarded approval. The people who would decide upon this citizenship are judges from the civil and engineering fields; to ensure qualifications are met. In the movie “I, Robot”…