Robotics

4.3. Intelligent surface ecosystem The startup Cube was created to develop and commercialize a type of technological platform with the purpose to transform some surfaces (e.g. tables, walls) into a computer interface, like a touch screen. To do so, the entrepreneurs decided to build a complex ecosystem. First, they formed a network of application developers. Second, they also created a network of two start-ups, a R&D lab and a partnership with an established firm for developing the hardware…

Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) explores us to a future humanity full of intelligent machines. Throughout the movie, it is debated whether the “mecha” (robots) are as real as the “orga” (humans). This parallels the debate today on whether machines have the ability to truly know things the same way that we can, or whether they are only capable of doing what we program them to. The problem is the definition of knowing; it can be applied to shared knowledge as well as…

“Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make you quiver” A quote written by a author, poet, and naturalist named Diane Ackerman. Most people in the society totally must have agreed to this quote. They have the same mindset, a negative one regarding to the matter of Artificial Intelligence like the fear of them surpassing human intelligence. The rest might just think that the possibility of artificial intelligence doing that is…

This thesis will deal with the aspect of machine autonomy: What imaginations of autonomous machines are out there, how do they influence the debate around machine autonomy and how can we as a society regulate the development and use of this powerful technology? Intelligent machines and artificial intelligence in the form of software are becoming so widespread now that it is time to think about the delegation of responsibility and accountability to non-human actors that these technologies bring.…

With the 2014 LEGO Star Wars Utapau Troopers set, you not only get a great way to amass an army of LEGO Clone Soldiers, but you can also add some villains to your collection. With this multi-piece set, LEGO creators can build the ferocious Octuptarra Tri-Droid. This droid features a head that swivels from side-to-side, articulated legs, and a working missile launcher. This LEGO Star Wars battle pack features two 212th Battalion Utabau Clone Troopers and two Airborne Utabau Clone Troopers. Every…

Artificial Intelligence, commonly known as AI, is a robot that has the capacity to “think” and make its own decisions. Personally I can’t really choose if I am in favor or against this invention because I think an AI would be pretty cool and helpful in our day to day life like Samantha in Her. It or she would function on her own accord by the needs of Theodore and would make is life so much easier like read his mails when they arrive and at the morning and so much other things, in my opinion…

What Impacts do Robots Really Make? In “All Can Be Lost,” Nicholas Carr, writer of NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Wired, warns that the advancement in technology can lead to the deterioration of human skills. Carr explains that humans are so involved in finding ways for robots and drones to do their jobs that they are forgetting how to innovate and translate information into knowledge. Losing the ability to translate information also limits humans from being able to think deeper and try and…

In the book “The Glass Cage How Our Computers Are Changing Us” by Nicholas Carr, discusses about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure. Automation has become a huge beneficial factor in the world as we know it. Everywhere we look computers and robots are slowly taking away certain jobs and tasks, but have substantially improved our lives. Without manufacturing…

External influences can have negative and positive impacts in society. For example, technology is advancing every year, things are getting more complex. New phones are being made, new computers, new things are being invented and advanced as we speak.Soon in the near future we won’t even have to walk, we’ll have robots that will do everything for us. There are positive things, and disastrous things that come with the advancement of technology. External influences in technology have more…

ing For my job shadow, I went to my dad's job General Motors that is located in Romulus, Michigan. The name of the job shadow was Kenneth Swint. We observed the work of an Electrician as well as workers who make the vehicles. We focused more on the Electrician part, so the tasks that they usually complete involve the functioning of robots. When they run into problem, they seek help from their supervisor. The working environment that he works in, is inside the General Motors factory building.…