...In a world that continues to advance technologically machines titled “sociable robots” acquire life-like characteristics once exclusive to humans. They are able to express artificial emotions that seem real to the user. In “Alone Together” by Sherry Turkle we see how sociable robots interact with children. They begin to feel emotions that were once exclusive to human interaction. In the narrative “An Army of One: Me” written by Jean Twenge we see how prominent the generation gap is. Those under the age of thirty-five tend to focus more on themselves and making sure they feel worthy. This generation is appropriately called “Generation Me,” highlighting the fact that boosts of “self-esteem” leads to a rise in individualistic focus. Parents expose...
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...Technology, in the form of robots, has begun to impact traditional distribution and manufacturing jobs. Robots are now much cheaper to utilize in the workplace and the return on investment through productivity can be justified within 10 years for a company. These robots are able to perform 24 hours a day all year long. In the distribution sector, C&S wholesalers is able to use robots effectively and more precisely than human workers to pick and stage orders for distribution into their own grocery stores. They are much faster and increase productivity significantly. The United States government understands the importance of achieving increased productivity within their economy in order to stay competitive in the global market. Some individuals and skeptics argue that robots result in a loss of jobs since humans are no longer needed to perform specific tasks. Even with the use of robots, humans will still be necessary in the workplace because of their ability to reason and their thought mechanisms. Unions will continue to oppose the idea of robots in the workplace because they believe that it will result in a loss of jobs. Robots are programmed to simply perform given tasks but they cannot create strategic vision the way humans can. Humans will still be necessary in driving the success behind a company’s performance. The engineering market for robots has resulted in thousands of new jobs. In today’s world, companies can utilize these robots in certain business areas...
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...Advancement in Robot Engineering Over the several years, robot engineering has become a part of everyone’s daily life especially towards the development of robots for the elderly. Frank Tobe, a robotics analyst and publisher of The Robot Reports, explains and describes about the different type of technologies that are beginning to come to the market to help the elderly to live in their homes for as long as possible. Joseph Engelberger, who is a robotics pioneer, created and helped with the invention of the first industrial robot. The need for eldercare technology continues to increase throughout the years. A study from Georgia Tech showed and proved the seniors preferred robotic help for household chores but not for personal needs such as getting help to get dressed up, bathing, and many more. The consequences for having robot-care can vary depending on what type of care the robot is providing to the elders. One consequence would be that robots would be replacing jobs that humans once had. Robots that are used for medical purposes could dramatically change the way we treat the ailments. Many researches are experimenting with robots to perform surgical performances such as a heart surgery. Over the years, robotic engineers are trying to develop nano-robots that could be injected into cancer patients in order to selectively kill cancer cells. For elderly people with impairments such as a spinal cord injury or some sort of paralysis caused by a stroke, robots are able to assist...
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...Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing Series Editor Professor D. T. Pham Intelligent Systems Laboratory WDA Centre of Enterprise in Manufacturing Engineering University of Wales Cardiff PO Box 688 Newport Road Cardiff CF2 3ET UK Other titles in this series Assembly Line Design B. Rekiek and A. Delchambre Advances in Design H.A. ElMaraghy and W.H. ElMaraghy (Eds.) Effective Resource Management in Manufacturing Systems: Optimization Algorithms in Production Planning M. Caramia and P. Dell’Olmo Condition Monitoring and Control for Intelligent Manufacturing L. Wang and R.X. Gao (Eds.) Optimal Production Planning for PCB Assembly W. Ho and P. Ji Trends in Supply Chain Design and Management H. Jung, F.F. Chen and B. Jeong (Eds.) Process Planning and Scheduling for Distributed Manufacturing L. Wang and W. Shen (Eds.) Collaborative Product Design and Manufacturing Methodologies and Applications W.D. Li, S.K. Ong, A.Y.C. Nee and C. McMahon (Eds.) R. Venkata Rao Decision Making in the Manufacturing Environment Using Graph Theory and Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods 123 R. Venkata Rao, PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat Ichchanath Surat 395 007 Gujarat State India British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Rao, R. Venkata Decision making in the manufacturing environment : using graph theory and fuzzy multiple attribute decision making methods. - (Springer series in advanced...
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...2012 Should Robots be Encouraged to Do Work? What is a robot? A robot, scientifically known as a machine, means ‘a machine capable of carrying out complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer (Oxford dictionaries, 2012). A robot can complete one or more tasks repeatedly, with high speed and accuracy. In today’s modern life, robot is getting to be increasingly important for many people because it can perform industrial duties, housework and so forth. Today, it has been proven, that robot bring benefits to all of us in many different ways. Japan is a good example of a country to prove that robot is an important machine in industries in the country. In fact, Japan looks for robots to fill jobs because there are lack of employees to do work (Lustig, 2009).This shows, the importance of robots to do work in big industries. Furthermore, mostly electronics industry and motor vehicle industry need large quantity of robots to complete their products until final products (IFR International Federation of Robotics, n.d). The top list shows that the Republic of Korea has sold 23,500 robots, up from 7,800 units in 2009 (IFR International Federation of Robotics, n.d). From the statistics, we can realise that robots play an important role to do work in all of the industries in the world. However, there are those who think that robots have negative effects for people and can bring extreme danger in future. Although other people think that robots bring negative...
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...like to thank Asst. Prof., Ila Parmar for her guidance, her support and the opportunity to work on this project and H.O.D., Mr. Lokhandvala for his support and the encouragement. We would also like to thank our families for their constant support, encouragement and motivation without which the accomplishment of this project would not be possible. We would also like to thank our friends and all the people who directly or indirectly played a role in this project. ABSTRACT [pic] Mankind has always strived to give life like qualities to it’s artifacts in an attempt to find substitutes for himself to carry out his orders and also to work in a hostile environment. The popular concept of a robot is of a machine that looks like a human being. Cleaning of floors of rooms and corridor usually involves lot of effort and labour on the part of the person doing it. It causes much trouble, waste of time and energy on the part of humans. Moreover, it also proves to be expensive if a person is hired for doing it. It also makes the employer dependent on the person hired for getting the job done. Thus it bounds people in a way and renders them helpless. What if this process is made automatic and independent of any apparent human role. This can be done with the help of embedded technology and automation. That is the job we as future EC engineers have undertaken. The process of cleaning can be made automatic, reliable and efficient...
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...International Consumer Behaviour ROBOLOVE Théo LAMARE By Robolove, we do not mean a feeling of love towards robots like it is depicted in Spike Jonze’s disturbing movie “her”, even if humanity could be soon exposed to this unexpected situation. Here, we rather mean the phenomenon characterized by the fact that there are more and more robots presents in our daily lives, which is also true in the business world. People will be more frequently in contact with robots in circumstances that they are rather used to communicate with humans so far. If this trend can be qualified as worldwide, I have decided to focus on a specific market: Switzerland. This country, whose capital city is Bern, is located in Western and Central Europe. From a political point of view, Switzerland is one of the most stable in the world, it remains a high performer according to the World Bank’s global governance indicators that rank between 91 and 99,5 in all parameters. Switzerland’s government is a team composed of seven members with equal rights. Thus, President and Vice President are elected by the Federal Assembly. The executive power is exercised by the government and the federal administration so it is not concentrated in any one person. Concerning its economic landscape, Switzerland ranks as one of the world’s most competitive economies, with a GDP of around $685bn in 2013. With prudent monetary and fiscal policies in place, the country has resisted to the economic recession much better...
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...paper. One argument that Daniel Dennett brought up in his book Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds was “Robots are purely material things, and consciousness requires immaterial mind-stuff”. I think that humans are uncomfortable with the idea that a manufactured thing can simulate our most precious possession, our mind. Therefore they created this argument to give themselves a sense of protection against science. Another argument against this was expressed once again by Rick Dennett who wrote “...every other phenomenon of initially “supernatural” mysteriousness has succumbed to an uncontroversial explanation within the commodious folds of physical science”. Perhaps the best argument at the present time against robotic consciousness is robots are just too simple to have the ability of thought/consciousness. A human brain is composed of billions of parts each with its own function. All these parts rely on another part in order to give the brain a correct response for a certain action. The computing power required in order to simulate a human brain and the sheer capabilities to make a program that could comprehend everyday situations is impossible with todays technology. Whether or not this will ever be possible is beyond this paper. For this papers sake lets say that we were able to create a robot which would be able to surpass even Bladerunner's Nexus-6 robot and would be able to simulate consciousness in every way. It would be able to learn from what it has done in...
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...In Karel Čapek’s play, Rossum’s Universal Robots, Robots are mass produced on assembly lines by other Robots. These Robots have no capacity for creative thought, pain, or emotions. Helena Glory, a representative of the League of Humanity, believes Robots should be protected and guaranteed good treatment as they have souls. Old Rossum, who wants to take on the role of the Creator, meticulously designs these Robots to be no different than Man. Young Rossum, Old Rossum’s son, is a much more pragmatic and economical version of his father and wants to produce simpler versions of Man to be sold as inexpensive workers; these workers are coined the name “Robots”. Helena Glory believes some Robots show signs of an emerging soul by gnashing their teeth...
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...The computer is the most wonderful gift of science to the modern man. The computer can do all the works of man. Thus, after the invention of computer, the gap between man and machine has been bridged up. The dictionary meaning of the word "Computer" is an electronic calculating machine. It is derived from the word compute which means to reckon. But the function of the computer has expanded beyond the act of reckoning. Though a machine, it contains and provides innumerable information's and artificial intelligence of a very high order. It may seem strange, but it is true that the memory and intelligence of a computer can surpass those of a living human being. The mechanism of the computer is very simple. Information processing is the essence of computing. It is a data based machine. The data is fed into the machine. The machine is manipulated and then the due information is retrieved. Computer was invented due to the pressures of World War-II which witnessed the use of such sophisticated weapons as night bombers, submarines, and long range guns on ships and tanks, etc. The defenders have to fight back by shooting at targets and those targets of the enemy can be located by radar. Radar can inform not only about the location of the enemy but also about the direction and the speed of the enemy weapons. Detailed mathematical calculations are necessary to find out these things accurately. Firing tables are required by the front line soldiers. Thus the necessity of calculations...
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...is progress. Working together is success.” In an effective team everyone collaborates to become successful. Joshua Davis the author of “La Vida Robot” and Walter Isaacson, author of an excerpt from Steve Jobs share similar views on what makes an effective team. Both authors believe an effective team consists of individuals who have distinctive and noteworthy skills that lead the team to success. In “La Vida Robot,” Davis describes the different skills each student in the team has, making the team successful. Davis starts by describing Lorenzo as he states, “Lorenzo had grown up rebuilding car engines with his brother and cousin. Now he was ready to build something on his own.” Lorenzo’s expertise in mechanics is important because it makes him a valuable member of the team. In addition, Davis describes Christian as the brains of the team. Christian’s intelligence is shown in the first meeting of the team when he states, “We should use glass flotation foam.”Christian suggests a plan for building the robot giving him a role as the engineer of the group. Davis also describes Oscar as the “born leader” of the group. Oscar is able to motivate others and his leadership helps the team as he gets the money to buy the materials for the robot. Furthermore, Davis mentions Luis Aranda who is responsible for picking up the materials of the robot. A conversation with Christian and Lorenzo resulted in “Luis going to a hardware store to buy a PVC pipe.” This shows Luis had the role of the errand...
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...2013 DeVry University Introduction & Brief description of robotics technology: (Elizabeth Burrier) Robotics has been coming further and further in technology over the years. Robots are not just something you see in the movies, they are now used by the military, NASA and the medical field. This paper will take you through the world of Robotics, and show you the best, newest and what is to come. There was a big popularity Automatons in ancient and Medieval times were very popular. Simple automatons for the use as tools, toys and as part of religious ceremonies were made possible by the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Automatons were population as part of clocks and religious worship, in Europe and the Middle East. The Arab polymath Al-Jazari left texts illustrating his various mechanical devices. Working to develop the foundations of computer science in the early to mid-nineteenth century, Charles Babbage continued to provide entertainment during the 19th century. In 1920, Karel Capek published his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which introduced the word "robot". Robotics became a burgeoning science and more money was invested. Robots spread to Japan, South Korea and many parts of Europe over the last half century, to the extent that projections for the 2011 population of industrial robots are around 1.2 million. Robotics is something that came about a long time ago, in the ancient and medieval times with automatons. The Industrial Revolution and the increased focus...
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...The Research of Robot Path Planning System Keqing LIN College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, P. R. China Abstract: First we analyze all of the aspects of the algorithm in detail, including environmental modeling, path initialization, the fitness function design, the operator design, the analysis and selection of algorithm parameters. Then, use the MATLAB write, simulate and debug the program, continually analyze the simulation result in static environment. Simulation results showed that genetic simulated annealing algorithm in a variety of obstacles environment can plan out an optimal or near-optimal path effectively, which demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm. Key words: Path planning、Genetic algorithms、Simulated annealing algorithms Introduction Robot is the agent which can stay in the physical state, is a automatic or semi-automatic machine to perform work. It can be perceived by the sensor surroundings in the surrounding environment to make certain reactions. Robot is the popular trend of modern scientific and technological research in the 21st century which will increasingly play an important role in reflecting its importance. Since the invention of the world's first generation of robots, robots applications in various fields widely, the ability to interact with the environment are increasing. Robots need to focus on the following issues specially, namely: determine where it is, where to go, how to get. The third problem...
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...Week 4 Learning Activity Paper Summary of Major Principles From Sources Provided MIS301 In the video “Warehouse Robots at Work” I think there are two real principles that can be seen at play. The first is the importance of innovation. The warehouse business had been doing business the same way for many many years. People would fulfill orders as they came in and there were many moving parts and the potential for human error was great. Those in the industry who were willing to attempt to implement the new innovative robotic warehouse management systems were willing to take a step away from business as usual and uproot the culture of a warehouse floor with these new ideas. This ability to innovate and leverage technology proved beneficial. The second thing is how critical a SCM is to business. Only through sophisticated software controls which integrate with a robust SCM are these robots able to bring so much value to a business. Kiva describes their system, “Using hundreds of autonomous mobile robots and sophisticated control software, the Kiva Mobilerobotic Fulfillment System enables extremely fast cycle times with reduced labor requirements, from receiving to picking to shipping. The result is a building that is quick and lowcost to set up, inexpensive to operate and easy to change anywhere in the world.” In the video in the “If Programmers Made Planes” I think the major idea of...
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...RADIO FREQUENCY CONTROLLED INTELLIGENT ROBOT Saradindu Naskar Department of Computer Science, St. Xavier’s College Kolkata, India Email: saradindu.naskar@gmail.com Abstract ─ My military robot has got two barrel turret through which bullet can be fired; radio camera in synchronization with the turret can rotate up and down, left and right up to a safe firing limit. Turret and camera mechanism has been installed on my robot vehicle, which has all the function like tank, turning to any angle on its axis, moving forward and reverse turning left and right, running instantly into reverse direction. This robot is radio operated; self powered, has image processing facility and has all the controls like a normal car. A pair of laser gun has been installed on it, so that it can fire on enemy remotely when required; this is not possible until a wireless camera is installed. Wireless camera will send real time video and audio signals which could be seen on a remote monitor and action can be taken accordingly. It can silently enter into enemy area and send us all the information through its tiny Camera eyes. It is designed for, fighting as well as suicide attack. Keywords─ISO, robot, DARPA, DSTA, RF, cockroach intelligence. or mobile for use in industrial automation applications. “ All these definition do give us a rough idea about what comprises a robot, which needs to sense the outside world and act accordingly. There are motors, pulleys, gears, gearbox, levers, chains, and many...
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