ROBOTICSBY TEAM 4

HISTORY

• When Did It Begin?• History is vaster than we think.

• Began in the 10th century BC• Automaton

AUTOMATON N.

(plural: Automata or Automatons)

A mechanical figure or contrivance

constructed to act as if by its own

motive power.

ORIGINATED IN GREECE• First used by Homer

• Used in Greek mythology

• Oldest automatons are from Greece

ROBOTA N.

(Csech, Slavic)

The work a medieval peasant

was forced to do for their lord.

ROBOT N.

A machine capable of carrying

out a complex series of actions

automatically, especially one

programmable by a computer.

WHEN WERE ROBOTS FIRST USED?

• First used in the vehicle industry

• Was very difficult to program

• IRB-6: the first programmable robotic arm

MODERN ROBOTS• ASISMO by Honda

• Baxter by Rethink Robotics

PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY

• Unemployment

• Surgical robot malfunctions

• Privacy and security concerns

• Legal and ethnical concerns

HOW WILL WE SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS?

• Unemployment• Raise in the general quality of life

• Creation of more skilled workers

• Legal concerns• Solid decisions of accidental occurrences

• Decide how to alter our punishments

CHANGES IN FUTURE YEARS?

• Will permeate daily life by 2025• Health care

• Transportation

• Logistics

• Customer Service

• Home maintenance

REASONS TO BE HOPEFUL

• Advances in technology

• New types of work

• Freedom from day-to-day drudgery

• We control our own destiny

REASONS TO BE CONCERNED

• Threatens skilled workers

• Permanent unemployment

• Inefficient educational system

REFERENCES

• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/mishaps-and-deaths-caused-by-surgical-robots-going-underreported-to-fda/

• http://www.fastcompany.com/1843283/week-bots-will-robots-cause-even-more-human-unemployment

• http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/20/artificial-intelligence-impact-lives

• http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/08/robots-and-the-future-of-unemployment/22987/

• http://www.links999.net/robotics/robots/robots_ethical.html

• http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-robots-could-change-the-world-by-2025-2014-8

• http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/10/the-first-known-robot-was-created-around-400-bc-and-was-a-mechanical-bird/

• http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-early-robots-and-automatons

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK-h4oATYSI

• http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/baxter/