www.spartatech.wix.com/robotics

www.oahs.net

www.wix.com/oacore/web

What Does This Look Like To You?

Actually, this is a ROBOT! Meet Geminoid F , a robot made by Hiroshi Ishiguro.

Did you think it was a human? If so, you were mistaken.

Although, people believe robots make humans lazier and less capable of doing tasks, robotics is

a huge part of society and is good.

Robots Help Jobs

There are some jobs that only robots can do

– Jobs that require precision and consistency

– Jobs where work is unsafe for humans

• Setting off explosives

– Jobs where the cost is too high to have all human workers.

According to The International Federation of Robotics

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Survey Results

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Robotics is good for society.

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Data from www.spartatch.wix.com/robotics . Take this survey here

Robots Help People

• According to Live Science, there are robots used to help people that are disabled.

• Robotics is also used in police scanners. When they drive down streets, they can use their robotic scanner to scan the streets for lost or stolen vehicles.

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Employment

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Most people feel that robotics will be big in the future.

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Robotics will be a huge part of society in the future.

Data from www.spartatch.wix.com/robotics . Take this survey here

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Sources

• Gorle, Peter. Positive Impact of Industrial Robots. 21 February 2011. 20 September 2012. <http://www.ifr.org/uploads/media/Metra_Martech_Study_on_robots_02.pdf>.

• 27 August 2012. Digital History. 27 August 2012. • Cooper, Rory A. "Robotic Systems Help People with Disabilities." 14 • August 2009. Live Science. 29 September 2012.

<http://www.livescience.com/5622-robotic-systems-people-disabilities.html>.

• Beasley, Ryan A. "Medical Robots: Current Systems and Research Directions." 6 July 2012. Hindawi Publishing Corporation: Journal of Robotics. 5 October 2012. <www.hindawi.com/journals/jr/2012/401613/>.

• Pictures from freedigitalimages.net and google images