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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/