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What What IS IS a Robot?a Robot?
““A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.programmed in advance.””
Any artificial being that’s able to performAny artificial being that’s able to perform
various activitiesvarious activities
The BeginningThe Beginning
One of the first forms of robots were mentioned in One of the first forms of robots were mentioned in Greek Mythology, where the Metal god Greek Mythology, where the Metal god Hephaestus created metal servants for himself.Hephaestus created metal servants for himself.
Medieval Times
Al Jazari, an Arab Muslim inventor, made programmable robots powered by water that were able to play music and move around, in about 1206
Modern TimesModern Times
Now we shall look at the Now we shall look at the positive sides and the positive sides and the negative sides of robots.negative sides of robots.
Positive 1) Robotic Pets
Research shows that people like these robotic dogs (right), named AIBO’s, just as much as they like real dogs.
These AIBO’s are being provided for the lonely elderly in nursery homes.
People with fur allergies that want pet could use these as a replacement.
Positive 2) Robotic Toys
Just like the robotic pets, robotic toys are highly popular among little kids all over the world.
Positive 3) In the Army
The armies around the globe will use robots in wars instead of humans, allowing for decreased casualties.
Robot soldiers are more affordable, durable, and accurate than the average soldiers.
Positive 4) Bionic Limbs
Bionic limbs made for people who have no arms or legs help them overcome those obstacles
These limbs, unlike prosthetic limbs, are able to receive brain signals and respond like your real body part
Positive 5) Wash n’ Clean
For those who HATE cleaning, or those who can’t clean, there are robots made specifically for household cleaning, dusting, and vacuum cleaning.
Positive 6) Precise Technology
Robots like The Da Vinci Surgical Robot (above) allows users to have precise measurements (in this case, surgeries).
Negative 1) Unemployment
Continued use of Robots which don’t require salaries of any kind will cause unemployment in factories, gas stations, hospitals, etc.
Negative 2) Misuse of Robots
The robots used in the military may be smuggled in by criminals or terrorists for bad purposes.
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Negative 4) Errors
Robots, like computers, are programmed to do their specific jobs. If they get viruses or they get programming errors they’ll break, perhaps causing harm to the users. Ex) a coffee making robot may
break and put dangerous fluid instead of water / milk.
In conclusion…
There are a lot of positive and negative sides to robots
The negative sides of robots can easily be fixed Ex) Unemployment: people could get new jobs such
as engineers that check and fix the robots, or jobs that try to further improve the quality of the robots
Misuse of Robots: People can just improve the security of their robots, and also put identifying tools to those specific robots (fingerprints, eyeball thingy, etc.)
Errors / Viruses in Robots: Just like computers or pets, you can get them checked for problems
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