This frees up workers to do the more skilled jobs, including the programming, maintenance and operation of robots. A simplified definition of a robot is that it must be a device with three or more axis of motion e.
This disqualifies most of the toy 'robots' sold at stores. Robots that work on cars and trucks are welding and assembling parts, or lifting heavy parts --the types of jobs that involve risks like injury to your back and arm or wrist, or they work in environments filled with hazards like excessive heat, noise or fumes-dangerous places for people.
Robots that assemble and pack cookies or other foodstuff do so without the risk of carpal tunnel injury, unlike their human counterparts. Robots that make computer chips are working in such tiny dimensions that a person couldn't even do some of the precision work required.
In the health industry, robots are helping to research and develop drugs, package them and even assist doctors in complicated surgery such as hip replacement and open heart procedures. Robots Keep the Economy Rolling High-quality products can lead to higher sales, which means the company that uses technology like robots is more likely to stay alive and vital, which is good for the economy.
In addition to improving quality, robots improve productivity, another key element to economic health. To think about how robots might affect future generations, consider what happened a few hundred years ago when the industrial revolution began. For instance, in Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and later the concept of interchangeable parts for mass production of manufactured products.
His inventions spurred growth in the United States, increased productivity in a variety of industries, and created more job opportunities as companies throughout the world adopted his technology and ideas. In John Deere invented the cast steel plow blade, giving farmers a tool to greatly increase productivity. The light bulb came in The airplane appeared in Assembly lines, TVs, plastics, and many other inventions came in the decades to follow, further changing the face of the industrialized world.
In , Joseph Engelberger sold the first industrial robot to General Motors Corporation, where it performed machine loading and unloading duties in an environment that was hot and dirty, and in fact dangerous to humans. That was 40 years ago A lot of technology evolved that helped make the industrial robot the affordable, successful machine it is today.
A Future in Service Robots? Who knew all the effects the robot would have? Maybe Mr. Engelberger, often referred to as the 'Father of Robotics,' could foresee much of what was to come. And if you like some company you order a shared-car multiple people going in the same direction in one self-driving car. Butif you want some quietness you order your own car and pay a little extra. The self-driving cars will change our society at least as much as the smart-phone has recently done.
Yes, I think they will. People that assist robots in learning a specific skill. For example the Spencer-robot that helps transfer -passengers at Schiphol Airport to find their way from one gate to the other.
Spencer has learned not to walk between people that are standing opposite of each other and one of them is holding a camera. And more important psychological dilemmas will also arise and be dealt with. The group of people that will experience the biggest social impact of robots are children. Robots will enter schools and assist children in learning. But robots can also take over tasks. Children will quickly find out that robots are very good at making homework.
Would that be a good or a bad development? To be able to determine if something is good or bad we need some sort of specification of what is good. For example on your social values. Currently we may not like it when robots take over jobs of taxi-drivers. But if robots do the work so much more efficient that we only have to work one day a week to earn our salary we may actually like robots very much and spend a lot of time on doing things we really enjoy.
Rik Marselis is principal quality consultant at Sogeti in the Netherlands. Rik uses his more than 40 years of experience in systems development and quality and testing to bring fit for purpose solutions to our clients.
Rik has contributed to over 20 books on quality and testing, of which 5 as an main author and 5 as project leader. Rik is a much-appreciated keynote-speaker and workshop-host at conferences he has presented at conferences in over 15 countries.
Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It is true that robotics could change the lives of humanity and there will be 2 sides of the story here. While there will indeed be a good and the bad, we humans still have the higher intellect and it is up to us to filter out situations to totally eliminate or if not minimize the bad impact.
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The development of such assistants will obviously not stop, as consumer demand is growing. In the coming years, cognitive technologies will be widely used to look after our health and well-being.
For instance, we may see more robots that will assist people with disabilities and illnesses or companionship robots such as Rudy that will provide care and protection for the elderly.
We are witnessing very exciting changes and innovations in the world of technology penetrating every industry and every social sphere. In the short run, we may underestimate the consequences both positive and negative of the disruption, but the truth is that we should start preparing for them now. The main task of governments and top management of companies is to create a working environment that will enable everyone to benefit from these shifts.
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