...thought of by the word robot is that of a mechanical being, somewhat human in shape. Common in science fiction, robots are generally depicted as working in the service of people, but often escaping the control of the people and doing them harm. The word robot comes from the Czech writer Karel Capek's 1921 play? R.U.R.? (Which stands for "Rossum's Universal Robots"), in which mechanical beings made to be slaves for humanity rebel and kill their creators. From this, the fictional image of robots is sometimes troubling, expressing the fears that people may have of a robotized world over which they cannot keep control. The history of real robots is rarely as dramatic, but where developments in robotics may lead is beyond our imagination. Robots exist today. They are used in a relatively small number of factories located in highly industrialized countries such as the United States, Germany, and Japan. Robots are also being used for scientific research, in military programs, and as educational tools, and they are being developed to aid people who have lost the use of their limbs. These devices, however, are for the most part quite different from the androids, or humanlike robots, and other robots of fiction. They rarely take human form, they perform only a limited number of set tasks, and they do not have minds of their own. In fact, it is often hard to distinguish between devices called robots and other modern automated systems. Although the term robot did not come into use until...
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...Artificial Intelligence: Fact or Fiction Virginia Vidaurri INF 103 Computer Literacy Instructor: Jeanette Cobabe December 3, 2012 Artificial Intelligence: Fact or Fiction What is Artificial Intelligence? The term Artificial Intelligence came into being in 1956, when it was proposed by John McCarthy (Bowles, 2010). This refers to the ability to “create a computer that could perform logical operations so well that it could actually learn and become sentient or conscious.” (Bowles, 2010). Our text defines intelligence as “the capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity.” (Bowles, 2010). The problem with this definition is it’s not so clear cut when it is referring to machines (Bowles, 2010). The ultimate goal with Artificial Intelligence is to create a machine that can actually think, as a person thinks, but I’m not sure this goal is capable of being fully realized. In 1937, Alan Turing, a mathematician, developed what he called a Turing Machine, which was supposed to be an intelligent machine (Bowes, 2010). Then in 1950, using this machine, Turing proposed the Turing Test, which he thought “could prove whether or not a computer was intelligent” (Bowles, 2010). In this experiment, there was a judge who would communicate with a person and a computer, each hidden behind a different curtain. If the judge couldn’t tell the difference between the computer and the “real person”, then the computer would be considered...
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...mechanical, electrical engineering and computer science that deals with the pattern, construction, operation, and application of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing. These technologies are very useful and deal with automated machines that can take the place of humans in dangerous environments or manufacturing processes, or resemble humans in appearance, behavior, and/or cognition. These days robots are inspired by nature contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics. The approach of creating machines that can operate autonomously dates back to classical times, but research into the functionality and potential uses of robots...
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...Tran Dr. Ingrao HUMA 1301.002 November 22, 2013 Row C-2 The Frankenstein Complex: Killer Robots or Metal Friends? In it’s fifty years of age, the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics continue to capture the imagination of the general public, but with this growing interest, it also engendered a great deal of fear and skepticism. Hollywood and the media exacerbate the problem while some well-known authors and scientist lend credence to it. This fear isn’t anything new and didn’t just appear with the creation of these mechanized humanoids. Even reaching as far back as the folktales of golems to the monstrous birth of Frankenstein’s creature, humankind has feared the rise of an army of evil manmade creations that banned together to overthrow humanity. Asimov called this fear the Frankenstein Complex. With so many amazing possibilities that came with the new technological era, Asimov believed that the creation of robots and androids would benefit humanity so he formed the Three Laws of Robotics to try and calm the fears that boiled amongst the general public. He states that first and foremost, “a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm” (Asimov 37). The second law states, “a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders conflict with the First Law” (Asimov 37). And the third law is that “a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First...
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...Artificial intelligence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "AI" redirects here. For other uses, see Ai. For other uses, see Artificial intelligence (disambiguation). Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents"[1] where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success.[2] John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1955,[3] defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines."[4] AI research is highly technical and specialized, deeply divided into subfields that often fail to communicate with each other.[5] Some of the division is due to social and cultural factors: subfields have grown up around particular institutions and the work of individual researchers. AI research is also divided by several technical issues. There are subfields which are focussed on the solution of specific problems, on one of several possible approaches, on the use of widely differing tools and towards the accomplishment of particular applications. The central problems of AI include such traits as reasoning, knowledge, planning, learning, communication, perception and the ability to move and manipulate objects.[6] General intelligence (or "strong AI") is still among the field's long term goals.[7] Currently popular approaches include statistical...
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...Robotics: Utopia or Dystopia Robotics: Utopia or Dystopia? Table of Contents: Serial No. | Particular | Page No. | 01. | Introduction | 04 | 02. | Definition of a Robot | 04 | 03. | History of Robotics | 05 - 10 | 04. | The implications of robotics for jobs in manufacturing | 10-12 | 05. | The implications of robotics for jobs in the service sector: | 12 -13 | 06. | Robotics and future jobs, utopia or Dystopia | 13-15 | 07. | Conclusion: | 16 | 08. | Recommendation | 16 | 09. | References | 17 | Robotics: Utopia or Dystopia? Introduction: We are living in such an era, when the needs and demands of human beings are increasing day by day. To satisfy those needs, innovation and development in every field which guide the future of humanity is also proceeding in a rapid way. To meet the various needs and desires of the increasing population, inventors were seeking for a genuine solution which could provide the overwhelming challenges and will be able to meet the demands of the civilizations and that leads to the idea of mechanization. Inventors, who put forward the idea of mechanization, stated that by mechanization there would be great convenience for people to respond to their demands and can help them to complete their task in a short period of time. By following these principles, machines have started to meet the needs of increasing population...
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...Shared by: http://hello-engineers.blogspot.com/ Artificial Intelligence - An Introduction to Robotics Tim Niemueller and Sumedha Widyadharma July 8, 2003 Abstract This document gives a short introduction to the basics of robotics in the context of artificial intelligence. It describes the very basics of robotics like sensors and effectors, gives an overview on robotic history, and introduces some basic problems encountered in modern robotics. It describes possible solutions to those problems without going deeply into theory. The problems introduced are perception, basic pose description, transition and sensor models, localization as a special case of perception (Monte Carlo Localization, Extended Kalman Filter), representation of environment (workspace and configuration space), path planning (cell decomposition, potential fields, skeletonization, Voronoi diagrams, and probabilistic roadmaps), movement of robots, and some real-life examples. This document was created accompanying a talk in the context of the proseminar "Artificial Intelligence" in summer semester 2003 at the RWTH Aachen, Chair of Computer Science V, Knowledge-based Systems Group. 1 1.1 Introduction Capek and his Robots The term "Robot" can be traced back to Karel Capek's play "R.U.R. Rossum's universal robots" (in 1921) that comes from the Czech word for "corvee". 1.2 A brief History of Robots Robotics are based on two enabling technologies: Telemanipulators and the ability of numerical control...
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...2013 DeVry University Introduction & Brief description of robotics technology: (Elizabeth Burrier) Robotics has been coming further and further in technology over the years. Robots are not just something you see in the movies, they are now used by the military, NASA and the medical field. This paper will take you through the world of Robotics, and show you the best, newest and what is to come. There was a big popularity Automatons in ancient and Medieval times were very popular. Simple automatons for the use as tools, toys and as part of religious ceremonies were made possible by the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Automatons were population as part of clocks and religious worship, in Europe and the Middle East. The Arab polymath Al-Jazari left texts illustrating his various mechanical devices. Working to develop the foundations of computer science in the early to mid-nineteenth century, Charles Babbage continued to provide entertainment during the 19th century. In 1920, Karel Capek published his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which introduced the word "robot". Robotics became a burgeoning science and more money was invested. Robots spread to Japan, South Korea and many parts of Europe over the last half century, to the extent that projections for the 2011 population of industrial robots are around 1.2 million. Robotics is something that came about a long time ago, in the ancient and medieval times with automatons. The Industrial Revolution and the increased focus...
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...Drones Today LAS-432 Tech, Society, and Culture Fernando Barreto Koop Ferwerda Victor Saffings DeVry University Professor Rollo Table of Contents Thesis statement 2 Introduction 2 Brief Description of the Technology 3 Clarification of characteristics; drones vs. robot 4 Comparison between Drone and Robot: 5 Figure 1.1 5 Historical Development 6 Evolution of drone technology 7 Current exploits of drone technology 8 Future applications 10 Political and Legal Influences 11 Review/ Explanation of current federal law 13 Economic Questions and Considerations 14 Figure 2.1 15 Psychological Considerations and Sociological Effects 18 Cultural Context 20 Implications on the Environments 23 Drone Patrol Rivers for Pollution 24 “How Quad-rotors are Heroes in Times of Disaster” 24 Moral and Ethical Implications 25 “Air Force Bug-bot Nano Drone Technology” 25 Humanoids: Future is Today 26 Conclusion 27 References 28 Thesis statement The innovation of the drone has opened up an assortment of possibilities that will aid humanity in progressing towards a safe and secure environment. Resistance has been established by the global community due to how this technology was first exploited by the military. Our aim is to acknowledge this advancement as progress and research crucial evidence that supports the future implications on exploiting UAV technology. Introduction Drones are semi-autonomous flying vehicles that can be remote...
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...A Helping Hand for Europe: The Competitive Outlook for the EU Robotics Industry Authors: Simon Forge and Colin Blackman Editors: Marc Bogdanowicz and Paul Desruelle EUR 24600 EN - 2010 The The mission of the JRC-IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policymaking process by developing science-based responses to policy challenges that have both a socio-economic as well as a scientific/technological dimension. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Contact information Address: Edificio Expo. c/ Inca Garcilaso, 3. E-41092 Seville (Spain) E-mail: jrc-ipts-secretariat@ec.europa.eu Tel.: +34 954488318 Fax: +34 954488300 http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Legal Notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. The report reflects the views of the authors and does not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC 61539 EUR 24600 EN ISBN 978-92-79-17657-9 ISSN 1018-5593...
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...PROJECT REPORT On All terrain Ground Vehicle for Low Intensity Conflict (ATV) By Bhabani Prasad Nayak(10608025), Aasis Moharana(10608002) Abhay Kumar Dash(10608003),Ratnesh Kumar(10608080) Under the guidance of Mr. J. VIJAY PRABHU, M.E. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY In INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING Of SRM Nagar,Kattankulathur- 603 203 Kancheepuram District i BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the project report titled ―All terrain Ground Vehicle or Low Intensity Conflict (ATV)‖ is a bonafide work of Bhabani Prasad Nayak(10608025), Aasis Moharana(10608002), Abhay kumar Dash(10608003), Ratnesh Kumar(10608080) who carried out the project work under my guidance.Certified further that to the best of my knowledge the work reported here in does not form part of any other project or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award was conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate. PROJECT GUIDE Mr.J Vijay Prabhu Assistant Professor Instrumentation and Control Engineering HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT Dr.A.Vimala Juliet Professor Instrumentation and Control Engineering SRM UNIVERSITY SRM UNIVERSITY INTERNAL EXAMINER DATE: EXTERNAL EXAMINER DATE: ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We sincerely acknowledge in all earnestness, the patronage provided by our Director Dr.C.Muthamizchelvan...
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...Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing Series Editor Professor D. T. Pham Intelligent Systems Laboratory WDA Centre of Enterprise in Manufacturing Engineering University of Wales Cardiff PO Box 688 Newport Road Cardiff CF2 3ET UK Other titles in this series Assembly Line Design B. Rekiek and A. Delchambre Advances in Design H.A. ElMaraghy and W.H. ElMaraghy (Eds.) Effective Resource Management in Manufacturing Systems: Optimization Algorithms in Production Planning M. Caramia and P. Dell’Olmo Condition Monitoring and Control for Intelligent Manufacturing L. Wang and R.X. Gao (Eds.) Optimal Production Planning for PCB Assembly W. Ho and P. Ji Trends in Supply Chain Design and Management H. Jung, F.F. Chen and B. Jeong (Eds.) Process Planning and Scheduling for Distributed Manufacturing L. Wang and W. Shen (Eds.) Collaborative Product Design and Manufacturing Methodologies and Applications W.D. Li, S.K. Ong, A.Y.C. Nee and C. McMahon (Eds.) R. Venkata Rao Decision Making in the Manufacturing Environment Using Graph Theory and Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods 123 R. Venkata Rao, PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat Ichchanath Surat 395 007 Gujarat State India British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Rao, R. Venkata Decision making in the manufacturing environment : using graph theory and fuzzy multiple attribute decision making methods. - (Springer series in advanced...
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