...How Autonomous Cars Can Change Transportation Autonomous cars are the new and upcoming buzz in the vehicle world as well as a very controversial topic in public and road safety. It is the newest innovation to come to the vehicle world since the “push to start” button replacing the ignition system with a key. Autonomous cars, more commonly known as self driving cars, have been sparking arguments against why normal cars,where a human manually drives and has full control of the vehicle, are safer than these autonomous cars that are controlled by an artificial intelligence(AI) program, which is pretty much a robot. There are different statistics that show the differences in safety and travel time between the two. Autonomous cars can and are improving road safety and traffic times. They can do this by having father reaction times and reflexes than a human driver. If a public highway is opened just for autonomous cars, or even just a lane, traffic times and be significantly cut down since they will be able to travel at faster speeds with...
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...created from Greek word and Latin word. Greek word autos (self) and Latin word motives (of moving) and same another term AUTOMOBILE were created from Greek word autos (self) and French word mobile (moving). The term AUTOMOTIVE was coined by Elmer Sperry. Today "self-moving" vehicle is engineering magic. Which provide quick means of Transportation. Today people from all around the globe living in "world of wheels. Everyday people depend on their car, bus,...
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...The Emerging Technology of Autonomous Cars Name Institution The Emerging Technology of Autonomous Cars Introduction The autonomous car is a new and emerging technology that is transforming sedans in the automobile industry. An automatic car possesses the ability to change lanes automatically as it drives itself on the highway. There are car models such as Cadillac and Model S that possess the vehicle-to-vehicle technology with hands-off driving abilities. Such a driverless chauffeuring technology may seem an affront to those who love driving though technology is progressive and irrepressible. Since it is technology-oriented, it sparks mixed reactions among the car users on whether it is implementable or not and the challenges that accompany it. The Emerging Technology of Autonomous Cars The emergent of the autonomous cars in the automobile industry sparks mixed reactions among car users today. Some technology enthusiasts seem to welcome the idea as their ardent counterparts who love driving express skepticism. Autonomous cars have a number of benefits such as steer-by-wire, lane keeping, adaptive cruise control, and stability control. The cars can communicate with each other using vehicle-to-vehicle technology and with the infrastructure. With this technology, individuals who cannot drive will have a way to be mobile. Because of improved technology, many lives that perish on roads due to rampant...
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...Science in the Real World The articles I chose to read are as follows Robotic surgery just got more autonomous, Attitudes to new supervised autonomous robot, Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), which can perform soft tissue surgery. The most detailed article is Smart Robot. In this article it explains in details about the climate putting surgery one step closer into the realm of self-driving cars and intelligent machines. In the other hand the article Attitudes to climate Robot-assisted surgery currently relies on the surgeon to manually control it, and outcomes can vary depending on the individual’s training and experience was easier to understand due to the way it was simply and short written. In Robotic surgery just got more autonomous it speaks about how Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) performs surgery. The autonomous robotic surgery may one day take human error out of the operating room, improving care for patients undergoing bowel surgery, tumor removal, and other soft tissue surgery. The articles I chose from ITT Virtual Library to read are as follows The Rise of Intelligent Machines PART 2. The most detailed article is the increasing use of artificial intelligence such as self-driving cars, robots, and autonomous machines. In the other hand the article Attitudes to climate the potential benefits and risk of self-driving cars, how robots transform the manufacturing industry in the U.S., such as aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co., and the revolution in military...
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...taxation over representation, the issue on slavery, and now societies current issue, the war on Terror. Whether citizens support it or not, War has become a major aspect of this country due to the fact of the patriotism surrounding the subject and the purpose of serving and defending your country doctrine. In recent years, superior nations such as the Untied States have produced new technological ways of how to conduct warfare without the responsibility of any casualties. In retrospect, these innovative weapons are great because it protects the defense team from casualties and mishaps within war and it “gets the job done”. But with all these positive aspects of these new technologies, are we loosing the concept of war? With the use of these autonomous machines replacing human soldiers in the battlefield, this creates an opposition that war is not against man anymore, it against machine. I feel that warfare is not more just because with the absence of human fighters because it looses true concept of war in a political sphere and ultimately cause more danger...
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...is changing the face of warfare through progressive technology. Unmanned systems are a growing trend on the battlefield. These systems are not designed to provide complete human replacement, but rather to enhance human capabilities. The advantages of such a strategy are immense. Autonomous systems provide capabilities that are not subject to human error. Additionally, the operator has more options available and can be more flexible in dangerous situations. Unmanned systems can react at speeds that are beyond the capability of humans. Not only does this reduce the pressure placed on system operators, but it enables the operator to delegate tasks more effectively. The trend of autonomy can be seen in many robots recently released or currently under development. One example is the Pentagon’s PackBot. The PackBot, which aids US troops in clearing roadside bombs, recently received upgrades that allow it to act autonomously in certain circumstances. When the PackBot loses communication with its operator, it will return to the location where it last had contact. Before the upgrade, the robot had to be retrieved by hand, potentially putting soldiers in harm’s way. While still not fully autonomous, the PackBot reflects the goal of autonomy. It performs a specific function autonomously while eliminating a situation that can put soldiers at risk. Additional upgrades that increased autonomy included the ability of the PackBot to upright itself in situations where it falls over...
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...1:57 AM. I stare blearily at my computer screen, putting the finishing touches on an AP U.S. History essay. My last one earned me a copious amount of red marks, and I felt the need to improve. 2:01 AM. Facebook indicates that I have one notification. I contemplate leaving it, but I convince myself that it would not take long. 2:02 AM. Looking at the notification was a bad idea. It was a video about Yamaha’s new singing robot. As the narrator speaks, the camera zooms into the robot’s face-- her eyes are kindly brown, her hair cropped close to her face in a school-girl fashion. In such proximity, I cannot believe that I am looking at an inorganic being. As she begins to sing, she nods her head, blinking, looking as alive as a child performing for her par`ents. Her voice is rich and cheery; she continually changes her facial features as if she actually feels emotions of the song. For a moment, I imagine she can, but her voice is just as programmed as the rest of her. 2:45 AM. After looking through several videos of humanoid robots, I lay in bed, thinking. Questions run through my mind-- how were their skins constructed? How many muscles did they have, and how were they programmed? Would such robots be available to the market in the near future? Present. I fell in love with the idea of creating a completely submissive life. The ethical and moral arguments of the issue fascinated me. However, the creation of humanoid robots frustrated me. Because they were so expensive and time-consuming...
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...Sony is facing competition from other robot manufacturers, including Honda. It is also facing competition from toy manufacturers selling low-‐end knock-‐offs (e.g., Poo-‐Chi). How should these affect Sony's positioning strategy? "AIBO is not at all intended to replace live animals," said Grace Ann Arnold, spokeswoman for Sony Electronics. "It is technologically designed primarily for entertainment purposes. You can train it and teach it. It does have emotions and instincts built in. But it is not intended to replace animals." "We're keeping in perspective that it's a child's toy," said Rachel Johnson, spokeswoman for Tiger Electronics. "It's fun and exciting and a whole new level of interactive play. But it's not our goal to replace household pets." When firms adopt a reverse or breakaway positioning strategy, there is no pretense about what they're up to. Part of the appeal of their cleverly positioned product offerings comes from explicitly subverting convention through unconventional promotions, prices, and attributes. In contrast, companies that use stealth positioning adopt a covert approach. They conceal the true nature of their products by affiliating them with a different category. This is a powerful strategy for marketers when a category is in some way tainted. Consumers may feel intimidated by products in the category (as can be the case with new technologies); they may be skeptical of the products because previous offerings...
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...Invasion Patrick F. Nagle Delaware Technical Community College Critical Analysis of The Robot Invasion In the article The Robot Invasion by Charles Gillis, it talks about in the not too distant future how robotics will be a part of everyday society, how it will be used in manufacturing and labor industry instead of people for jobs that are dirty, dangerous, and difficult. The author argues that the world will be swarming with the robotics in the future which will change the job industry and even how basic chores are done around the house. The world is changing as the technology of robots are slowly taking over jobs, is not a too farfetched argument. “For many years the work of engineers and sci-fi writers have forecast a time when autonomous machines would become enough like living creatures to share our homes and work spaces.” The statement in this article is a good capture to draw the attention of the readers, drawing them into what they have seen on TV and in the media. Robots for many years have been the focus in movies and sci-fi, this is what we are expecting in the future of our world. This has brought the fears to the people to think that robots will take over the world and do harm on to them, which was a great way to understand that society will have a hard time adjusting or accepting that robots will be used in everyday life. As of right now there already is a little robot called the Roomba helping out in many households with the chore of vacuuming. This robot has...
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...Case Studies in Corporate Sustainability NGO collaboration is most effective when done through organizations like the Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP) which is an example of an organization that helps businesses collaborate with other businesses on subjects like climate change. These businesses which include companies like Annie's, Aspen Skiing Company, Ben and Jerry's, Nestle, and Patagonia, Inc. work with each other to help create green sustainability plans to manage problems like energy efficiency and renewable energy sources(Fort, Eleanor. "Our Impacts in 2014." BICEP 23 Jan. 2015). There's also organizations like the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), which call on the government to enact environmentally effective, economically sustainable, and climate change programs that are consistent with the organizations principles and goals. These types of collaboration between businesses and organizations help build a proven, workable plan of action that helps to control and overcome the effects of climate change and also develop renewable energy sources that doesn't have to be the traditional kind of energy like petroleum products or coal. The idea behind the concept of Free Trade is that producers in developing countries can achieve better trading conditions as well as have the ability to promote sustainability. Dr Bronner's embraced the Free Trade movement in 2005 and made a goal of reaching 95% in the use of organic and certified Fair Trade raw...
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...Steering Behaviors For Autonomous Characters Craig W. Reynolds Sony Computer Entertainment America 919 East Hillsdale Boulevard Foster City, California 94404 craig_reynolds@playstation.sony.com http://www.red.com/cwr/ cwr@red.com Keywords: Animation Techniques, Virtual/Interactive Environments, Games, Simulation, behavioral animation, autonomous agent, situated, embodied, reactive, vehicle, steering, path planning, path following, pursuit, evasion, obstacle avoidance, collision avoidance, flocking, group behavior, navigation, artificial life, improvisation. Abstract This paper presents solutions for one requirement of autonomous characters in animation and games: the ability to navigate around their world in a life-like and improvisational manner. These “steering behaviors” are largely independent of the particulars of the character’s means of locomotion. Combinations of steering behaviors can be used to achieve higher level goals This paper divides motion behavior into three levels. It will focus on the (For example: get from here to there while avoiding obstacles, follow this corridor, join that group of characters...) middle level of steering behaviors, briefly describe the lower level of locomotion, and touch lightly on the higher level of goal setting and strategy. Introduction Autonomous characters are a type of autonomous agent intended for use in computer animation and interactive media such as games and virtual reality. These agents represent a This stands...
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...about her. If those people that comment mean things talking about her where not just a profile and was someone face to face we usually wouldn't say things like that. Also in the Vanderbilt’s essay he talks about the road rage and the different types of communication while driving. Many people while driving get very upset with other drivers if they need to be somewhere quickly, or even if the person is driving slower then they want to drive, which cause the person that is behind the person that is going slow to speed up and cut them off. I have seen a lot of incidents where people cut someone off and they want to get pay back on they so they try to cut them off back, then it turns into an accident. Citizens do not understand how dangerous cars and truck are when we are behind the wheel, they can hurt someone very badly plus even kill them. We as people need to understand that our ethical compilations need to help us from being cyborgs, to understand that we have to live our own life without having to use all the new technology. People today are totally cyborgs we use technology in everything we do. We hardly do this that does not consist of new technology advancements. Whenever, people have questions that we need to find answers for we go on our phones or computers to google the answer. New technology has made greater openness possible, but has this...
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...still going to cost you a tidy five-figure sum to buy the necessary parts, materials and paint supplies needed to transform an old car from a worn-out relic to a dazzling show beauty. If you've decided to restore a particular old car because you have a longstanding attachment to that model and are not concerned about its value or whether parts can be easily found, then we applaud you--that mindset should be the primary focus of this great hobby of ours. However, if you enjoy old car restoration but prefer your projects to be easy and relatively cheap to do--with, perhaps, the added bonus of making a few dollars on it when it's done--then these are the cars you should consider for your next venture. Of course, the majority of these cars won't make you stand apart from the crowd at a show or cruise-in, but you will be able to complete their restoration far faster and a whole lot cheaper than if you chose a car that was rare, or had only been made for a few years. Another factor to consider is the actual purchase price of the car. While some of the cars listed here can be bought for around $5,000, others will cost four times as much even if they're basket cases--but keep in mind that those higher-priced cars will also bring four times the money when sold, so it kind of equals out. But the one common feature enjoyed by most of these cars--and the main reason why they are on this list--is that they're backed by a huge parts supply, making them a lot easier to restore...
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...Henry Clements is a friend of yours who has a car rental agency in major metropolitan area. Although he is an independent company he works closely with three other independent companies in metro area. They share information and each they forecast the number of cars each will need the following week. Then if needed, the will transfer cars between location on Sunday when none of the agencies is open. If they have to go and get a car during the week, it will cost $75 each considering the lost time and good will of making the customer wait. Moving on Sunday gives the customer the option to return the car to any of the four locations and it has allowed Henry and the other agencies access to extra cars to meet their needs. Everyone is happy with this arrangement. Henry reviewed his company’s performance and he believes there is room for improvement. He has obtain records for the last three months. The data he collected are shown below. It is Friday and he has to input his forecast for the number of cars needed tomorrow. He knows you are have been taking a class in Quantitative Analysis and has asked you to review his data and help with his forecast and determine what else he might to do increase his performance. As you discuss the situation with him, you learn that he wants to be able to meet the customers’ requirement for a vehicle 95% of the time. He says he rarely ever gets complaints if the exact model is not available, as long as he has a vehicle available, so he...
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