...This makes one wonder what the future holds for us. When can technological inventions pose a threat to our society? The recent study towards robotic military use and ethics poses a major threat. Robots interacting on a humanized level can be dangerous. The programmers have to take into account that no human person is the same. This makes programming of a robot very difficult. A robot should be able to sense personal feelings and emotions in order to interact with them correctly which ultimately could never be fully accurate. With people being so different, there leaves a lot of potential for a robot to act up and malfunction. If these accidents lead to injury or death you have to look at who is liable, and in these situations it is very hard to say. The UK and US have already spent large sums of money developing robots that could be implemented towards military use. The logic behind replacing people with robots deals with safety. If one army is capable of saving human lives by replacing them with robots it sounds like a great idea. The reality of the situation is that these robot armies could potentially face an enemy group of only humans. An ethical issue is brought up when robots are killing humans. A whole new type of warfare could arise which could lead huge disaster. This article will draw out both sides of the robotic military use, the pros and cons, while further delving into how serious this industry could...
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...RADIO FREQUENCY CONTROLLED INTELLIGENT ROBOT Saradindu Naskar Department of Computer Science, St. Xavier’s College Kolkata, India Email: saradindu.naskar@gmail.com Abstract ─ My military robot has got two barrel turret through which bullet can be fired; radio camera in synchronization with the turret can rotate up and down, left and right up to a safe firing limit. Turret and camera mechanism has been installed on my robot vehicle, which has all the function like tank, turning to any angle on its axis, moving forward and reverse turning left and right, running instantly into reverse direction. This robot is radio operated; self powered, has image processing facility and has all the controls like a normal car. A pair of laser gun has been installed on it, so that it can fire on enemy remotely when required; this is not possible until a wireless camera is installed. Wireless camera will send real time video and audio signals which could be seen on a remote monitor and action can be taken accordingly. It can silently enter into enemy area and send us all the information through its tiny Camera eyes. It is designed for, fighting as well as suicide attack. Keywords─ISO, robot, DARPA, DSTA, RF, cockroach intelligence. or mobile for use in industrial automation applications. “ All these definition do give us a rough idea about what comprises a robot, which needs to sense the outside world and act accordingly. There are motors, pulleys, gears, gearbox, levers, chains, and many...
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...Robotics 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...
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...EMERGING TECHNOLOGY - ROBOTICS Emerging Technology - Robotics Team A LAS-432 Professor Stuart Vanorny 28 February, 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...
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...For instance, currently there is ongoing work on development of a robot called Loyal Partner, which will be armed with remote-controlled weapons and be able to manoeuvre in terrain, serving as an advance guard for combat soldiers. It could be deployed into areas filled with hidden explosives and shooting ambushes. On one hand, the deployment of robots can solve the problem of human resources, but on the other hand the legislative field of use of robotics as warfare is not established yet. There still a long way to go. As one of the first steps that should be done in order to arrange the legislation in case of cyber warfare, could be extension of existing international agreements to protect civilians against cyberattacks. Those international agreements should be made so that certain acts like cyberattacks on civilian infrastructure are prohibited. And it should be the country’s responsibility to take measures in protection of its infrastructure. As one of the big steps in making cyberspace to a more safe space could be establishing the mechanism of national governmental responsibility for the prevention of violations originating within a nation’s borders, and an obligation to assist in stopping and investigating...
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...of daily living (ADLs) usually required assistance from tools or caregivers. Moreover, about 0.3 million Americans have experienced a serious spinal cord injury (SCI), for whom essential tasks, such as dressing, preparing food, or taking medications, usually require the assistance from personal caregivers. However, the shortage and high cost of experienced caregivers fail rapidly growing needs for personal assistance. Technology which aids in these tasks is in great demand and it must allow the user to independently and safely control both mobility and manipulation in their home or the community. Robotics technology has been widely applied in rehabilitation technology and assistive devices to enhance the performance of assistance and quality of life of people with disabilities. By attaching a robotic manipulator to a mobile base, such as a wheelchair or a mobile robot, several robotic assistive devices have been developed to provide both mobility and manipulation assistance to people with severe physical impairments. However, most existing devices only provide a single-arm manipulation, which greatly reduce their efficiency of assistance and restricts their ability to perform complex manipulation tasks which require the involvements of both arms, for example, open the refrigerator with one arm and pick up a bottle of soda with the other one. In my paper, I will be discussing about several different devices that assists people with disabilities and what the future holds for these...
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...There are two primary applications of the term Degrees of Freedom (DOF). 1) Denote the number and parameters of displacements and/or rotations available within a given task space. Degrees of Freedom in a Three Dimensional (3-D) Space In a Two Dimensional (2-D) space (like a table-top or the floor) there are three Degrees of Freedom. These include displacement along the X and Yaxes, plus rotation. In a Three Dimensional (3-D) space there are six degrees of freedom. These consist of displacement along three perpendicular axes (X, Y and Z), and rotation about those same axes. DOF in 3D space are generally identified using the following nautical terms: Displacements Heave: Moving up and down Surge: Moving forward and backward Sway: Moving left and right Rotations Yaw: Turning left and right flight Roll: Tilting side to side Pitch: Tilting forward and backward> 2) Denote the number and parameters of displacements and/or rotations that a body or mechanism is able to execute. Holonomic mechanisms are able to perform controlled movement through every available DOF within its particular task space. Non-holonomic mechanisms are capable of fewer controlled DOF than are actually available within its task space. Redundant mechanisms can execute more controllable DOF than are actually available within its task space. Contents [hide] 1 Mobility In 2-D Space o 1.1 Holonomic Motion 2 An Arm In 3-D Space 3 Related Links [edit] Mobility In 2-D Space Degrees...
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...Artificial Intelligence Growing up, I watched and enjoyed movies such as Short Circuit, Space Camp, and the Terminator. There would be no doubt in my mind that we as humans would be able to create artificial intelligence. I figured it was a no brainer as a watched the robots on the big screen think and make decisions on their own without any human input. Later on, as an adult you begin to realize that movies are fiction and it would take a very intelligent human to create artificial life that could make its own decisions and function like a human. With the help of Hollywood, when we think of artificial intelligence, we tend to think of immense robots that walk, talk, appear human, and also make friends with people such as a human would do. We need to examine the meaning of the word artificial intelligence. All textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success. John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1956, defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.” Reading these definitions brings a greater understanding as to what artificial intelligence is and the fact remains that it has been around a lot longer than we think. I remember my mother buying a vacuum in 2002 called the iRobot. It would roam around the house without a handle or a remote control and vacuum the carpet. The iRobot would know when...
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... for example, from the waist up. Some may have ‘Face’, with ‘eyes’ and ‘mouth’. While on the other hand, some Humanoid Robots are built to resemble a human body exactly. Such robots are called as “Androids.” Given below is an Android robot showing replica as that of a female body: Abstract- This paper presents Humanoid Robots, one of the applications of electronics engineering. Humanoid Robots are basically the robots with their overall appearance similar to that of a normal human body, which allows it to interact with the tools made for human or its environment. In general humanoid robots have a structure same as that of a normal human body consisting of one face, two hands, two legs, etc. Index Terms- Humanoid Robots, Robotic Components, Robotics, Types of Humanoid robots. I. INTRODUCTION A humanoid robot is an automatically working robot because it can adapt according to changes in its environment or itself and continue to reach its goal. This is the main difference between humanoid and other kinds of robots. II. FEATURES Some of the capabilities of a humanoid robot that include are: Self recharge- Humanoid robot have a unique and special ability to recharge itself automatically. Autonomous learning- It learns or gains new capabilities without outside assistance adjust strategies based on the surroundings and adapt to new situations. Avoiding harmful situations affecting humans, property & itself. Safe interacting with the human beings and...
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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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...The First conception of the robot that can be dated back to 350 B.C where the Greek mathematician Archytas of Tarentum built a mechanical bird that was propelled by steam. Robots have came a long way from the past to the present, in the future Robots will maybe be everywhere on the face of the planet earth. Robots will be in everyone’s homes helping the family owners do maybe chores or just protect the little ones in case of an emergency. Robots are machines capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.Robots have evolved greatly since the very first robot to the present robot. Some features that robots have improved greatly are the structure of the body and intelligence. One of the features that robots have improved over the years is their intelligence. Back then robots were built just to do one simple task. For an example people invented robots to help people just lift things up thats all. But now robots are being built to so much more. Now Robots can be told to do something and they do it. They are able to do the task as they are told to do so. Some of these tasks may be from watering the plants to washing the car to even cooking your very own meal. Robots intelligence have increased so much that some robots have a mind of their own and can do a task without being told, they just do the task on their own free will. Chiefly, one feature that has greatly improved over the years i s the intelligence of the robot. Another feature that has greatly improved...
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...Use of Unobtrusive Human-Machine Interface for Rehabilitation of Stroke victims through Robot Assisted Mirror therapy Gautam Narangi, Arjun Narang2, Soumya Singhi luhani Lempiainen Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bharati Managing Director Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering, New Delhi, India Deltatron Oy Ltd. Department of Electronics and Instrumentation, Birla Helsinki, Finland Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India jle@deltatron.fi gautam2410@gmail.com, arjun.narang09@gmail.com, soumya.singh1001@gmail.com Abstract- Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide. Present techniques employed One technique employed to effectively rehabilitate stroke for victims, especially those suffering from partial paralysis or rehabilitation of victims suffering from partial paralysis or loss loss of function, is using mirror therapy. Mirror therapy is a of function, such as mirror therapy, require substantial amount of resources, which may not be readily available. In traditional mirror therapy, patients place a mirror beside the functional limb, blocking their view of the affected limb, creating the illusion that both the limbs are working properly, which strategy that has been used successfully to treat phantom pain after amputation and recovery from hemiplegia after a stroke. In traditional mirror therapy, patients place a mirror beside the functional...
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...2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington, May 26-30, 2015 A General Technique for Fast Comprehensive Multi-Root Planning on Graphs by Coloring Vertices and Deferring Edges Christopher M. Dellin Siddhartha S. Srinivasa {cdellin,siddh}@cs.cmu.edu The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Abstract—We formulate and study the comprehensive multi-root (CMR) planning problem, in which feasible paths are desired between multiple regions. We propose two primary contributions which allow us to extend stateof-the-art sampling-based planners. First, we propose the notion of vertex coloring as a compact representation of the CMR objective on graphs. Second, we propose a method for deferring edge evaluations which do not advance our objective, by way of a simple criterion over these vertex colorings. The resulting approach can be applied to any CMR-agnostic graph-based planner which evaluates a sequence of edges. We prove that the theoretical performance of the colored algorithm is always strictly better than (or equal to) that of the corresponding uncolored version. We then apply the approach to the Probabalistic RoadMap (PRM) algorithm; the resulting Colored Probabalistic RoadMap (cPRM) is illustrated on 2D and 7D CMR problems. I. I NTRODUCTION Many real-world tasks require a robot to quickly accomplish multiple subtasks without a prescribed order. Consider a personal...
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...Newest trends in robotic Emergence of New International Players * Robotics mostly from Japan, United States, and a few European countries * New international players are emerging * China is making significant investments in robotics. Chinese manufacturers are currently leading the world in terms of procurement of new industrial robots. They are also developing their own low-cost industrial robots * South Korea leads the world in terms of robots deployed per 10,000 workers (recently, a South Korean team built the robot that won the DARPA Robotics Challenge, beating teams from the United States, Europe, and Japan) * Switzerland, Netherlands, and United Arab Emirates are among some of the other countries investing heavily in AI, robotics, and drones. * Globalization of robotics is expected to create new opportunities and challenge the leadership of the traditional players. Reduction in Hardware Costs * Cost of industrial robots (such as articulated manipulators, mobile robotic platforms, drones) has been declining in the commercial sector. * The agricultural sector is being projected as a major new market for robots and UAVs. Source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/six-recent-trends-in-robotics-and-their-implications ------------------------------------------------- Industrial robot statistics Source: http://www.ifr.org/industrial-robots/statistics/ Asia, the most important region * Asia (including...
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...Critical Analysis of The Robot 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...
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