...head: 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...
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...just as important when creating artificial intelligent beings. Robotics is reaching new levels of complexity, mobility, and use of senses which will continue to advance over time. This is important to creating artificial life since humans are essentially the blueprint for science to follow. Every sense, emotion, thought process, and functions that humans use should be considered and become part of an artificial intelligent being. Humans have a sense of touch because we are created with a network of nerve endings and touch receptors that process information that we feel, like hot, cold, pain, and pressure. Our bodies are programmed to respond differently to these feelings, and we learn from these senses over time. The idea is to give robotic technology the same sensations. One way this is happening is with a research engineer at Idaho National Laboratory, Corrie Nichol. Corrie is programming robotic technology to transmit tactile sensations. The robot is installed with sensors that can detect external forces, where he wrote software that can translate data and feedback. This technology is hoped to advance to assist in situations that is more dangerous for humans, like bomb deactivation and inspecting a nuclear reactor. One important part of being able to touch and feel is skin. Robots don't have skin like humans, but scientist Charlie Kemp, a biomedical engineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology, created artificial skin to help robots feel their way around...
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...Going to the hospital is never a fun thing. If you go to a hospital today you might see something that captures your eye, a robot roaming the halls of the hospital. However this is not the only robot that is in the hospital. The start of robot creations began ~270BC by an ancient Greek engineer, Ctesibus, who made organs and water clocks with movable figures. Since then there has been major breakthrough in robotics. Working in the hospital for the first time was a very interesting experience for me. As I was walking down the hallway I was suddenly shocked at what I saw. There was a robot roaming the hall. At first I had no idea what it was and what it was doing in the hospital. I later learned that this robot played a very essential role at the hospital. The robot transferred medication to and from the pharmacy. A lot of hospitals nowadays use robots like the one I had seen which looked like to be roaming the halls. The reason that hospitals use such robots is it makes the transportation of medication safer since there is no longer a need to have to worry about anyone steeling any medication. The robot can also collect a patients sample and deliver the patients sample to a doctor or the labs for work. These robots can automatically adjust to its environment by adding new parts of the hospital to its internal map. The robot is also able to overcome any obstacle that is put in its path by using inferred sensors and cameras to tell when a person is walking anywhere...
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...Japan’s Service Robotics Development Yumiko Myoken Senior Science Officer Science & Innovation Section British Embassy Tokyo Japan’s Service Robotics Development Japanese industrial robots are estimated to represent a share of approximately 30% of the world market. The service robot industry will grow up to 65 billion yen in 2020. Japan has maintained its high patents rate and achieved rapid growth in the areas of speech recognition and safety technologies as well as technologies related to affinity to human beings. The ministry investing the largest budget for robotics R&D is the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI). There are two large scale ongoing projects funded by METI that are focused on next generation intelligent robots and living assistance robots. Introduction For decades, Japan has maintained high competence in developing advanced robotics technologies. The proportion of Japanese industrial robots in the world market has grown steadily, mainly in response to the increased demand for industrial use. Today Japanese industrial robots are estimated to represent a share of approximately 30% of the world market. Faced with a rapid increase in serious concerns about an aging population combined with the decline in birth rate, a growing number of people look to advanced intelligent robots, not merely as suitable for industrial use, but also for service applications for people to support nursing care and housework. The Aichi Expo in 2005 was...
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...participate in is the United States First Tech Challenge Robotics. Robotics is a program that teaches kids, grades seven through nine, the basics of engineering, robotic design, programming, public relations, and many, many more! It will literately stick like superglue to every participants brain. I have had people often stereotype robotics to be fighting, lasers, etc., but there is truly more than just walking, talking, and basically anything a human can and cannot do. It is the exact same with clouds; people think clouds taste like cotton candy, but are yet to figure out that they are conspicuously wrong. First of all, robotics I a very interesting thing to learn and talk about. It is so interesting, in fact, that my school, Ridgeview Highschool, has a class based on robots. The class is titled, Technological Introduction to Robotic Design. Thats quite a hefty name! Second of all, while being a participant of a robotics team here at my school, I am often finding myself excused from school for trips to go to a competition,...
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...2/20/2015 Top 5 Robotic Applications in the Automotive Industry Robotics Industry News, Applications and Trends Official blog of the Robotiq company Emerging Applications in Robotic Industrial and Service Blog TOP 5 ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Posted by Mathieu BélangerBarrette on Feb 4, 2014 10:14:00 AM Tweet 16 Share 73 Like Share 25 2 For many years the automotive industry has been well known for its intensive use of industrial robotics. Since the implantation of the first industrial robots in the 1960s, a lot of things have changed. These days, the production lines need to be more efficient, flexible and precise. Many enhancements have been made on production lines over the last few years to help workers in their daily tasks. We took a look at the latest robotic applications in automotive manufacturing and here are the top 5 applications that grabbed our attention. 1) ROBOTIC VISION During the production of the 2013 Ford Escape, the company decided to introduce a robotic arm with "eyes". The laser and camera placed in an array on the robot wrist, are able to see exactly where to install the parts on the car body. By giving instant feedback to the robot; the windshields, door panels and fenders can be applied more precisely. The big innovation of this technology is that industrial robots are now able to put a proper offset on the installation of a part. Therefore, if there is any variation in the production, the robot can adapt its installation...
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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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... 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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...Technology and our future Com 156 Instructor - When we think of robot, we usually think of the classic robot of R2D2 from Star Wars. Have you ever thought of a fleet of robots taking our jobs from us? The truth is that we may lose jobs to our electro-counterparts. Technology is advancing at a rapid pace; our jobs and future may be endangered by robots taking over. Some of the robotic advancements developed may sound “out of this world”, but will be reality soon. By 2013 there will be 1.2 million industrial robots working worldwide. That breaks down to be 1.2 million robots to 5,000 humans (Aquino, 2012). The future for robots will result in more advanced designs and possess more complex decision-making abilities. The main pro for a robot in the workplace is that they will not get bored or tired as a human would. Robots are currently analyzing documents, filling prescriptions, and handling other tasks once exclusively done by humans (Aquino, 2012). The result of robots assisting humans in the workplace has resulted in safer work conditions. Robots are used more in the workplace to assist humans as opposed to overtaking their jobs. Firefighting can be very dangerous work, deploying robots for tasks such as search and rescue and extinguishing fires will reduce the injury and death rate. The United States Army has developed a robot called Thermite, a firefighting robot that has proven to reduce the risk of injury and death to humans by the ability to operate remotely from...
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...The Rise of Robotics in the Workforce Carlos Andres Aznaran ITT Technical institute, San Bernardino Mrs. Boyer February 6, 2015 The Rise of Robotics in the Workforce Since the days of Isaac Asimov, there has been a lingering question that many find foolish, while others find more realistic than we know. Will robots take over the world? Since the invention of the personal computer, we have taken tremendous strides in technology. There are new technologies now in the workforce. It seems more plausible that soon our jobs can be a thing of the past. This essay will talk about: how artificial intelligence is used to perform basic computations, how robots are working side by side with humans, and the impact robots have on low wage jobs. The roots of artificial intelligence (AI) can be traced to the days of Aristotle. He described a method of mechanical logic known as syllogism. Syllogism is a logical argument that uses deductive reasoning to come at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are assumed to be true (Noving, 2012). Scientists have been working on developing AI since the 1960s. The main issue that was raised was that there was no formulaic way of describing a computer as “intelligent”. There are many computers and programs that are smarter than most humans, but if their functions are to multiply large numbers, or keep track of thousands of bank account balances, then they are not referred to as intelligent. They are only referred to as correct (Noving...
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...Abstract Robots are the representation of how fast technology growing around the world. Robots are the instruments to understand the real time applications of diverse theories and concepts. Not only that but they could replace humans in the future to do certain tasks specially those involving dangerous mission and could kill a human being. Therefore, this report will introduce a small part of the robotics world by introducing a short history about robotics technology. Then will move to show why robots are important to us. Afterward, different types of sensors will be introduced including their principles. Furthermore will show how sensors should be interfaced with the development boards (8051 based as well as AEM) that have been recently purchased by the computer department in the university. Besides these of course, the microcontrollers, which have been mentioned earlier, will be fully documented and tested. Likewise, to understand how these sensors works, a test program will be written and will be fully documented for inclusion of the final report. Abstract 2 Introduction 4 References 8 Figures 9 Introduction Robot for many people is simply a machine that does certain job and that’s it. Unfortunately, it is not! Robots currently go beyond these very simple tasks and imaginations. Nowadays a single robot can replace a huge number of people in different fields. Nevertheless, in the future it is expected to be capable of acting as human being from the way of...
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...CEG 4392 Computer Systems Design Project SENSOR-BASED ROBOT CONTROL Robotics has matured as a system integration engineering field defined by M. Bradley as “the intelligent connection of the perception to action”. Programmable robot manipulators provide the “action” component. A variety of sensors and sensing techniques are available to provide the “perception”. t ROBOTIC SENSING Since the “action” capability is physically interacting with the environment, two types of sensors have to be used in any robotic system: “proprioceptors” for the measurement of the robot’s (internal) parameters; “exteroceptors” for the measurement of its environmental (external, from the robot point of view) parameters. Data from multiple sensors may be further fused into a common representational format (world model). Finally, at the perception level, the world model is analyzed to infer the system and environment state, and to assess the consequences of the robotic system’s actions. 1. Proprioceptors From a mechanical point of view a robot appears as an articulated structure consisting of a series of links interconnected by joints. Each joint is driven by an actuator which can change the relative position of the two links connected by that joint. Proprioceptors are sensors measuring both kinematic and dynamic parameters of the robot. Based on these measurements the control system activates the actuators to exert torques so that the articulated mechanical structure performs the desired...
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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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...flattening world has intensified. In support of Thomas Friedman every day we have more robotics and automation attributing to the disappearance of middle class and menial jobs. Industries are transforming daily in every industry from customer service to driving trains. This will alter the job market greatly as robots increase and technology changes. Through automation we have high speed trading on Wall Street as well as day to day banking. The digital economy is rapidly spreading and is transforming industries and replacing workers of all kinds and levels. The automation and digitization is amazing and intriguing to one when we think of the caliber of productivity and efficiency gains we will have from the global robotics industry and automation of the world, however we have to look at the impact this will have on the USA in the next century. Over time Washington, D.C has discussed redistributing of wealth this reveals that the returns on ones employment or work is not just on wages, but in fact work is a major institution in society. The robots and automation has altered the job market requiring fewer workers or no workers to complete a task or a set of task from building cars to trading on Wall Street. Also with every new automation process one has to learn or become educated on new processes and many are being left behind due to the lack of knowledge in such mass growth of technology. It is safe to say that there will be jobs in the future, however the caliber will changes...
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...‘We are moving into uncharted territory’: futurists shed light on the robotic revolution by The Current CBC Radio, is a discussion between Katherine Cullen, a CBC radio broadcaster, and three futurists: David Houle, Faith Popcorn and Robert J. Sawyer. The principle subject of their conversation is artificial intelligence and how it will impact society in the future. The first contributing topic is high unemployment. A quote from David Houle, “ 2013 oxford studies show that forty-seven percent of all existing jobs in America will be rendered obsolete or put out of existence by what I call machine learning or automation artificial intelligence”. This means that an abundance of jobs will be given to machinery and robots. Examples of this currently happening would be the automated ordering systems now found in numerous fast food restaurants, self checkouts found in many grocery stores and Walmarts. Automated...
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