...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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...Robotic Surgery in Germany By: Christopher Redman MIS535 I will discuss how robots entered our lives, and this has historical roots after the play by the author Karel Capek, then those robots entered all aspects of our lives, and my topic is the medical field; the first robotic usage was performed in 1987, and there was many drawbacks to those first experiences such as restricted degrees of motion, decreased sense of touch, and .increased sensitivity to hand movement. The main issues that surrounds this procedures is safety measures and maintenance, as there is no grantee that the computer systems of robot is going to work in high safe. Other issues comes from the cost, since robotic surgery is more expensive than traditional, this will make it unavailable for public hospitals, and those who are poor may not be able to benefit from this technology, but this transfer from traditional methods in medicine must happen, as technology affected all aspects of our lives. Robot might sound as a very modern scientific invention, but it is not as the first time “robot” was introduced and coined was in 1921, in a play written by the Czech writer Karel Capek, and since then robots took a place in many aspects of our lives, they also take place in dangerous and highly precise tasks, such as aviation, and here we will discuss the medical usage of robots, starting from the history, to political and economic questions, also Psychological considerations and sociological...
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...INSTITUE OF ENGG AND TECH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots Using Artificial Muscles) PRESENTED BY: Praveen Kumar J Sai Krishna A B.Tech III/IV B.Tech III/IV j_pravee@yahoo.com adimula_saikrishna@yahoo.com Abstract: Artificial Intelligence is a branch of Science which deals with helping machines finds solutions to complex problems in a more human-like fashion. This generally involves borrowing characteristics from human intelligence, and applying them as algorithms in a computer friendly way. A more or less flexible or efficient approach can be taken depending on the requirements established, which influences how artificial the intelligent behavior appears. Humans throughout history have always sought to mimic the appearance, mobility, functionality, intelligent operation, and thinking process of biological creatures. This field of biologically inspired technology, having the moniker biometrics, has evolved from making static copies of human and animals in the form of statues to the emergence of robots that operate with realistic appearance and behavior. This paper covers the current state-of-the-art and challenges to making biomimetic robots using artificial muscles. Keywords: EAP, artificial muscles, artificial intelligence, biometrics Introduction: ...
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...Innovation is continual process and embedded systems represent a huge part of innovation in technology in the field of electronics. Embedded systems are found virtually everywhere. Perhaps my first linking to embedded systems was in eighth semester as a part of my curriculum, though I realised later that I was always surrounded by the embedded systems- cell phones, automated washing machines, etc. I was fascinated and amazed to see the embedded systems in all the real world applications. After working for 17 months as technical sales engineer with Arrow Electronics where I supported many embedded clients in different projects my zeal to advance in embedded systems increased. I want to pursue an MS degree in the field Electrical and Electronics Engineering with specialisation in embedded systems which will help to realise my goal to work as a design engineer and take embedded systems to a new height. This will in turn fulfil my ambition of bringing innovation in the development of ESDM (Electronic System Design and Manufacturing) in my country. Honestly, when I decided to do my Bachelors in Electronics Engineering it was mainly because of my inclination in the subject of physics and mathematics during my intermediate study. Electronics industry in my country is poised to become very vibrant and happening and my goal of contributing to the same further bolstered my decision to enrol for Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics at K.J. Somaiya College of engineering. The curriculum...
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...Synergistic Revolution in the Field of Mechatronics Abstract - Changing world, increasing demands of our versatile environment had made vital for the technologies like Mechatronics in concomitant with MEMS to emerge in the field of medical. New developments in these traditional disciplines are being absorbed into mechatronics design at an ever-increasing pace. This paper reports the preliminary work in the field of mechatronics and various paragon of this rapid adaptation of technologies to design surgical robots. With the ongoing information in technology revolution, especially in wireless communication, smart sensors design (enabled by MEMS technology), and embedded systems engineering, mechatronics design is going through another step change in capabilities and its scope. Finally, mechatronics can serve in surgeries and can save the lives of people. Approach to prototype this thought and to enhance the importance of the same, will also be explained and clarified in the paper. KEY WORDS: Robotic surgery, Mechatronics, SYSTEM ACCURACY Orthopaedics I. Introduction to Mechatronics As Technology advances, designs those were once purely mechanical turn into electromechanical with help of field and technologies like robotics, which is also a result of Mechatronics. The term is used for a wide variety of applications. Mechatronics is attracting more and more attention. Sometimes it is even used for applications that, judged by a more narrow definition, hardly...
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...Debreceni Műszaki Közlemények 2012/1 (HU ISSN 2060-6869) 1 ROBOT PRODUCTION VOLUME DATA TRENDS AND ANALYSIS⊗ TRENDEK ÉS ADATANALÍZIS A ROBOTGYÁRTÁSBAN Bob STRUIJK, BSc, MBA General Manager, Vice President Europe FANUC Robotics Magyarország Ltd. ZM NDU, PhD Student struijkb@fanucrobotics.es bob@fanucrobotics.hu Abstract: To determine how industrial robots has grown and how they will grow and to understand why it has grown in that way, a large number of factors can be investigated: ‐ The annual production volume of industrial robots. ‐ The type of application where the robots were used in ‐ The types of industries adapting robots over time ‐ The geographical markets that used robots over time ‐ Macro-economic data of the automotive industries of the regions involved ‐ The spread and use of industrial robots and UAV’s in current society in industry, its effect on employment. The data analysis will highlight growth trends of the various regions and indicate sectors for growth. Keywords: robots, unmanned aerial vehicle UAV, robot applications, IFR, automobile industry, articulated , BRIC, robot density. Kivonat: A szerző célja bemutatni, hogyan nőtt az iparban alkalmaztott robotok száma, és várhatóan hogyan fog tovább nőni. A szerző az alábbi tényezőket vizsgálja a cikkben: - az előállított ipari robotok száma - az ipari robotok alkalmazási területei - az ipari robotok földrészenkénti alkalmazása - a vizsgált régiók makroökonómiai adatainak vizsgálata az...
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...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 doi:10.2791/48951 Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union © European Union, 2010 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Printed in Spain PREFACE Information and Communication Technology (ICT) markets are exposed to more rapid cycles of innovation and obsolescence than most other industries. As a consequence, if the European ICT sector is to remain...
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...BIO INSPIRED NEURAL NETWORKING AMONG MULTI-ROBOTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Transportation is one of the most important economic activities of any country. Among the various forms of transport, road transport is one of the most popular means of transportation. Transportation has an element of danger attached to it in the form of vehicle crashes. Road crashes not only cause death and injury, but they also bring along an immeasurable amount of agony to the people involved. Efforts to improve traffic safety to date have concentrated on the occupant protection, which had improved the vehicle crash worthiness. The other important area where research is currently being done is collision avoidance. Technological innovations have given the traffic engineer an option of improving traffic safety by utilizing the available communication tools and sophisticated instruments. Using sensors and digital maps for increasing traffic safety is in its infancy. Systems are being developed to utilize the available state of the art facilities to reduce or possibly prevent the occurrence of crashes. Total prevention of crashes might not be possible for now, but the reduction of crashes could easily be achieved by using the collision avoidance systems. 1.1 NEED FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE The development of collision avoidance systems is motivated by their potential for increased vehicle safety. Half of the more than 1.5 million rear-end crashes that occurred in 1994 could have been prevented by...
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...------------------------------------------------- Robot Assisted Surgery: The Evolution of the Surgeon and the Operating Room Abstract The art of surgery has evolved significantly from the times of shaman priests in ancient Egypt and bloodletting barbers of Medieval Europe. This evolution was assisted by the development of new tools that were created as the result of some advancement in technology. These new instruments permitted the surgeons of their day to unlock new possibilities and develop new techniques, each more sophisticated than the one before. Due to the sensitive nature of surgery, moral and ethical obligations were established early on and eventually formed the basis of “The Hippocratic Oath”, which is still relevant to the modern surgeon. We are now in a place in history where robots are being used to assist with surgical procedures that were once only conceivably done by human hands. This paper seeks to detail this evolution as well as describe current and future applications of robotics in the surgery and the ethical implications inherit with this technology. This report will also attempt to identify and discuss the complex legal, political, and cultural issues that have also evolved with this science. A review of the literature was undertaken using Medline. Articles describing the history and development of surgical robots were identified as were articles reporting data on applications. This most recent development in surgical advancement has infinite potential...
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...Running 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...
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...Robots Can’t Replace Human With the development of technology, more and more robots are used in various fields, especially in some areas that dangerous for humans. Many people hold the opinion that robots will replace humans in the future. On the other hand, other people have a conflicting view that robots can’t do many of the jobs that humans do today because robots only repeat the same task all the time and have no ability to think. I totally agree that robots can’t replace humans. This argument is worth discussing again and again, and my opinion will be further strengthened in the following discussions. As we know, robots have more advantages that over humans in many aspects. Many people like Farhad Manjioo, who wrote an article “Will Robots Steal Your Job?”, state that robots have a tendency to replace humans. Robots can perform jobs nonstop, which is good for a company to reduce costs. Also, robots will never ask for health or retirement benefits, so hiring a robot is much cheaper than hiring a human. Robots can learn something rapidly because they just depend on the program in software. Compared to robots, humans need to spend a long time to get some skills. For example, in the future, robotic lawyers might be able to do jobs faster and cheaper; in contrast, people have to take more than 3 years in law school, but eventually they might not do better than robots. It seems convincing that because robots have more abilities than humans that they will do more jobs than...
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...Robotic Surgery October 8, 2015 Devry University The technology Robotic surgery refers to a method used to perform surgery with the help of very small surgical instruments attached to a robotic arm. The surgeon controls the robotic arm with a computer (U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2013). Robotic surgery or robotic-assisted surgery uses robots that are controlled by actual surgeons. The robots are merely for precision and accuracy during the surgery as human surgeons are prone to error due to distractions. The development also allows doctors to perform a lot more complex operations than they were able to before. It does not stop there; Robotic surgery allows for much more flexibility options, control- ability and accuracy in precision (Lanfranco, et al. 2004). The surgeon makes tiny incisions on the patient, then the blades and other surgical instruments that are attached to the robot, penetrate through the incisions. This kind of surgery has been successful in some traditional open surgical operations (Mayo Clinic, 2015). Application of general anesthesia is important during surgery because it alters the perception of the body toward a painful stimulus. General anesthesia is applied to ensure that the procedure is painless. It takes a patient to relax and submit themselves to the hands of the surgeon as the only way of healing. The anesthesia, therefore, works by reducing the anxiety that may bring complications as the patients are unconscious...
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...The computer is an electronic data processing machine. It works more or less like the human brain but brings forth results at a marvelous speed. It is the most recent contribution of technology that boosts productivity, reduces costs, and makes a gradual increase in our earnings. If we analyze our daily lives, most of our work is connected with computers, directly or indirectly. People interact with computers in fields such as education, healthcare and communication; however, healthcare is the area that has been most assisted by computer. Nearly every area of healthcare today uses computer and its related software. Computer, with its power to increase capability, accuracy, and availability of information, plays an important role in supporting and developing healthcare system. The medical field has been subjected to many difficulties. Improving the quality of healthcare was always an unanswered question (Stein 754). Computer, with its unbelievable ability to make developments, found an answer to that question. The present day fourth generation computers have started performing many fantastic and incredible functions in hospitals. It can be said that there is no medical procedure is done in which a computer cannot be used (Joseph 73). If a person is visiting a physician for an examination, having lab work or a test, or experiencing a surgery, the medical staff around him will use computers for various purposes. When people are offered with new innovations that require...
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...Table of Contents 1. Title Page………………………………………………………………………..1 2. Table of Contents………………………………………………………………..2 3. Abstract of Paper………………………………………………………...............3 4. Introduction……………………………………………………………………...4 5. Historical Development and Context by Rachel Ocampo………………………4 6. Political & Legal Influences by Crystal Osborne………………………………12 7. Economic Questions & Considerations by Kim Payne………………………...18 8. Psychological Considerations & Sociological Effects by Rebecca Pistillo…….26 9. Implications for the Environment by Michael Plesnarski………………………33 10. Moral & Ethical Implications by Karen Quaderer…………………………… 39 11. Bibliography…………………………………………………………………….47 Abstract In this research paper our team will look at the use of Robotic Technology in the medical field, more specifically in the surgical field as well as discuss the issues and implications surrounding the topic. Our discussion will include topics ranging from the history and development of robots that can be found in surgical rooms, political concerns regarding the Food and Drug Administration and their requirements to approve use of these robots, the legal aspect of robotic technology on how to determine which party is held liable in case of accidents or malfunctions that can lead to injury and a legal case that shows the difficulty to prove fault against a manufacturer. Also discussed will be the economic ramifications on our society, psychological, sociological, cultural,...
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...Emerging Technology Human Androids Semantha Sebastian Theresa Keefer Hazel Marie Roxas Juan Martinez Amilcar Vasquez Shasta Taguran DeVry University LAS432 Professor: David Scoma April 13, 2014 ABSTRACT (200-word summary of the entire paper) This research discusses the emerging technology of the human android. Different types of robots are discussed and, how these devices come together with computer technology. It begins with a description of this innovative modern day science and discusses its applications. To this end, it explores how robots and androids assist in both domestic and workplace activities. Next, our paper goes into detail on the historical development of human androids which goes back into the into the Renaissance time period. In addition, current development is briefly mentioned which includes economic support from the U.S President, further research, and considering an ongoing project. The collection of models are also noted followed by innovation changes that have been implemented up to this date. Last of all, the legal issues and concerns are described under different cases while government manufacturing has become significant. Next we will delve into the environmental implications androids and robots have on our society such as ensuring a safe society with the additions of these man-made creations and the possible threats they bring. This leads us into the moral and ethical implications...
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