Robotics has created one of the largest advancements in
history, dating back to the 1400’s, with the invention of the printing press by
Johannes Gutenberg. The printing
press was one of the largest production items of the time, and from that point
on, the world only made improvements to it, and created many more production
machinery just like it. Robotics
are used for just about everything from production, to household work, and even pleasure. A large area of robotics can be seen upon NASA. There
robotics have helped us discover a new world outside of our own, going to
places where no human can. “For the
limitations of human ability, robots provide conveniences to difficult tasks.
However, I think we all wonder if this technology will prove to be a more
evolved species than we ourselves are.”
Over the years in advancements with machinery used to produce,
there are now machines that takes place of human production. Robots are used in many movies and
videos now to show how much they really can do. A movie example I like to use about robotics is “I, Robot”
written by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman. The movie shows just how much of a change robots can make in
human life, but like all stories told about these machines, they will always
turn on humans because they don’t have the same mind as humans and can’t feel
emotion.
Another huge advancement with robotics is in the car making
industry. Originally it started
with Henry Ford, and his company Ford.
He said “ It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men
to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can
follow.” This was true for quite a
while, but now humans are practically out of the picture when it comes to car
manufacture when there is such a large demand for vehicles. The only time you may see a person building
a car is when it is a high named, rare, pricey vehicle (such as a Rolls Royce). Other than that you will see a huge
factory of robotics doing all of the labor (GM, Ford).
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Robotics Pt2. N.d. Video . youtube.comWeb. 20 Oct 2013. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAZ8bo9T_Pk
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Hi Hunter!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your post about robotics. It is very true that we see robotics in everyday life and it seems to be making more of a move toward everyday use. Your movie choice was also interesting to me. Do you think that robots will eventually take over the world as shown in I Robot or do you think that robots will never be able to function the way we see in the movie? Overall, I too really see the advancement of robotic technology in a lot more places today.
Hunter,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you opened with the advancements that technology has made, and the places that it has taken us, like Mars and the Mars Rover. Do you wonder that robots will become a more advanced species than us? Do you think they can be considered a species if they are created by man? I also used the movie iRobot, do you think that we will ever reach a point where that is the norm? Where robots are integrated with the population?
Great job,
Claire