The robot revolution is a longstanding staple of science fiction, from Metropolis to The Terminator, and the spread of advanced machines in recent years has done little to contradict its seeming inevitability. But before master and servant switch roles, the robots of the world need to conquer a simple task: efficiently recognizing a cat. In 2014, it took some |6,000 computers running on a “neural network” set up by Google to accomplish this featsomething a toddler does by reflex. The algorithms for determining “catness” are rapidly improving, but this distinction between thinking and calculating is a great divide that robotics engineers will need to breach before robots can truly replace humans. A kid knows that all things With four legs. such as chairs, aren’t cats. IBM's Watson supercomputer triumphed on the quiz show jeopardy in 2011, but it also thought Toronto was in the United States.
Robots are increasingly moving into more corners of the world. One study estimated that as man as 45 percent of jobs in the United States would be eligible for robot replacement over the next 20 years. Law offices have already reduced the demand for paralegals because computer programs can now process legal briefs and synthesize large documents.
People have worried about being replaced by machines since the 5 art of the industrial age. Although this has proved to be a legitimate concern in many jobs. machines can also be a complement to human endeavor rather than a substitute for it. Machines and computers In general have amplified human strength through mechanized tools, augmented human intelligence through information processing. and extended human reach through telecommunications and remote sensing. But these robots couldn’t operate autonomously. They needed instruction a person to think up the processes and rules for each task and audit the outcome just to be sure that the shipment from Amazon.com has a book about cats in the box. not one about woodworking or parakeets. The online retailer is among the major adopters of robotics, and a major advocate for collaboration between human and machine. At Amazon's massive product warehouses, fleets of heavy-lifting robots bring shelves of products to a packaging employee, so the employee doesn't have to spend time locating the correct product. The company expected to have 10.000 robots in use by the end of 2014. Hospitals rely on robots for tasks that range from hauling laundry to assisting with delicate surgeries. The world's first completely robotics surgery took place in 2010 at McGill University health center in Montreal , Canada , when a pair of robots called DaVinci and Mcsleepy removed a patient's prostate . A surgical team controlled DaVinci arms via video control while observers in the room monitored the operation closely .Robotics allowed for greater steadiness and precision in handing the instruments than a human could achieve ,but the operator still needs to decide where and when to cut or stitch-at least for now.
ROBOT CAN DO THOUSANDS OF HUMAN WORK"GOING WHERE NO HUMAN CAN GO"
WHAT IS A ROBOT ?
A robot is a machine especially one programmable by a computer capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.Robots can be guided by an external control device or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed to take on human form but most robots are machines designed to perform a task with no regard to how they look.
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