Robots In Our Daily Life
A robot is a mechanical agent, usually an electromechanical machine that is guided by a computer program. Many of the technology used today, is correlated with robots. In fact computers can be classified as robots and are a great source of technology. In other words, technology and robots are equivalent. Nowadays technology affects our daily lives in everything we do. Technology can save time, can help with learning in education, and finally makes traveling across countries much easier. In addition, technology greatly reduces the time it takes to perform tasks in our daily lives. For example, daily chores such as mowing the grass have been reduced from hours to a few minutes with the invention of the lawn mower. In the work place, technology and machines have reduced many of the hand labors of assembling products creating a great number of products. This enables extra hours to finish other works and increase the production and profit of the company. The inventions of transportation have been a major advancement in the world of technology. For instance, what in past would seem impossible is now a simple plane flight of a couple of hours. The development of the automobile makes traveling from one place to another effortless and very efficient in time. Technology has even eliminated the problem of climbing a ten story building with the invention of the elevator.
The following are examples of robots in our daily life:
Restaurants:
Japan leads the world in robot technology. Robots are used in restaurant kitchens to make sushi and chop vegetables. They are also important earlier in food production, planting rice and tending growing crops. Robots also work as receptionists and cleaners, serve drinks and help look after the elderly in care homes.
Crime Fighting:
Police forces use robots to check buildings to pinpoint the location of criminals they expect to be armed and dangerous. Remotely controlled robots are used to check out suspect cars for booby traps, which they are also programmed to disarm.
Medicine:
Hospitals can program robots to distribute medication to patients. They can also be programmed to interface with intelligent hospital elevators to reach any floor and return to the hospital pharmacy for refilling.
Education:
Children are a major market for service robots. In San Diego, Calif., a robot is employed as a teacher's assistant in an early childhood education center. Among its tasks is teaching the kids to sing. Robotic toys are readily available for children of all ages.
Protection:
Another robot, called Spykee, is Wi-Fi friendly. Controlled through the Internet, it can be made to watch, hear, monitor and speak on demand. It takes pictures, records videos, makes phone calls and protects the family home through video surveillance. A Korean robot in the shape of a chair can carry human beings weighing up to 220 pounds and is controlled with a simple joystick.
Coffee:
There is a robot that specializes in making coffee. One robot starts with the beans, while another can be hired as a barman to serve at parties or work in bars. The makers claim a saving of up to 20 percent on the cost of spilled drinks.
Around the home:
Called the vacuum cleaner with a brain, Dyson's robotic cleaner memorizes the complete layout of a house and covers every area of every room, making up to 10 decisions per second. Meanwhile, in the yard, another robot is simultaneously cutting and mulching the grass, while a third is cleaning the pool, checking the chemical mix of the water and calculating the life left in the filters.
Sources:
http://www.ehow.com/info_8659447_robots-used-everyday-life.html
http://www.studymode.com/essays/Influence-Of-Technology-On-Our-Daily-160936.html
The following are examples of robots in our daily life:
Restaurants:
Japan leads the world in robot technology. Robots are used in restaurant kitchens to make sushi and chop vegetables. They are also important earlier in food production, planting rice and tending growing crops. Robots also work as receptionists and cleaners, serve drinks and help look after the elderly in care homes.
Crime Fighting:
Police forces use robots to check buildings to pinpoint the location of criminals they expect to be armed and dangerous. Remotely controlled robots are used to check out suspect cars for booby traps, which they are also programmed to disarm.
Medicine:
Hospitals can program robots to distribute medication to patients. They can also be programmed to interface with intelligent hospital elevators to reach any floor and return to the hospital pharmacy for refilling.
Education:
Children are a major market for service robots. In San Diego, Calif., a robot is employed as a teacher's assistant in an early childhood education center. Among its tasks is teaching the kids to sing. Robotic toys are readily available for children of all ages.
Protection:
Another robot, called Spykee, is Wi-Fi friendly. Controlled through the Internet, it can be made to watch, hear, monitor and speak on demand. It takes pictures, records videos, makes phone calls and protects the family home through video surveillance. A Korean robot in the shape of a chair can carry human beings weighing up to 220 pounds and is controlled with a simple joystick.
Coffee:
There is a robot that specializes in making coffee. One robot starts with the beans, while another can be hired as a barman to serve at parties or work in bars. The makers claim a saving of up to 20 percent on the cost of spilled drinks.
Around the home:
Called the vacuum cleaner with a brain, Dyson's robotic cleaner memorizes the complete layout of a house and covers every area of every room, making up to 10 decisions per second. Meanwhile, in the yard, another robot is simultaneously cutting and mulching the grass, while a third is cleaning the pool, checking the chemical mix of the water and calculating the life left in the filters.
Sources:
http://www.ehow.com/info_8659447_robots-used-everyday-life.html
http://www.studymode.com/essays/Influence-Of-Technology-On-Our-Daily-160936.html