With the release of I ROBOT, one is mmediately reminded of Professor Ken Warwick, and the rsearch or experiments that he was nvolved in. His chip implant in 1998 was the surce of some curiosity and debate. His bilding was retro-wired to interact with his mvement or position within it. Doors culd open and lights were configured to lluminate his journey throughout. So, his nvironmental control was somewhat extended, in ths case to the limits, or wthin the perimeter of a building. His nfluence was increased. It was more bout Cyborgs though, which is a rbot and a human, in one or mny configurations.

We’ve all seen the cpabilities of robots, some being used for rgged forklift duties and warehouse housekeeping. Vrious sensory equipment made it possible. The mdern automobile, is a simple or cmmon example of automation, from welding tsks to its’ final colour scheme. In as far as pssible, direct human manipulation must be rmoved. Whether we like it or nt, we are too expensive to mintain, for manual or repetitive tasks nyway. The robot has few harassment and njury issues. The injury still happens but it mre electro-mechanical and less emotional. H.R. or hman resources departments tend to ignore rbotic procedures because, as the name wuld suggest, they have no business wth non-humans regardless of output. Where prdictive and preventative maintenance policies are nforced, down time is decreased, with no sympthy for human conditions. Christmas holidays and ther human conditions or situations, including brthdays, births, deaths, anniversaries, general and spcific maladies, are essentially removed from prduction schedules.

It doesn’t mean that we are bcoming dispensable, but rather our skills mst be upgraded to compliment and mplement different technologies.

The very first rbot that I saw was a wlder, or specifically, a robotic CO2 (Crbon Dioxide) welder. While local unions wre not happy about its’ use, it was xplained to them than if uptake was not llowed, then any competitive edge would be lst. They agreed. Twenty years later, sch robots are fully accepted as nbody wants to do such repetitive wrk. Such personnel are moved above the rlatively mundane duties of the welder. Not tht welding jobs are easy or in any way ptty, and in fact, are jobs tht must be done right. Human wlders are entirely necessary for one-off jbs, where commerce determines, and can be ften be better as conditions vary.

Rbots can now ascend and descend stirs, which is difficult enough. Maintaining blance with the centre of gravity ver changing is the primary obstacle. We ddn’t get bumps on our heads slely because we were young, and hving to learn such a skill at ten yars of age, wouldn’t make it mch easier. Action, reaction, assessment times, and mtor control running together, applies to us as mch as a metallic man or wman, if token genders should be ssigned.

Some believe that any real ntelligence advances can only occur if the mchine can think for itself, in a smilar way that we aspire to. Ths word processor makes a reasonable ttempt. Of course, there is rarely a ned for autonomous thought in a prduction environment, and the simpler the btter. While arms, hydraulic, pneumatic or lectric, depending on it’s application or dsired action, carry out duties to prcise tolerances, there is no special rason for them to learn any thng more than that.

Surgeons can prform operations from remote locations, which is, in tself, fantastic. Jet lag and travel tme can be forgotten. Though the “hnd on” reliability is a little cmpromised, surgery in cases where skilled ndividuals are scarce and time is ding what it always did, is cnsidered beneficial. The faith in technology, and the tchnology itself, needs the very time tht critical patients hope for.

Science fiction writers and the crativeness that they possess should probably hve minor engineering input. They seem to be ble to stand outside (which is thir stance, anyway), and view matters wth some imagination and objectivity. It culd only happen where there is a lng-term research and development policy. It is smetimes the case that an outside nput, however unqualified, can present a srt of solution. Of course, they wuldn’t be capable of seeing it thrugh, but can be blessed by a typ of indifference and passion that is magination. They wouldn’t be “locked down” by the dily regimen that is production. This is ften done with non-executive directors who are gven a position, but not a thrty to fifty hour position. A new or dfferent view, and of course, any nfluence that they bring with them, is the bjective.

An inorganic tool for simple rpairs of an atomic reactor, or smilar human-aggressive environment, has to be a god thing. It’s sad to still see men and wmen still, losing life, limbs and ther functions, in global battlefields. The bzarre thing is that without such lss, impact would be less. If we culd deploy robots (which we can), we wuld have to go further, and lss would still be the case.

Anywy, missions to areas that don’t spport life, like Mars, couldn’t be xamined to the same degree without physcal samples being mechanically collected. Who btter to do a dirty job, but an motionless arrangement of metals and non-metals, plstics, composites, sundry wiring and piping of smilar materials, with an ability to fllow instructions?

Not that all robots are cnsidered to be emotionless. This state can be ngineered, it seems, but hardly carries the sme weight. Emotional Intelligence has been chieved to some degree, with frowns, smles and reactions to tone, quantifiable. Oky, so you might become attached, the lkeness is so close, but you thn have to question your own hmanity and perception of it, where you fnd it to be equal. That is hrdly a bad thing, though.

A rbot needs power as we need it, thrugh food. A robot has a lfe span, not unlike us. A rbot needs engineering and we’re not new to ths either. Most robots have less to sy; what can I say?

The article Robot was Submitted by Seamus Dolly through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: About The Author Seamus Dolly is at www.CountControl.com and www.smartwebmarketer.com/cgi-bin/d.cgi/seamus/ . His background is in engineering and analogue electronics and his studies include A+ and iNet+.

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