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Robotics and Future Technology

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Robotics is the next generation of technology that could start a possible revolution in the world we live in. My curiosity has run wild, as I’ve read through various Robotics research sources learning about the possibilities and developments of the subject. I plan to take you with me on this journey as we explore the history of robots till now, a few of the different types of robots and their features, and what type of impact have robotics had or could have on our society. Robots started as a myth a very long time ago and have continued its cultivation into a large and prosperous flower, which we continue to water with every on going day of research. We look back to Greek times in ancient Greek literature where the earliest adaptation of the term was used in form of a bronze made creature/man with lead blood given by Zeus to Europa, a princess in Greek myth, as a tribune. In Medieval times, the Automatons were forms of robots; they were human like figures, which were used in the church against peasant worshippers in order to make them believe in a higher power. A slight development of these Automatons made them extremely popular in the 18th century, they imitated movements of a small human or animal. Continued development led to creations like the “Steam Man” which helped push carts around and the “Electric Man” which was essentially the electric version of the Steam Man. The actual term, “robot”, was first used in a play called “R.U.R.” by Karel Capek, a Czech writer in 1921. Some sources give Capek credit for creating the first idea of the robot, its simple plot-line, “man creates robot to replace him and robot kills man”, became a template for an entirely new perception of the Robot. As intelligence grew so did Robotics understanding, Isaac Asimov used the actual term “Robotics” for the first time connecting it to the technology of robots and predicting a rise in the industry in 1941. The following year Isaac wrote the “Three Laws of Robotics” inscribed in his new literature, “Runaround” in 1942. These laws were especially praised on in the 2001 hit movie “I, Robot” where a society enhanced and reliant on robots is taken over by a new breed of robots. In 1957, Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite, which weighed about 184 pounds, was launched. WABOT I was created in 1973, the first full scale robot which had the mental ability of an 18 month old child

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