The topic of autonomous robots is
one that can never fail to raise discussion and divide humanity. It is quite
inevitable that the creation and expansion of robots will change our lives in
different ways. Whether this kind of change will be helpful to society or not, is
often a topic of debate. Some of the unfavorable outcomes are dehumanization,
increased unemployment through automation of jobs and increased risk of
fatality. In daily life, we rely on machines and robotics to perform daily
tasks, such as watching toasters transform bread to toast, and we accept that machines can be reliable to do tasks
for us. We also watch recordings which show how food is cooked, or music is
played, for instance. We don’t notice as the robotics here, don't have an
explicit appearance. Currently, modern knowledge is intended to carry the world
to ourselves, which includes the internet, radio, phone, and the trend may
continue as robots will further bring the world to us. We have often heard from
entrepreneurs of technology and some media outlets that automation will lead
towards a future that is bright. Here, there are a significant number of
journalists and politicians that may depict the scenarios for the automated
future (Tilden, 2011).
The 20th century marked
the wide adoption and acceleration of the process of the industry. At the
beginning of the era, the industrial rebellion was in mid-swing, the car was
invented, and aircraft became motorized powerhouses. The influence of the advancement
of technology on the lives of individuals from healthcare, to employment and
lifestyle, was massive. In this century this trend was constant again, with the
flourish of technology, but at a much faster rate. At the beginning of the 20th
century, phones were uncommon and expensive but by the end of the century,
mobile phones became part of everyday life. Now we are at the cusp of a new
technology revolution which has profound significance, known as the Robotics
Rebellion. The rebellion will place the 20th and 21st centuries
in a pivotal position in history. It will also heavily influence our lives and
the lives of future generations, where the Robotics' revolution will able to
deliver massive changes. (Rossiter, 2019).
In order to answer this question, we
need to observe the new technologies, such as smart materials, that are
emerging day by day and will change the definition of the robot. It will have a
profound effect on 21st-century people's lives. If we reconsider the
prior rebellions of technology and industry, these were considered by the
developments of two differing ideas; ones that are electrical and ones that are
mechanical. Robotics abused the synthesis of the electrical and mechanical
systems, and new approaches were applied; intelligence and computation. There
are many types of machinery that are new with the range of robots who are
working days and they are affecting the lives of the people in the society
(Rossiter, 2019).
The robot has been explained as the
supreme invention of man, after the revolution of the mobile that was kicked
off in the year 2007 with the invention of the iPhone. Samsung and Apple were
the winners, while Microsoft was among the losers on large scale, as its
20-year monopoly on computing was coming to an end. Information technology has
opened with improvements that are tremendous for societies. Since machine
learning and robotics have improved productivity, and have improved the
economies of developed nations, the countries that can invest in innovation
towards the growth of technological advancements, will continue to experience
growth in economic performance in the future. This kind of technology can raise
the standard of living of mankind, to the entire world. Whilst knowing about
different types of machinery that will give the newer generation’s access to
robotics, there are some things that may perform in our lives that will
interact with one another, and this may create a positive and negative
influence on our lives.
Assist Devices of how
the development of autonomous robots will change our lives negatively and
positively
For the
people who are immobilized and frail or the people who are elderly, solutions
for the future will form the power to assist clothing that will restore
mobility. Restoring mobility has an influence on the quality of the life of the
wearer that can permit to return the life which is productive and by extension,
can be helpful for the economy. There is a challenge with this proposition,
however, which is the power of the density of technologies that is related to
actuation within the device that can assist. If the wearer becomes too
accustomed, they can lose muscle mass due to excessive reliance on this
mobilizing technology. The material should be comfortable and light with the
actuation of the power density that may be high, as compared to the organic
muscles. This would be beyond the state of the art. Assist devices that are
wearable will make conservative devices redundant (Knoop and Rossiter, 2015).
The social impact of
Robotics of how the development of autonomous robots will change our lives
negatively and positively
Intelligent robots are now the main topic in books and films
nowadays. One of the important writers who has written a book on robots, Isaac
Asimov, started
to write on the topic in the year 1939. It was only because of science fiction.
Now machine intelligence has become so powerful that there is no fiction of
science that will change the lives of people. When we are trying to test robots
we look towards different perspectives that determine whether electrical and
mechanical parts are working well or not. Information processing has no
difference as compared to another system of information technology. There are
different models for the level of quality that have to be assessed when the new
technology is evaluated. Social impact is the hardest and the last level
(Marselis, 2016).
Important methods for
risk and quality of robots are the social and business impact. The impact of
business could be judged by looking at the process of the business and
evaluating whether the robots may fit well within the process and makes the
process more valuable to the owner and the user. In my opinion social impact of
the robots is the hardest method as we can see that social impact is necessary.
An example may be given to a person who owns the farm where he has 200 dairy
cows. For many years he has a robot who gives milk which is known as milking
robots. This robot uses the regular industrial robot arm with some laser sensor
to milk the cows automatically 24 hours a day. It may gather useful information
about the condition of health of the cows. Previously it was observed the
farmer have to be at home from 5.30 through 8.00 and 17.00 to 19.30 in the
evening to milk the cows. As the robot took over the responsibilities of the
farmer, the farmer can now utilize the
free time to perform other tasks and it became easier to go away for
some days whilst the robot maintained helped monitor and maintain the
cows. The most continuous impact of the robot was to
be connected at the farm so that the farmer and his family may have dinner
together each and every day but not all these types of social impacts of the
robots will give a positive effect. (Blooming, 2019).