Robotics
I Love Technology.
This week Dr. Brown showed several video clips and a documentary which covered different areas of robotics. I find it interesting that robots have been around or in the making for as long as they have been, their longevity had never really entered my mind until reading the class assigned comic for robotics. Like everything in life, robots have a history all their own. I also find it intriguing how life-like androids/robots can actually be.
If I ever had a couple of thousand dollars to throw around I probably wouldn’t hesitate purchasing rumba (spelling?) vacuum cleaner. I have pets and hard wood floors and it sure would be nice to retire the swiffer. In addition to cleaning up after my pets I would love a little robot (of some fashion) that i could control or program to chase them around. Since they would most likely become desensitized to little old; rumba–Lol.
My Fear, as with many people I’m sure, is that robotics will reach a point that less human interaction is required to a point that people no longer have jobs or that people will feel that it’s no longer necessary to be civil or have manners or care about their neighbor anymore.
I really can’t say much about working with robots in class, time was a little slim when the Lego Mindstorms were unleashed at the end of the morning. Our group did get to make the robot spin around and move forward and backward. Hopefully, more to come later. .
Cheers.