Robots are slow, clumsy, dim-witted, unsafe around humans. http://robotcentral.com/2008/07/09/three-questions-for-chetan-kapoor-agile-planet/ http://robotcentral.com/2008/06/10/three-questions-for-dan-kara-robotics-trends/ http://robotcentral.com/2008/06/03/three-questions-for-matt-mason-cmu/
Humans have relationships with all things, including inanimate objects, places and cars. Since robots are viewed as having agency or intent of their own, people sometimes treat robots as if their intentions related to us. People also wonder if, one day, as robots become more sophisticated, their intentions may conflict with ours.
In 1999, one researcher predicted that fractal cube robots (made from cubes of many sizes) would be able to manufacture cubes 1/10th of their size, until there were cubes just one micrometre across. [1]
The control system of a modern robot is almost always implemented with a programmable, electronic computer, (e.g. a PC or a microcontroller), but may also wholly or partly consist of hardwired electronic components or integrated circuits.
Artificial intelligence projects can be divided into roughly two categories: 1) those which exist almost entirely in virtual world, and 2) those which are fundamentally part of a robot. This article will discuss only those which are based in robotics.
Robots which must work in the real world require some way to manipulate objects; pick up, modify, destroy or otherwise have an effect. Thus the 'hands' of a robot are often referred to as end effectors [2], while the arm is referred to as a manipulator. [3] Most robot arms have replacable effectors, each allowing them to perform some small range of tasks. Some have a fixed manipulator which cannot be replaced, while a few have one very general purpose manipulator, for example a humanoid hand.
fuel cells, supercapacitors (microrobotics)
The majority of robots contain one or more sensors to measure aspects of their environment ( exteroception) and/or their internal state ( proprioception). They may use the data obtained from the sensors to make choices and alter their behavior or may simply record or transmit the data.
COMMENT- There are other current developments being worked on besides walking technology. However, I don't know if you meant to talk about this other places or something. Here is one idea of what to do. NightFalcon90909 Talk 15:06, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
space probe navigation like solar sails go here?
Navigation is one area of robotics which has been quite well explored, and currently there are robots which can navigate well around known environments.
Robots are slow, clumsy, dim-witted, unsafe around humans. http://robotcentral.com/2008/07/09/three-questions-for-chetan-kapoor-agile-planet/ http://robotcentral.com/2008/06/10/three-questions-for-dan-kara-robotics-trends/ http://robotcentral.com/2008/06/03/three-questions-for-matt-mason-cmu/
Humans have relationships with all things, including inanimate objects, places and cars. Since robots are viewed as having agency or intent of their own, people sometimes treat robots as if their intentions related to us. People also wonder if, one day, as robots become more sophisticated, their intentions may conflict with ours.
In 1999, one researcher predicted that fractal cube robots (made from cubes of many sizes) would be able to manufacture cubes 1/10th of their size, until there were cubes just one micrometre across. [1]
The control system of a modern robot is almost always implemented with a programmable, electronic computer, (e.g. a PC or a microcontroller), but may also wholly or partly consist of hardwired electronic components or integrated circuits.
Artificial intelligence projects can be divided into roughly two categories: 1) those which exist almost entirely in virtual world, and 2) those which are fundamentally part of a robot. This article will discuss only those which are based in robotics.
Robots which must work in the real world require some way to manipulate objects; pick up, modify, destroy or otherwise have an effect. Thus the 'hands' of a robot are often referred to as end effectors [2], while the arm is referred to as a manipulator. [3] Most robot arms have replacable effectors, each allowing them to perform some small range of tasks. Some have a fixed manipulator which cannot be replaced, while a few have one very general purpose manipulator, for example a humanoid hand.
fuel cells, supercapacitors (microrobotics)
The majority of robots contain one or more sensors to measure aspects of their environment ( exteroception) and/or their internal state ( proprioception). They may use the data obtained from the sensors to make choices and alter their behavior or may simply record or transmit the data.
COMMENT- There are other current developments being worked on besides walking technology. However, I don't know if you meant to talk about this other places or something. Here is one idea of what to do. NightFalcon90909 Talk 15:06, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
space probe navigation like solar sails go here?
Navigation is one area of robotics which has been quite well explored, and currently there are robots which can navigate well around known environments.