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    Adrian Hammer Hypothesis: Soft body caterpillar robot more efficient than current robots. Topic: To understand why the inspiration of the common caterpillar is used to create the next generation of soft structure robots and what they will be used for once they are completed. Description: The caterpillar inspired robot is one of the first of its kind using a soft body to mimic that of its inspired. This is one of the main major points of why I choose to pick this instead of any other biology

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    technology has advanced. The modern technology has the capacity to build robots that are now being used in the military. This website discusses the diverse uses and advantages robots have in the military force, especially in combat. Everyday soldiers go on suicidal missions in different parts of the world. These robots have a sense of comfort to these soldiers to prevent an injury and even death. Certain uses of these robots include performing dangerous tasks humans cannot be exposed to, using different

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    Thomas Frey, made a prediction that robots will have taken over two billion jobs worldwide by 2030. (Gillis, p.480) In “The Robot Invasion” by Charlie Gillis, the topic of the article is how robots are becoming more apparent in people’s everyday lives. The author is skeptical about the robots that scientists have been creating to become more like people. As well as, informative of the newest products roboticists have been making, which has been to create robots to do small tasks and have human characteristics

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    Brian Henderson English 201 22 February 2017 Robopocolypse: The Ethical Concerns for Robots I. Introduction “The widespread availability of service robots has resulted from several developments that allowed robots to become mobile, interactive machines” (Sharkey 358). Robots have become a necessity for people today and perhaps in the future, but the question every asks is if robots can actually be trusted? Today, robots have been known to provide care for our children and the perhaps even the elderly

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    participate in the event. At that event a team of children and their robot coothmpeted against other teams and their robot. The challenge was putting the balls in the net. Whichever robot put the most balls in the net won. Now in this competition the children had to work together as a team to operate and fix theyre robot if and when their robot broke down. They enetered the ehvent and they figured out where they need to go. When theyre robot was competing they all were they beside the ring strategizing

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    Advantages Of Robots

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    What are the advantages of having robots in our lives? Today, some of the most boring and repetitive jobs in manufacturing are done by robots. The military and police use robots for dangerous jobs, such as manipulating explosive devices. Robots are used in inaccessible places, such as exploring our solar system or the bottom of the sea. Robots also appear in entertainment, research, medicine, and education. Mankind is only beginning to see the use and value of robotics. With a great emphasis being

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    army of robots upon the Earth. Not completely on purpose, however. His self independent robots that were meant to help the world and people with their needs had a glitch where their self- improving software algorithms went rogue. This turned a hundred thousand of helpful robots into an army of a league of its own. They wanted their own freedom from their human owners, taking over any land at any means necessary. Obviously, nations were trying to fight back against the higher intelligent robots, none

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    Will robots take over the world? Will there be no need for humans at all in 50 years? Will the world be solely run by robots? The answers to these questions is no. Kevin Kelly’s essay title, “Better than Human: Why Robots Will- and Must- Take Our Jobs” gives us clear reasons not to fear robots, but to eagerly await their robot “takeover” which in his opinion has “already begun” (301). Kelly gives many clear and insightful facts from our past, present and predicted future about robots and the innovation

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    When you think of Robots what do you think? Do you think of like the movie or tv shows on tv people fighting to save the world from robots? Well, maybe they will one day you or someone else have to do that but right now robots help people. People dreamed of robotic technology that would make life easier for humans. Robots in the past was like the new thing people wasn’t really caring about that but they started to realize they can help them.In the article Robots Long Ago in paragraph 2 a Greek scientist

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    researcher to support the claims presented by this study. 2.1 Mobile Robot According to Al-Sahib (2015), the term robot is derived from the Czech word “robota” which means forced labor. Goris (2004) also said that a robot can be defined as a device that can execute automated tasks, either with the influence of direct human control, or a set of general procedures by means of artificial intelligence techniques. Almost all of the robots that are used in the industry are stationary. They operate from a

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