I believe that robotics has had a big development in computing technology as most things nowadays rely on tech and robots such as production lines, cars, computers and many more so here is a few of those in mush more detail.
Robots can perform tasks that a human won’t be able to do or is too dangerous
Examples of robots are:
Bomb squad
They respond to thousands of bomb related incidents each year.
- They are controlled by an operator from a safe distance and now are controlled through wireless communications but once they had a cable at the back which was connected to a remote control
- Use a series of cameras to see what’s going on
- They have at least one arm-like manipulator as well as sensors
This robotic bomb squad is called Dragon runner which is being in the UK Army’s Urgent operational requirements and disposal to Afghanistan for bomb disposal support
Adds
- Safer
- Able to do dangerous jobs
- Saved people’s lives
- Made bomb squads jobs easier
Therefore as a result of these robots doing their part for the army this means people who are pat of the army are safer and won’t get hurt as the robot won’t feel pain and if it breaks they can just fix or make a stronger version of it. Which can but all of are life’s safe if we are in a bomb threat senorio
Farmer
It can do routine tasks more efficiently like surveying the land, driving a tractor, cutting,pruning and harvesting crops.
It works by having these three parts:
End effectors
- Device found at the end of the robotic arm used for agricultural operation
- Use for harvesting berrythining, spraying and baging
Gripper
- Grasping device used for harvesting a certain crop what it’s programed to do
- Two mechanical fingers that can hold blades
Manipulator
- Allows the gripper and end effector to navigate through their environment
- Consists of four-bar parallel links that maintain the grippers position and height
As an example here is a company called Harvest Automation who created the OmniVeyor HV-100 and has the task of spacing containerized plants and can be commonly found in wholesale nursery and greenhouse operations therefore when the plants are young they are placed in close proximity to one another and when they grow up the OmniVeyor HV-100 will pick them up and take them somewhere else in the compound
Adds
- Can work for non stop with no break
- Less errors
- High quality products
- Can easily work around obstacles like trees and rocks
Social impact of Robotics
The social impact of robots is a hard topic to write about but thanks to robots ic can save a lot of manual labor and it gathers useful information that can be used for business or everyday life to be exacte maybe have the robot have laser sensitive to know when something is wrong with a pattern and be able to record what’s going on and be able to find the right solution and contact the right workers to help the patient or even get the robot to do it itself
Ethical impact of Robotics
Robotics can cause a huge impact on are everyday lives with ethical robotics they can do what we do 24/7 with no breaks such as being workers or now with now many busince using robots over humans this as created a huge drop in jobs and many could be redundant as robots over rule as they need no break or pay which can save company huge profit loss, but with this it means that many people and family have to jobs or be able to create a income to feed them self or families.
Environment impact of Robotics
Robots can be used in many ways to help or gain more information of the environment around us such as scout the sea floor or maybe gather resources on the floor so that they can be investigated on the surface. The can lead alternate sources of resources that we are running low on which can allow us to mine part of the earth that would not necessarily harm the rest of it. The problem can be the construction and maintenance of robots can be very resource demanding which can become harmful to the environment as when we use up all the resources we have as well this can cause an economic instability. Overall this an be rendered irrelevant, however if the robots are used to gain access to resources previously unavailable to us.
The Impact of Computing Project 