Robot College Essays Samples For Students

The science-fiction authors are interested in writing about the robots which develop the ability to behave or think like the human being. Isaac Asimov and Brian Aldiss are two of these authors. These authors exaggerate the influence of the robotic contribution to the human life. Even, they try to develop the idea of replacing humans with the robots as relatives more than being a part of productions humans need. I will compare and contrast the two authors’ stories in this paper. The main subject I will discuss is the idea of robots can play an essential role in human ...

I, Robot is a collection of short stories by Isaac Asimov written in the 40s and published as a collection in 1950. These are all stories related to the concept of robotics, and in particular highly advanced and intelligent robots. While the short stories as originally written had no single-story thread, these stories did all exist in a common universe and on occasion characters from one story will show up in one of the other stories, such as robopsychologist Susan Calvin or other less important characters like Powell or Donovan. Moreover, in order to tie them all together when ...

Asimov’s Laws of Robotics

Since discussions of robots and artificial intelligence began, humans began to wonder if the idea of AI was even safe. Would robots harm us? Would it be okay to allow a robot to function without a human controlling it at all times? And even if we were to allow it, how would we know for sure? Asimov’s three laws of robotics suggest if we take proper precautions, it may be possible to allow artificial intelligence to exist in today’s world. However, Asimov’s laws state a robot will never harm a human, which would make a robot’ ...

Many people view I, Robot as a movie about mankind losing control over technology and the dire consequences that it would have on society. While any change in power dynamics, no matter how trivial cannot happen without some kind of consequence. This is not the most important theme of I, Robot. The most important idea in the movie is “what is humanity?” and “what does it mean to be human?”. To answer this question, I will look at the character of Sonny in the film.
The movie I, Robot is set in downtown Chicago in the year 2035. Society ...

Abstract

Robots are mechanical machines which are controlled by computer programs and powered by an energy source. In the modern times, robots are commonly used in the manufacturing of heavy products or products which are dangerous for humans to manufacture. The use of robots also has advantages and disadvantages. The use of robots could result to higher productivity since it provides more accurate and precise products than humans. It could also provide more safety to workers. However, robots are expensive and it requires high maintenance cost. It also requires an expert to handle or to control the robots when problems ...

The qualities that humans possess make them special from other living forms or objects. Yet, the studied stories suggest that there is a man – made form of existence that resembles humans in terms of reasoning, cognizing or even feeling human emotions, embodied into robots that possess artificial intelligence. The studied stories, “Tomorrow is Waiting” (Holli Mintzer), “EPICAC” (Kurt Vonnegut), “Robbie” (Isaac Asimov) or “Birth of A Robot” (Abigail Tucker) address the difference between humans and robots only to suggest that the difference is only a human – built concept. The robots presented in these stories show human features, such as ...

Everyday businesses, scientists and government agencies encounter difficult problems, which they cannot solve manually either due to their complexity or the time consumed to calculate appropriate solutions. However, after the invention of robotics, life has become easier and prosperous. A robot is any type of machine, which performs a task or a series of tasks mechanically by following a computerized program or remotely controlled by a human . Today, robots have become practical tools for home, work as well as cutting-edge technology. Many industries employ robots in the manufacture and distribution of goods. Robots also serve as stand-ins for humans in dangerous activities, such ...

Abstract

In a recent article for The Atlantic magazine titled “A World Without Work”, Derek Thompson (2015) describes as an impending “era of technological unemployment,” where automation as a result of technological advances will result in a steady and widespread decline in jobs, which Thompson characterizes as permanent. Thompson writes that the end of work does not necessarily signify a full on and impending end to employment as we know it in the economy. Neither does it suggest that the next decade will usher in uncontrollable levels of unemployment, either. What it suggests is the very real and live possibility ...

The Name of class

Introduction 1
Manufacturing Process 2
Structural Components 2
Electrical Components 4
Functional Components 4
Sustainable Industrial Systems 5
Industrial Reusability 6
Service Reusability 6
Remanufacturing 6
Solutions and Interventions 6
Modifying the Structural Size and Weight of the Current Components 7
Creation of a recycling and collection center 7
Using high quality materials for all components 7
Reuse of activities 7
Sustainability in the individual components 7
Conclusion 8

References 8

Introduction
In any manufacturing activity, there has always been the need for the implementation of an efficient materials use. These was down traditionally through recycling. As at present, the need ...

The advancement in technology enabled man to create various types of intelligent robots that are now widely used by humans. These technologies, such as the evolutionary robotics, coupled with the need for people to automate daily and recurring tasks brought about the idea of creating autonomous robots. Today, intelligent robots are being beneficial in the performance of different tasks as science discovered ways to make these human creations become dependable and interactive. Needless to say, there is a shift from the previous study and design of robots from strict industrial purposes, into human friendly intents. Evolutionary robotics foresaw the ...

Recently there have been many talks about the development of robotics. It is common knowledge that the popularity of robots is increasing very quickly. Every year more or more upgraded robots appear in the world. There are many opinions regarding this topic. Many people agree that the development of robots, especially service robots, could make their lives much easier. Robots could take care of kids and elderly population or do the dirty and some difficult work. However, it seems that people underestimate the negative sides of robotics. They tend to forget about ethical issues and, what is more important, ...

Machining Technology is a manufacturing process that involves the foundational and basic principles about cutting via the application of various cutting tools. Despite the many modern technological advancement in this field of material science, it cannot be denied that there are the same principles involved both from the traditional and modern up-to-date techniques. Machining is the application of process used for shaping metals as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Cross sectional view of the machining process.
The machining technology is applied in various work materials especially in the use of metals. It is used to shape and ...

The robotic surgery entails the use of tools connected to a machine like an arm. The surgeon in robotic surgery controls the machine like arm using a computer (Faust, 2007). The process allows the surgeons to undertake complex surgical procedures with a high level of precision and flexibility as compared to the use of normal procedures. Robotic surgery links to invasive surgery that entails all the procedures involving tiny incisions. The surgery approved in 2000 has been made into practice by hospitals in countries such as the United States and those found in Europe. The competitive ability to acquire a surgical robot unit ...

Cinema transformed from a tool to display attractions to a medium to express feelings in which directors convey their opinions and ideas. Therefore, political and social events around the world started to become subjects for more and more films. Encapsulating the society’s ideologies and myths, films became a potent means for manipulation and for reinforcing the society’s norms and values. However, for the directors themselves, films soon transformed in artistic works in which they could use subversive techniques in order to question and to critique agents of power. The 2010 Hindi film “Robot” and the Korean film “ ...

Smith Investment Group,

1300 Spring Valley,

New York NY, 233304.

Medical Device Inventors,
DRE,
1800 Williamson Court,

Louisville KY, 40223.

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMPETITION OF MANUFACTURING CARE-GIVING ROBOTS.
The Smith Investment Group is delighted to invite you to participate in a competition to create a Care-giving robot. The future of the world, in many areas, depends on technology. The medical field has shown tremendous technological growth of the years and revolutionary technology like a care-giving robot would go a long way in influencing medical care. A care-giving robot would reduce the need for human resource in nursing but more so, it can be very helpful in cases where ...

Abstract

Various methods of hazard analysis has been developed. Two of these processes are System-Theoretical Process Analysis (STPA) and Safety-Guided Design Process. This essay is going to focus on STPA and Safety-Guided Design Process. The first part will focus on STPA and it will the process of using STPA including the background behind it and how the technique is reflected in systems engineering. There is also a description of how the process is used to accommodate human controllers. The second part of the essay will focus on the Safety-Guided Design Process and how it is applied in industrial robotics. There ...

Career Research Paper: An Annotated Bibliography (Phase 2)

Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association (n.d.). Sample Role Description for Registered Nurse in Family Practice. Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association. Retrieved from https://nurseone.ca/~/media/nurseone/files/en/sample_role_description_e.pdf?la=en
This document presents an in-depth view of the role description that is to be expected in nurses in family practice. It gives general and specific overviews in matter regarding health assessment, health care management, health education, health promotion, and professional role of nurses. However, it is limited to nurses who are taking family practice and thus is not applicable to the job description of nursing in general.
Computer Programmer Salary (n.d.). Payscale. Retrieved from http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Computer_Programmer/Salary
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Educational Computing

Beaver County school districts embrace technology in the classroom by Katherine Schaeffer
This article highlights the changing face of the Beaver Area School District. Schools in these are using one-to-one iPad programs to replace bulky textbooks with sleek and light iPads. For most middle and high schools in the area, classes have become paperless, and teachers have allowed students to read, complete assignments, type them and take notes using iPads. This approach to replace the traditional classroom and conventional teaching methods is a welcome move to innovate new learning methods for modern students. Education has become more instructional and ...

Educational Computing

Beaver County school districts embrace technology in the classroom by Katherine Schaeffer
This article highlights the changing face of the Beaver Area School District. Schools in these are using one-to-one iPad programs to replace bulky textbooks with sleek and light iPads. For most middle and high schools in the area, classes have become paperless, and teachers have allowed students to read, complete assignments, type them and take notes using iPads. This approach to replace the traditional classroom and conventional teaching methods is a welcome move to innovate new learning methods for modern students. Education has become more instructional and ...

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Japan is one of the oldest and key economies in East Asia. Situated on a small land base, the country is home to 127 million people, with 6.1 million men and 6.5 million women. The country is mostly mountainous with 85% coverage but also very urbanized and industrialized. The three main metropolitan areas are Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya and are located in the lowlands, along with the agricultural lands. Since there is competition for agriculture and human ...

As robots proceed to ubiquity within societal environments, there has been a concern related to the consequences of proliferation (Sharkey, 2008). Humans are faced with the dilemma of having to choose particular options that they intend to act upon where every available option will have their moral obligation that connects to what they are related. Ethical considerations, however, in practice is to consider resolution means for such issues. There are different schemes that can be adopted for holding such moral deliberations. However, the option of the scheme in case of any, to apply is up to an individual to ...

“Los Vendidos” written by Luiz Valdes is a one-act play that depicts and ridicules the stereotypes of Mexicans in California. It is a satiric play that shows the social inequality in the American society in the 1960-ies. So much has been said about the discrimination of the Afro-Americans, but I even could not imagine Latinos and Mexicans facing a similar situation. This play attracts attention to the social issues that have not been solved even after 40 years. Although it is full of ridiculous and rather witty moments, the message of the play is serious and profound. The author ...

Comic culture has existed since centuries, yet it is still considered a new manifestation of culture, joining words and pictures to create meaning (McCloud 151). In his “American Born Chinese” comic book, Gene Luen Yang makes use of both words and images to present a reflection of reality. In so doing, Yang uses diverse combinations of words and images that create different effects and produces various meanings.
In the first chosen image, Jin Wang, the American born Chinese boy, is presented as going to the Chinese Herbalist with his mother. The first frame is based on word specific combination, ...

Externality takes place when action of one agent exerts direct impact on welfare of other agent, and this impact is not transferred by market prices. When there are externalities in the market, the social marginal cost is not equal to private marginal cost. Positive externalities compel market to produce less than the socially desirable quantity (Gans, King & Mankiw, 2011). Positive externalities are present in the economy when marginal social benefits are greater than marginal private benefits (Cypher, 2014). There are, however, several examples of economic activities that pave the way to production of positive externalities such as:

Provision of Education

Industrial training ...

It is quite true that there are several projects that Google is working on, and they also intrigue my conscious. The idea of Google Glass, Elevator to Space, Robots, Project Wing and Self-driving cars are all aiming at ensuring that the lives of human beings become as much easier as possible. Consider the self-driven cars, the instance of an underage individual requiring car service while they cannot drive will be eliminated by this factor. Major car collisions will be reduced due to the speed that the car uses. Do you believe that some of the projects will be successful? ...

Abstract

In the recent times, scientists in the discipline of artificial intelligence are confused which approach closely imitates the structure of a human brain. The best two approaches are bottom-up, or the top-down, and they comprise of both their advantages and disadvantages. The top-down approach has the capability to perform high-level tasks since it is programmed (Russell et.al 27). On the contrary, the bottom-up approach is capable of modeling the lower-level human functions such as motor control, image recognition, and learning capabilities. Each method operates perfectly where the other method is imperfect. Therefore, to establish the advantages and disadvantages of ...

The Project Leader- ROAR,

Volvo Group Global,
AB Volvo, SE-405 08 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Dear Mr. Götvall,

RE: INQUIRY ABOUT THE ROBOT-BASED AUTONOMOUS REFUSE HANDLING

I am writing to request some technical information, a safety and environmental concerns about the ongoing innovation on the Robot- based Autonomous Refuse Handling.
I appreciate the futuristic approach of this invention and recognize the importance of staying ahead and inventing things that make life and work easier and more efficient. There are three questions that I would like you to answer regarding the functionality, safety and environmental impact of this new product.
I have viewed the information available in the press release found in the ...

Goldman Sachs, an American multinational investment bank, managed to flourish in its business by amassing the trust of its customers and keeping a profound work ethic in the field. The road to this excellence was paved by the sound decisions taken by its management and the amount of investment the company made in building a cultural capital that is quite hard to replicate. It could be seen that even its competitors reserved an amount of respect towards Goldman Sachs . This case study is an attempt to explain why.
The first and foremost element that helped Goldman Sachs to stand ...

History of Manufacturing Engineering

The history of manufacturing engineering can be raced back to the 19TH century in the United States and to 18TH century in the United Kingdom when home based mass production gained roots in the industrial productions in the two countries. However, many historic scholars view Matthew Boulton Soho`s manufactory that was established in Birmingham in 1761 as the beginning of the modern production firms. There are similar claims attributed to John Lombe`s silk mill that was constructed in 1721 at Derby or 1771 Cromford mill done by Richard Arkwright (In Quickenden, In Baggott & In Dick, 2013).
Significant ...

This is an analysis of the essay “Better than Human: Why Robots Will-and Must –Take Our Jobs” by Kevin Kelly. The essay is an argumentative piece where the author attempts to argue that robots are indeed replacing human beings in most jobs. The author raises a number of arguments to support his side of the story. Notably, robots and machines are widely used in most jobs in the current era of industrialization. The author stages a number of reasons as to why robots and machines are used today. He goes ahead to argue that soon, human beings will be ...

Isaac Asimov Reason

In my opinion, Isaac Asimov uses humor and irony first to mock QT, Powell and Donovan with the help of humorous situations that happen in the story. QT does not believe that he was created by people and tries to analyze and find the answers. He does not believe in what the Earthmen tell him, even in what he read in books. When QT says that his purpose is to serve the Master, Powell and Donovan laugh at him and his words. But the real irony is that QT acts the same way all the people do – they try ...

The ASIMO’s concept of a chair is not an instance of Searle’s original intentionality. In this context, intentionality can be translated roughly to mean representation. According to Searle, it is not right to say that a machine can think by virtue of running programs. in such instances, the intentionality that is characteristic of these programs comes from the original intention of the interrogator and the programmer. These two people are outside the machine. Thus, the machine is not making judgments based on thoughts. Rather, it is just giving specific answers to the specific questions based on the ...

The robotics industry is developing quicker as ever in the past. There are various prospects in the new emerging robotics technology and one of the most important to observe in the year 2016 will be the delivery drones. There have been various methods of enabling the robots learning. The hardware is getting cheaper and software is developing and becoming more capable. The plans of Google and Amazon to deliver the products with the drones might come true with released regulation for registering drones by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (MIT Technology Review, n. p.). The main components of drones ...

Introduction

The technique of high-frequency trading has been around for years, but especially close attention and a new surge of interest in it arose after the sensational release in May 2010 of the book by Michael Lewis “Flash Boys”. In fact, it is hard to call high-frequency trading methodology a revolutionary or even new. Although now, talking about it, everyone remembers high-performance computers and automatic programs with elements of artificial intelligence, but if to leave these technological “tricks” and the terms out of the brackets, everything becomes much easier. Actually, we are dealing with a business model, when using a ...

The project ideas presented were very fascinating and informative. The summaries of some of the projects are discussed below:

NXP Cup Intelligent Car Racing
This project provides useful information on how to design, program and build a modified racing car. The car is controlled on track using a remote. Participants learn comprehensively about various electrical components including battery, high voltage interface and motor control, microcontroller development board and sensors & cameras. Therefore the project equips participants with knowledge on mechanical design, electronic design, control circuit design, control software design, and racing car components.

Network Interface Design for Radio Tomographic Imaging

The project is very informative on how to build a mobile radio tomographic imaging (RTI) interface for data acquisition and transmission of radio frequency & signals via ...

The Lascaux Caves, Stonehenge and Ancient Egypt are all human creations with rich historical backgrounds that have been preserved for thousands of years and allow us to marvel in the accomplishments of our predecessors and gain better understanding on their culture and traditions.
Personally, I am deeply captivated by these three landmarks. To witness the paintings on the walls of the Lascaux Caves, that represent some of the most amazing testimonies of the Paleolithic period, would be a profoundly intriguing experience due to the interpretation that could be given to the over 2000 images of human figures, animals and ...

Integration is the answer

The education system is dependent on various stakeholders that play a role in the education sector. However, the administration and the teachers have the most crucial role to play in educating the minds. Students go to school to seek knowledge. As the level of education increases, students advance further in specializing in their desired or preferred career in life. In the tertiary levels of education, the student will have the liberty of focusing on the selected subjects. It is at this point that they will become professionals in their various fields. The teachers also play a role in the ...

Noel Sharkey. You’ve never heard the name before unless you’re really into robot science and techno games. Sharkey is a professor at the University of Sheffield who occasionally appears on British television, being a professional in his field, and speaks about technology and robotics in general. In the article “The Ethical Frontiers of Robotics”, Sharkey explains how robots are influencing our lives. Although they have been there for years, it is how they are being used that is changing. Their sales have risen, and there is a widespread availability of service robots performing domestic duties or doing ...

Section U01 – Spring 2016

Abstract
Artificial Intelligence is used in various fields including medical, communications and entertainment. Siri is a personal digital assistant on iPhones that allows users to perform tasks such as make phone calls, set up appointments and send messages all through voice commands. This paper presents an ethical analysis on the use of Siri using the three theories: Aristotelian, Kantian and Utilitarian to determine whether implementation of Siri was ethical or not. Analysis shows that according to Aristotelian and Utilitarian theories, implementation of Siri was ethical while Kantian theory indicates it was not ethical to implement Siri.
1 INTRODUCTION
The ...

Logic and Emotion are two contrasting traits that challenge what separates humanity from robotics. These two traits are best represented by two characters: Dr. Calvin and Spooner. Dr. Calvin embodies logic and rationality while Spooner can be seen as the emotional and the irrational type.
There is a reversal of gender stereotypes regarding these two characters. Being a woman, Dr. Calvin is expected to have been the emotional type, although this is instead reflected in Spooner’s attitude. Spooner’s aloof and spontaneous manner of speech contrasts with Dr. Calvin’s which is of a more professional note. Considering ...