is that robots are everywhere. Manufacturing
processes - such as
car making - are highly
automated. Cars themselves are starting to
be self-driven by highly
adaptable AIs. Mobile
phones are starting to
come
pre-packaged
with a speaking personal assistant ready
to meet your every
need.
The dynamic
of military artillery has
been transformed by
the development of
robots. And these are
the proverbial tip of
the iceberg.
Aethon TUG
Essentially a mobile
cart, the Aethon TUG
patrols hospitals carrying replacement linen,
medical supplies, food
etc., from one area of
a hospital to another.
While it is essentially a
‘runner’ it costs less to
run than one full-time
human employee yet
can carry out as much
work as three full-time
human
employees,
according to Aethon.
the TUG “doesn’t get
distracted...”, and can
Perhaps the area of our
lives most transformed
by the dawn of robotics however, is that of
healthcare and medicine. The examples in
this field are too numerous too encapsulate,
but they include:
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“accomplish more in
less time” than a real
person.10
Cosmobot
Cosmobot is one of
many new robots to
be used in the field of
child therapy or “robot
therapy”. It is used in
helping disabled young
children or developmentally challenged
people as a one-to-one
companion. Robots can
make a difficult therapy process more fun