The development of a humanoid robot has long captured the human imagination and will remain the focus of attention in the future of robotics. Scientists say there are two obstacles to creating a robot with human or superhuman intelligence: vision and the processing of sensory information. “It’s almost impossible to predict when machines will become as smart as humans,” admits Ronald Arkin, robotics specialist at the Mobile Robot Lab in Atlanta, GA. “Although work in the field of magnetic resonance imaging has great promise, now researchers can observe areas of the brain when people perform specific mental tasks.
Automobile manufacturing is one of the areas where robot automation is already in use. But imagine a world in which we can read, drink a glass of wine, talk freely on our cell phones or take a nap while our private car leaves our workplace on our doorstep. Or maybe we will abandon the wheeled prototypes, take off together and lean back in our personal aircraft, as many sci-fi films predict. So how far are we from such a future?
Well, in 2007, the United States Agency for Advanced Research in the Field of Defense of the United States involved 83 robotized system vehicles passing through a 60-kilometer city course, driving along other vehicles, pedestrians and obstacles; all without incident. Just three years ago, robotic vehicles could not even drive straight through the wide open desert without crashing. “The robotics industry is developing in much the same way as the computer business did thirty years ago,” said Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
So, what awaits the future of robotics in the workplace? The US military is one of the largest donors in the field of robotic research, as they hope to replace human lives with robotics automation, reducing our losses in the war. Robots are already completing reconnaissance missions, dismantling explosives and shooting at enemy combatants.
Military commanders strive to make one-third of all land vehicles without a driver by 2015. The researchers also look at robots, similar to those that appear in the "Robot" of Isaac Azimov, who work together in a swarm of complex tasks. Just the size of a small bug, these swarm insects look unpretentious, but are able to jam lines of communication, gather intelligence and shoot at enemy combatants.
The future of robotics is aimed at rapidly aging population, with the ultimate goal of providing older people in places like the US that will see 97 million baby boomers in need of care or in Japan, where 22% of the population 65 lives. a billion dollars exploring how automated robots can take care of older people. For example, the robot “My Spoon”, for example, can feed people with disabilities, breaking up food into chewable pieces and putting it in your mouth. Paro, another Japanese invention, is similar to children's print and responds to the attachment of single elderly patients, and also controls their heart rhythm and symptoms with health.
