Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Next New Thing

With the trend in research and development in both the medical and technology field I believe it is not too far into the distance future that we will be able to use unmanned mobile robots. Sort of something like from the surrogates movie with Bruce Willis. Like virtual worlds users can use them from the comfort of their own homes to interact and to carry out assignments. This technology can also benefit those that have disabilities. For example, a person may have a leg injury in which they cannot pick up their kids from school, instead they would use these mobile suits. Everything that these mobile suits see the user can also. Everybody would be given their own identification number and they can be rented out just like zipcars, all you need to do is have a membership. I envision there would also be stations to charge these robots and they would be placed even in international locations, so that even if you miss a flight for an important meeting you can substitute your presence with one of these robots. They can also be used to report in hostile locations.

5 comments:

  1. I too think that unmanned machines will be the future. Google even had competitions where teams are suppose to make a unmanned car that can drive around the city. The cars have to able to analyze the obstacles and take into consideration the traffic rules like the lights and road signs. Then there are robots like Honda's "Asimo" who's able to do various task without human control. An example of Asimo going through moving obstacles can be seen in the following video (2:09) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPoANTKo5kA

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  2. This kind of reminds me of the Avatar movie because it's both outer body experiences. The robot seems more high-tech but if we can create a new species using our mind, that'd be awesome.

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  3. Having unmanned robots is a cool idea. We can save a lot of time if the robots can help us to do houseworks.

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  4. Unmanned vehicles remind me of the movie the Minority report and I, Robot. I wonder how humans will develop the AI of the robots. I can see a lot of benefits from this development but how much control will the robots have? I like your thought on the future.

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