Robots are something that have been talked about for decades now and have often been a topic that I have talked with my family about. When I think of a robot I usually think of a non-living human who can do actions just as if they were human, but I have learned that after this week I am way off on that assumption. I never knew where they really came about until now. In the lecture Pt. 2 Professor Vissin, discusses how the printing press and the assembly line were the beginning of this idea of "separating actions into pieces."



                              (Then)

https://sites.tufts.edu/benmichelenp61/2018/02/21/ergonomics-of-assembly-lines/

(Robot Version)

https://www.123rf.com/photo_88133619_3d-rendering-cyborg-control-robot-assembly-line-in-car-factory.html

The word robot in itself derives from the Czech term robota which means "self labor" coined by author Karl Capek in the play "Rossums Universal Robots". Since the beginning of the term, the evolution of the robot has only taken off. We can see just how much it has taken off by looking at artists such as Ken Fiengold and his creation of "If/Then" in 2001. The robot heads that he created look almost on par with what a real human head should look like and it was made out of material such as "silicone, pigments, and fiberglass" which is not something you typically think a robot can be made out of.


In no time robots will be invading our everyday lives and that is something Rodney Brooks talks about in his TED talk. He discusses how we are "on the border of being invaded by robots and in no time at all we will be surrounded by them". We have already seen our childhood toys being turned into robot-like things with moving eyes and what not and as David Hanson described in his TED talk, "robots will think and act as you by making expressions, making eye contact" so its only a matter of time before we see what is next and what robots will be capable of. In some ways, I think a robot evolution will be cool, but in other ways, I think it will also take a lot away from other people like jobs.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/robot-babies-may-increase-teen-birth-rate-says-new-study

Online, UC. “Robotics pt2.” YouTube, YouTube, 15 Apr. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=255&v=oAZ8bo9T_Pk.

- Hanson, David. “Robots That ‘Show Emotion.’” TED, www.ted.com/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you/up-next.

- Brooks, Rodney. “Robots Will Invade Our Lives.” TED, www.ted.com/talks/rodney_brooks_on_robots/up-next

Feingold, Ken "If/Then". (2001) http://www.kenfeingold.com/

Capek, Karl "Rossums Universal Robots." 25 Jan. 1921.