Robots by RYAN NOVAKOVIC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699 People vs Robots en-us 2019-05-01 15:21:57 UTC 2019-05-21 13:34:09 UTC hello@padlet.com C: Amazon Robots Article 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/355838372 2019-05-01 15:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/355838372 A: Squishy Robots 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/356265786 Can be dropped from large heights. Has sensors to see what the condition of the disaster zone is. Could detect gases etc.]]> 2019-05-02 15:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/356265786 Amazon Robots Picture 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358029437 2019-05-08 13:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358029437 A1 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358841463 "Now, engineers in California have come up with a lightweight robot designed to be literally dropped into disaster zones, where it can gather potentially life-saving information about conditions on the ground"(Metcalfe)]]> 2019-05-10 12:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358841463 A2 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358841872 "The hardy little bot, about two feet across, carries video cameras and electronic sensors within a ball-shaped lattice of rods and cables that cushion the sensitive gear from sharp blows — like smacking into the ground after falling from a great height"(Metcalfe)


]]> 2019-05-10 12:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358841872 A3 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358842203 "The idea is that the shape-shifting device can be deployed from aircraft flying over areas hit by earthquakes, wildfires or spills of hazardous chemicals and then beam the information to first-responders, so they know exactly what they’ll face before they go in. Currently, that sort of information tends to be gathered by first responders themselves"(Metcalfe)


]]> 2019-05-10 12:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358842203 A4 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358843872 "Agogino said the two-pound robot had been tested by dropping it from a height of 600 feet — and that it survived the fall without sustaining any damage. The device should be able to survive falls from even greater heights, she added"(Metcalfe)


]]> 2019-05-10 12:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358843872 A5 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358845770 "The company is also developing a mobile version of the squishy robot that can move along the ground, propelled by small electric motors that shift the rods and cables to change the bot’s center of gravity"(Metcalfe)]]> 2019-05-10 12:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358845770 B: The economic – and human – impact of the rise of robots and AI 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358850628 2019-05-10 12:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358850628 B1 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358855861 " Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World," said that over long periods of time, "it's not jobs that are destroyed but professions that are destroyed." "There will be some professions where the robots and automation and AI will come and basically take over," "]]> 2019-05-10 13:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358855861 B2 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358856058 "For example, self-driving vehicles could threaten the livelihoods of the nation's 3 million truck drivers as the technology improves and becomes more widely incorporated over the next decade or so."]]> 2019-05-10 13:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358856058 B3 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358856878 "A 2014 Pew Research survey of nearly 2,000 experts found that 48 percent said they expected robots and artificial intelligence would have a significant impact on the economy by 2025."]]> 2019-05-10 13:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358856878 C1 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358864750 "The army of robots are walled in by fences that bring to mind nothing more than indoor batting cases. Around the edges, Amazon employees work at pick-and-stow stations, working alongside the robots to determine how best to store inventory on the shelving pods and how items will be shipped together"(Heater)]]> 2019-05-10 13:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358864750 C2 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358865405 "The space also offers a compelling glimpse into the factories of the future, where humans and robots work hand in hand, so to speak. The company currently has around 100,000 robotic systems deployed across more than 25 fulfillment centers, a number that it says has helped the company store an additional 40 percent of inventory in its fulfillment centers"(Heater)



]]> 2019-05-10 13:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358865405 C3 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358870207 " “Associates and people in our builds are really good at finding where to put products in storage shelving,” he says. “Systems are not good at doing that"(Heater)]]> 2019-05-10 13:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/358870207 D: The Impact of Robots on Employment 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/359432049 2019-05-13 12:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/359432049 D1 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360304735 " "Over the next 10 years, the rate of IT [information technology] job loss that can be attributed to automation will be about double what we think will be due to outsourcing," says Neil MacDonald, analyst of the research and advisory company Gartner."(Brown)]]> 2019-05-15 12:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360304735 D2 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360309421 "This trend, together with the extraordinary technological advances of recent years, is leading to a potentially massive shift of increasingly higher kinds of work to machines and software."(Brown)]]> 2019-05-15 12:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360309421 D3 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360310371 " Othersourcing is now extending to many more white-collar jobs where the brain-work is becoming, or has already become, commoditized—even in the field of medicine and drugs. For example, you can buy software to do your taxes instead of having to go to an accountant."(Brown)]]> 2019-05-15 12:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360310371 D4 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360313707 "Creative work may seem like precisely the sort of area where human workers will remain dominant."(Brown)]]> 2019-05-15 13:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360313707 D5 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360313983 "IBM consulting uses a software program that chooses and allocates resources for projects better and faster than humans can. Cisco is using software programs to replace humans in human resources, finance, customer service, and other staff areas."(Brown)]]> 2019-05-15 13:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360313983 D6 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360316056 "The robotic era may also force us to rethink our tendency to measure people's value solely in terms of their economic contributions. Robotics pioneer Hans Moravec has speculated that, by the year 2050, entire corporations will exist with no human employees, or investors, at all." (Brown)]]> 2019-05-15 13:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360316056 E1 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360325194 "While it is certainly true that robots are replacing jobs and are a significant threat to low-skilled workers and somewhat of a threat to middle-skilled workers, there are many positive effects that robots have on the economy.(Anthony)]]> 2019-05-15 13:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360325194 E: 3 Ways Robots Affect the Economy 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360327109 2019-05-15 13:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360327109 E2 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360327664 "Higher living standards can come about through higher wages, lower pricing of goods and services, and an overall greater variety of products and services. Labor productivity growth, as measured as output per hour, is what leads these things to occur."(Anthony)]]> 2019-05-15 13:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360327664 E3 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360328957 "Graetz and Michaels found that, on average, across the 17 countries, the increasing use of industrial robots over the time period raised the annual growth of GDP by 0.37%. They compared this substantial growth to the boosts in productivity that occurred at the turn of the 20th century from steam technology."(Anthony)]]> 2019-05-15 13:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360328957 E4 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360330025 "Many people fail to realize that robots are actually creating new, high-paying jobs that require skilled workers. While it is true that robots are replacing low-skilled workers and automating the tasks that they perform, robots and automation are requiring jobs that focus workers on higher-value work."(Anthony)]]> 2019-05-15 13:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360330025 E5 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360330714 "While it is true that robots and automation are taking away entire categories of jobs across a multitude of industries, it has never been a better time for workers to get higher-skilled, higher-paying jobs as long as they become skilled and educated enough themselves to fill those roles." (Anthony)]]> 2019-05-15 13:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/360330714 F: Doctor Robot 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/361174143 2019-05-17 13:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/361174143 F1 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/361223601 "An interest in robotics could land you in the hospital. You might report to work there! And robots haven’t just invaded hospitals. They’re also keeping people healthy in their homes.
Hospitals are full of germs. But when a disinfecting robot comes shining its ultraviolet light, up to 99.9 percent of bacteria in a standard room are killed in about ten minutes"(Kirk)
]]> 2019-05-17 15:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/361223601 F2 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/361226238 "A robotic arm has restored the sense of touch to a patient with a spinal cord injury. Surgeons implanted electrodes in his brain. These allow his robotic arm to serve as a braincomputer interface. A touch to a finger of his robotic arm sends a signal to his brain. Then he feels the touch in his corresponding living finger"(Kirk)]]> 2019-05-17 15:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/361226238 F3 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/361227495 "Engineers and psychologists at Rice University worked with IBM to develop a robot to improve elderly care. Using Watson technology, the robot can check a person’s heart and breathing. It can also tell if a person has fallen. A network of cancer research centers is also using Watson technology. Watson reads millions of research papers and treatment results. It gives doctors information from more sources than a human could ever read. This lets doctors give patients better treatment options"(Kirk)


]]> 2019-05-17 15:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/361227495 F4 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362113909 "Robots are proving valuable on a hospital floor where mothers are in labor."(Kirk)]]> 2019-05-21 12:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362113909 F5 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362114194 "Researchers are developing a robot that unfolds in your stomach. A magnet in one of its folds responds to a magnet outside the body and guides the robot to deliver medicine or repair a wound"(Kirk)]]> 2019-05-21 12:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362114194 G: Robots for Fighting Future Wars 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362119241 2019-05-21 13:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362119241 G1 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362119533 "American military planners predict such robots will in the future become the major fighting force in wars such as that currently being fought in Iraq."]]> 2019-05-21 13:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362119533 G2 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362122198 "The robotic soldier has been a Pentagon dream for 30 years. To achieve this, Pentagon planners have backed it to the hilt financially, allocating some $127bn [billion] to a project called Future Combat Systems, or FCS...."]]> 2019-05-21 13:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362122198 G3 1075661 https://padlet.com/1075661/txxvkjvrn699/wish/362124033 "Trusting robots with life and death decisions at a roadblock is sure to raise issues and questions of responsibility, especially in the event of so called "friendly fire""



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