In addition, the robot is compact and intended to fit into spaces ergonomically designed for human workers. This allows the robot to be easily interchanged with a human coworker when the production order is changed or a new layout is required. FRIDA concept robot.
"It's no longer easy to double production by doubling your work force, it might be now cheaper to buy a new machine in the long run," he added. BBC News - Foxconn to boost use of robot machines in manufacturing.
Let's not let old arguments about 'technology creating unemployment' be a smokescreen for the real issues [..] Ironically, some of the workers say that they are made to feel like robots. It is the responsibility of the large corporations to ensure that the companies making their electronics abide by similar practices as in their home countries. And it is the responsibility of all of us not to buy goods made by workers who are stripped of their rights and dignity.
" I’m an engineer who builds robots; I don’t know why people would be interested in my views on the ethical question " [..] soon the company started to work with Sony on its Aibo robot dog, developing a control system that allowed it to run. After that, it continued in the same vein, with a tool for Sony’s Qrio humanoid robot, allowing choreographers to design dance routines.
A video showcasing the robotic technology being developed at Skynet Research as part of our effort to impact human life.
Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species.
Steve Jobs, 1996: "Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal".
Wiener is considered the originator of cybernetics, a formalization of the notion of feedback, with many implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, philosophy, and the organization of society. Wiener later helped develop the theories of cybernetics, robotics, computer control, and automation. He shared his theories and findings with other researchers, and credited the contributions of others. These included Soviet researchers and their findings. Wiener's acquaintance with them caused him to be regarded with suspicion during the Cold War. His article "A Scientist Rebels" for the January 1947 issue of The Atlantic Monthly[9] urged scientists to consider the ethical implications of their work. After the war, he refused to accept any government funding or to work on military projects.