Anderson Freeman III
Mrs. Bennehaley
English 111
March 21, 2014
Robotics
Robotics can date as far back as man itself. Even during prehistoric times man has relied on different types of machine to improve life and make it easier. Throughout time man has improving robotics into the machines that we have today. Pulleys a, simple machine that dates back to around 4000 B.C.E., that was used to help lift heavy object has evolve into machines such as cranes. Even with the printing press, it used a main ancestor to the modern day computer. The machines that our ancestors had are the basis what technology that we have today. Some robotics is so advanced now that they operate on their own, even replacing some human jobs. The way robotics is advancing today there is no telling what is in store for tomorrow.
Around the time of 4000-3000 B.C.E., the first simple machines came into use in Mesopotamia (Nocks). This spread around Europe, Asia, and Africa; they were used to help irrigation for agriculture, and maintaining water levels of river (Nocks). With the simple machines it helped the people maintain their crops and do it in larger fields. This also gave the people the ability to farm different types of crops at the same time. 1500-1400 B.C.E., the Egyptians used inclined planes to help them build the monuments that are still standing still to this day (Nocks).
Now we shall move up to the Renaissance. The Renaissance inspired many great inventors including Leonardo da Vinci (Nocks). Leonardo used his sketches to create some of the most complicated robotics of time (Nocks). The things the Leonardo designed proved that he was ahead of his times. Some of his sketches are the basis for some of the machines that we use today. Another man the...
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...elped with everyday activities and daily chorus. One of these inventions was the iRobot, which was a robot that was able to vacuum floors, by itself. In Japan, they created humanoid robots that are able perform regular human tasks, including driving. “A Japanese research consortium demonstrates a humanoid robot driving a backhoe” (Nocks).
Robotics was also a major part in the military advancements that we have today, for weapons and defenses. Today the military has drones, which are unmanned aircrafts, this a huge increase in safety from what it used to be. There are also things like claymores, and mines, which can be activated just by contact, During this time during wars instead of going into an area blind and losing lives, soldiers can send tiny planes to find out how many people are across enemy, because it is able to read the temperature of the human body.
One of his creations was the flying machine. He loved the idea of people soaring like birds and wanted to make that dream a reality. The designs of the flying machine is clearly inspired by the wings of animals that could fly. Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machine has a wingspan of over 33 feet. The frame of the machine was made out of pine that was covered in silk. A sleek and light design that also proved to be sturdy. The way the machine worked is the pilot would lie face down on the board and he would have pedal a crank that was connected to a rod-and-pulley system. There was also a hand crank that was available. This was used for additional energy and the steering was done with a head piece. The pilot was to work the crank with both his hands and feet at the same time. Doing so would cause the wings to flap. A unique feature was the wings were designed to twist when they flapped. This design was an inspiration from nature. Besides his flying machine, he also conceived the idea for a parachute. Although credit for the first parachute doesn't formally go to Leonardo da Vinci he did create the design for it a couple hundred years before it was actually invented. He made a sketch of the idea but he never actually built and tested it for himself. Many of his inventions were never truly built and tested. Leonardo wasn’t only engrossed with the sky,
The Egyptians invented a plow with a wider, triangular share that turned more dirt in a wider furrow. As the population grew over time, more and more people moved into Europe. The soil contained much more moisture, and required a lot of power to be able to pull plows through it. The Dutch then invented an iron- covered moldboard that cut much better through the earth and greatly reduced the power needed (Drache 2-3). When colonists from Europe began to settle in America, they quickly recognized that if they were going to survive they needed to farm and produce crops.
Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were all considered fever dreams in the Renaissance era, like the equivalent of seeing a futuristic object in a science-fiction movie, but they inspired many actual products of the world of today. Some of the ideas his imagination scribbled in a notebook are the parachute, diving suit, armored cars (like army tanks), and an Ornithopter, a machine made for flight with the use of wings (Lampton Christopher).
History Artifact Straightforward machines, for example, the club and paddle (cases of the lever), are ancient. More intricate motors utilizing human power, creature control, water control, wind control and even steam control go back to the vestige. Human power was engaged by the utilization of basic motors, for example, the capstan, windlass or treadmill, and with ropes, pulleys, and piece and handle courses of action; this power was transmitted as a rule with the powers duplicated and the speed lessened. These were utilized as a part of cranes and on board sends in Old Greece, and also in mines, water pumps and attack motors in Old Rome. The scholars of those circumstances, including Vitruvius, Frontinus, and Pliny the Senior, regard these motors as ordinary, so their development might be elder.
People love to discuss and imagine the future, but actually, no one knows what the future exactly looks like since it is predetermined. Robots this issue exists in the past and especially at present. From we started writing a long time ago, we had already thought of something that could obey our orders, because people desire them. People only put effort on what we wished for. And what we wished for could be seen from the abilities that we gave to the gods in mythology and from the protorobots that entertained us in the modern age. But
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This paper discusses three aspects of the field of robotics The first is the history of where the ideas of robotics originated. Second, what was the effect that these ideas had on society? Finally, what developments in the field have proved to be useful to society?
Robots can come in many size. Whatever size needed to do any task can be created. Robots can be designed to work in extremely harsh environments, such as in space, underwater, fire, etc. Thus, robots can be used instead of people when human safety is a concern. The Disadvantages of Robots
Robots are made out of metal, plastic, aluminum, gears, bolts, wheels, sensors, memory chips, and other gadgets.
Nowadays, technology is a dominant feature in the lives of people around the world. Most daily life activities involve the use of technology which is expanding every day through scientific innovations. However, such innovations do not always occur in every part of the world, but mostly in technologically developed countries, such as South Korea, the USA and Japan. Presently, the development of robotics science has become a subject of considerable attention in those countries. According to Weng, Chen and Sun (2009, 267), “Technocrats from many developed countries, especially Japan and South Korea, are preparing for the human–robot co-existence society that they believe will emerge by 2030.”
Scientific progress makes huge milestones toward developing new advanced technologies which are more and more present in human lives. Today robots replace people in many spheres such as health care, security and military, industry, education, entertainment and science. Role of robots becomes more significant because they are able to do the job which people are not able to perform well. Sometimes people are too lazy to do some routine work, due to such situation those tasks could be delegated to machines. People’s life become more technology based what makes demand for efficient robots larger. Engineers say that today robots look like machines, but in near future robots will have more human appearance, today they do some simple job, but in near future much more complicated tasks would be trusted to them. History of robotics goes far to the history when the ancient Greeks describes first devices that people were projected to fly to the sky like birds. In fact, heart of any robot is some program that direct the device and control it actions. Robot cannot perform the tasks that was not programmed in it and this if the factor what makes it quite limited in its actions. Current studies in robotics are aimed to remove those disadvantages and make robots more functional and universal through development of artificial intelligence that can operate independently. Curiosity of world community to robotics increase every day what make all the research and inventions in robotics more demanded. History of robots, resent achievement and future perspectives of robotics have to be studies and researched to understand what machines can give to humanity and what pros and cons exist in the r...
The older ploughs known as the ards or the scratch ploughs age back possibly to agriculture itself. An ard is an instrument that tends to tear up the soil more than turning it over. (Comet). Heavy ploughs are asymmetrical instruments and have a moldboard attached to it to turn the soil either left or right. (Comet). The heavy plough was used to turn the soil, which improved the weed control. Also it was advantageous in Europe as the soils were clayey and this tool was strong enough to turn clayey soil. (White, L Jr.) This was a great invention as it also decreased a lot of manual labor work for the farmers and also helped in weed control as mentioned above. An improvisation to this tool,with a wheel on the bottom lead to it becoming heavier and also a high yield in food production. This wheel further decreased manual labor, as it was easy to carry the tool around. This tool is still considered a reason behind significant population and financial growth in Europe around 9000 AD (Newman).
The number of robots used in industry increases every year as more companies realize their many benefits. Robots are the future of the manufacturing industry. As the performance and flexibility of robots increases and their prices continue to drop, many companies will uses these added incentives to invest in the future. Soon every company that has an application for a robot will be forced to invest in one, to stay competitive in the world market.
To conclude, robots could be the backbone of the society that will result in a technological revolution. Because of robots various characteristics that do not experience fear, nor exhaustion and they are precisely programmed, which make them able to help in case of need, housework, and factories production. Society needs to put the issue of robots into consideration to satisfy any shortage exists in the world.