Now the global scientific community is developing intelligent robotics in several directions: this includes improving speech recognition technology, conversation support, and mathematical modeling of emotions. Such research lies at the intersection of technology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, and mathematics. Science has gotten to the point where today’s robots can answer questions, maintain a simple conversation, and mimic emotions, but there is still a long way to go before full-fledged communication. And in this article, you will learn when robots will start taking over human tasks.
Robotics Technology Is Largely Based on Motor Control, Sensors, And Processors
Many aspects of modern life seem to take for granted. Laptops and information sharing are part of everyday life. There are more cell phones than toilets and, by some estimates, more than people. Numerous sensors in cars, phones, and people’s comprehensive use of technology are increasing the productivity of the human race as a whole, saving money, resources, and saving lives. Each person’s quality of life is improved and tailored to his or her individuality. Clearly, life would be very different without the use of technology.
The future of robotics can be predicted by looking at how we have adapted to living with a personal phone, calculator, or computer in almost everyone’s pocket. Robots can be defined as intelligent machines that do the work (usually repetitive) that humans have done in the past. Robots never get tired or bored, repeating monotonous actions ad infinitum, from assembling bodies to performing eye surgery to defusing bombs. Robots do dangerous work that could kill humans, such as examining nuclear accident sites or the surface of Mars for organic materials. In the future, as robotics technology spreads, we will take for granted that robots vacuum the floor, take us to work, or take our dog for a walk. We can expect automation in every area of our lives, because we are already informationally connected to other people and information systems through mobile technology, social media, and various kinds of global communications, given the mountains of information that humanity has accumulated to date.
The Main Problems of Modern Robots
What are humans good at? We can solve almost any problem, including those we have never faced before, we are able to think creatively, use a high level of abstraction, quickly learn from others and adapt their experience.
What are machines good at? At the moment, they can handle numbers well, perform routine operations and repetitive actions, and can adjust their program to change the parameters around them. But, nevertheless, they still can’t search for and find solutions on their own or come to complex logical conclusions.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is able to recognize and categorize objects in the world around it. Significant results have been achieved in this area: if you look at the latest work of leading companies in the segmentation of neural networks for object recognition and categorization, you can really consider that everything is done. But this is tentative. Now the challenge is moving from “who recognizes more objects” to “who recognizes more objects using fewer data.” You need a huge amount of data to train neural networks, and the more classes of objects, the more neural networks – it’s a closed loop.
The problem is also that robots memorize classes independently of each other and cannot establish relationships between things. They also don’t understand cause-and-effect relationships and can’t make predictions. This is the problem with unmanned cars – they cannot foresee the totality of situations on the road as humans can do.
Robots are also bad at communicating with each other and with humans. Any medieval journeyman was much more useful than the most advanced of today’s robots. Robots have no non-verbal language at all, no understanding of human actions, no ability to guess human needs. They are also very vulnerable to cyberthreats, needing constant protection and readjustment.
Benefits of Robotics in Healthcare
Robotics in healthcare improves the quality of patient care, increases efficiency in clinical settings, and provides a safe environment for both patients and medical staff.
High-Quality Medical Care
Medical robots support minimally invasive procedures, provide individualized and frequent monitoring of patients with chronic conditions, intelligent therapy, and socialize elderly patients. In addition, because robots reduce the workload of medical staff, nurses and other caregivers can demonstrate a higher degree of empathy and interaction with patients, which can contribute to improved well-being in the long term.
Operational Efficiency
Nursing robots streamline routine tasks, reduce staff physical workload, and provide more consistent workflows. These robots can keep track of inventory, make timely orders for supplies, equipment and medications when needed. Mobile cleaning and disinfecting robots can quickly process and prepare hospital rooms for new patients.
Safe Work Environment
Cleaning robots ensure staff safety by moving supplies and linens in hospitals where there is a risk of exposure to pathogens. Cleaning and disinfecting robots limit the risk of exposure to pathogenic microorganisms and reduce the risk of infectious disease in the hospital (HAI), and hundreds of healthcare facilities already use these types of robots. Social robot help move heavy objects, such as beds and patients, which reduces the physical workload of healthcare workers.
Robots Are Mastering New Professions
Robots are beginning to learn new professions. The industry is now actively using, for example, robotic machine tools. Robotization is also actively entering the sphere of online and offline trading, warehouse automation, and delivery. The most vivid example is Amazon’s warehouses: their robots engaged in the transportation of goods proved to be four to five times more efficient than employees doing the same work. Plus, the layout of the warehouse for robots saves a lot of space.
Among the new areas is agriculture. Smart agro-technologies are appearing, involved in the whole cycle of agricultural production, there are already fully robotized farms. We can’t help but mention medicine. Today we have high-precision robotic manipulators for surgeries. On the verge of mass implementation are nanorobots that will move around the body, deliver medicine to the right organ, and perform diagnostics and operations without incisions.
Bottom Line
One of the prerequisites guaranteeing that robots will soon be everywhere is the acceleration of societal development that we have seen throughout the history of the evolution of social institutions. The later new technologies emerged, the faster they went from prototypes to taking over the mass market. All of you have experienced in your lifetime the birth and death of many technological innovations that seemed cutting-edge in your childhood. Follow the trend!
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