What Is Robotics?

Robotics
When you think of the future, what do you think of? Do you think of having a family, where you will live, what kind of job you will? These are the basic questions people ask themselves all the time, but do you ever wonder about robotics in the future? Imagine a world of advanced robotics, if it's humanoid robots walking among humans, helping us with our day to day chores or other simple robots that are designed for a specific task. Wouldn't that be such a great site to see, a world where life gets a little easier because of robotics! You might think to yourself, "Can that actually happen? Isn't that impossible?" I'm here to say that it's not impossible. There are so many companies with brilliant minded people trying to figure out how

Personally, I think of human-like robots walking among us and doing similar things we do. Boston Dynamics started as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they were the first company to develop a robot that ran and moved like an animal. They then took the next step of combining the principles of dynamic control and balance with sophisticated mechanical designs, cutting-edge electronics, and software for perception, navigation, and intelligence. Boston Dynamics builds machines that break boundaries and work in the real world. Boston Dynamics was responsible for making RHex, a stable six-legged robot with high mobility on rough terrain. Its legs produce specialized gaits that propel it over rough terrain, it can go over rock fields, mud, sand, vegetation, railroad tracks, telephone poles, and stairways. RHex was funded by the US Army Rapid Equipping Force because of its ability to go over rough terrain, it also has front and rear-facing cameras and a sealed body. This type of robot can be helpful in the

When we think of human-robot look alike, we think of the robot looking like a human and having a conversion with you. A company that is closer to that concept is Hanson Robotics. Hanson Robotics is led by Dr. David Hanson, he is the founder and CEO of the company. Dr. Hanson is known around the world for creating the most humanlike robots, they have the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. The company's goal is for the robots to build trust and engage relationships with people through conversion. Their robots will teach, serve, entertain, and eventually care about humans. The robots will eventually evolve to become super intelligent machines that will help us solve problems that come our way. Hanson Robotics has a product out for the world to buy. The robot is called Professor Einstein, It can't walk but it's able to interact with you when you ask him questions about science. Professor Einstein is mainly for educational purpose, but it will have a regular conversation with you. I thought it was interesting because it's the first robotic product I have seen that is up for sale that interacts with you. Professor Einstein is not the reason I wanted to talk about Hanson Robotics, it's actually about