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I am currently in my final year of foundation Degree Digital Media at Leeds college of art, and I specialize in story-telling using a range of mediums including interactive based content. I would say I am inspired by cartoons and comics, but also the little things that most people don't notice or maybe are not bothered about, like this strange women on the train the other day, I imagined her whole life in 2 minutes! or the way a silverfish freezes up when it feels vibrations in the hope it won't be noticed! OK so I admit I have an overactive imagination, always have, but that is what I like about me and I feel this only helps me in my line of work. My strength as a digital designer definitely lies in my passion for creating a narrative and a mood, I am interested in the visual construction between image and sound and I like to animate using 2D software and my own hand drawings. I want to bring "my world" to life using digital media.....

Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Robots of today VS robots from the past...

Robots are being used today in medicine. A robot can be so precise that it would be a great tool for performing surgery with. Robots can do insisions that are so clean that a person would not be able to see the cut from a distance after it healed. Doctors wouldn't have to fear of making the wrong insision or cutting too far. A robot would be programmed to cut a certain depth and place. Robots have been real helpful in researching. They have helped doctors excel in new discoveries and information.

 

Robots are used in industrial factories. They help weld cars and parts together. Since their percission is so accurate when it comes to welding it looks like a proffesional did it. The nice thing is that robots aren't bothered by the bright light or heat. So these machines can do more work then humans can. The only thing required is the software.

 

Robots are used for home entertainment and leasure. There are several home robot kits that people buy. Some kits make the robot follow a line or trace a line. Other robot kits are made so the robot can determine if it is on the table or on the floor and how far to go before it runs into the wall or off the table. These robots have light sensors and switch sensors. There are some robots that do house cleaning such as vacum the floor or serve other people. Pet robots mimic actual pets which provide people with entertainment. These pet robots can bark, roll-over, sit, and play with you.

 

The production and uses for robots have increased rapidly since 1970s. Robots have become more and more popular. The size of the robot has also changed. Compared to a robot made in 1970s or 80s, the robots now can be smaller and much more portable too. The way technology is accelerating there could be a robot like the one in "The Bicentenial Man". 


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“Despite being quintessentially useless, home robots such as the Evolution ER1, the Probotics Cye, and Sony's Aibo are beginning to gain popularity, and the next iteration of personal robots such as the vacuuming Roomba and the Solar Mower may actually prove to be useful. As robots coopt humanity's upright mode of transportation they may even become downright ubiquitous. Consider, however, the increasingly creepy implications of current robotics research - from the emotional Kismet, to the humanoid Asimo, robots are becoming both visually accute and dextrous, capable of recharging themselves, feeding themselves as well as hunting and devouring prey, and finally reproducing themselves. Indeed, with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles rapidly becoming Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles and beyond, there may be no place for humans at all in the impending robotic holocaust.”

 

 

http://memepool.com/Subject/Robotics/

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