What do you think of robots?  There are many kinds with many capabilities.

Will they continue to be a plus or a minus for society? 

Likely the first robot was made sometime around 240 BC to 280 BC by Philo, a brilliant Greek.  This robot poured wine and water and was likely used to amaze people.


Chrissy

The ones I encounter most often are so annoying that I want to dismantle them and unsolder all their components!  I am talking about the ones that call me to tell me that there are unusual charges on my credit card and that, if I tell them my card number, they will reverse the charges.  Or the ones that tell me that call volumes are "unusually" long even though they happen like that every single day!  Or the AIs that post totally phoney-baloney images claiming that they are real photos.

Yeah, not a fan of brain-dead automation.

In theory, robots  have the potential to be useful, but we are a long way from that and heading the wrong direction.

Hi All

I love these robots:

• Giskard Reventlov
• Daneel Olivaw
• Andrew Martin
• Robot (New)
• Marvin the Paranoid Android

I will let you work out where they come from

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Sarah B

Quote from: Sarah B on January 07, 2025, 09:09:39 AMHi All

I love these robots:

• Giskard Reventlov
• Daneel Olivaw
• Andrew Martin
• Robot (New)

I will let you work out where they come from

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Sarah B

Daneel Olivaw was cool.  It's been way too many years since I read those books!

I love robots, especially Marvin the Paranoid Android. 

Back in the 1980s, I took a course in Robotics and Industrial Controls. Part of that class involved building a robot from scratch.

We started with learning about individual discrete components like resistors and capacitors. Then used what we learned to build a power supply. Then on to digital circuits and IC chips, sensors, and motor controls. It was a simple machine with only one arm, but it was a lot of fun to play with.

My kids hated it because I would use it as a babysitter when the wife and I went out for a quick drink. It would activate a motion sensor, a sound sensor, and a light sensor at 10 PM. The kids were told to turn off the TV, turn off the lights, and go to bed at 10.

At first, they tested its capabilities, but when I asked them who turned on the light and went into the kitchen at 10:12 PM, they knew it would rat them out. They would scowl at it any time it was out roaming the living room. 

Hi Kathy

Quote from: KathyLauren on January 07, 2025, 02:59:54 PMDaneel Olivaw was cool.  It's been way too many years since I read those books!

Those books are a pretty good 'Foundation' if you are into Science Fiction!

Yes Lori I forgot to add the Lovable Marvin the Paranoid Android!

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Sarah B
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