As the title suggests, I'm talking about our favorite sci fi tool and future ruler, robots as well as their cousins the exoskeleton.
Right now, robots have come a long way from the old '50's remote control piles of blocky junk, and have actually exceeded our expectations. When we first saw the robot, we always saw them as our maids, washing machines, cars, and maybe even our own houses I'm our early years of cartoons, comics, and stories. Robots are now being more complex in their design and have a wide array of capabilities and responsibilities depending on the task they need. We're beginning to see them outside of factories and labs and we're starting to see them in hospitals, old peoples homes, and even our toys. The greatest accomplishment of the current generation of robots is probably their ability to operate in disaster zones and war zones. The robotics company iRobot recently sent a pair of special Warrior robots as well as Packbots in order to aid the JSDF in recovery efforts near the damaged nuke reactor. The heads of iRobot say the 'bots might not be comin back because of all the daiation or whatever they might encounter, but maybe if the bots do a better job in finding survivors or detecting hot spots of radiation than humans, we could see more robots being invented for hurricanes, car pile ups, and maybe even tracking hurricanes. If we see more robots developed for emergencies, whether they be manned by an AI or human controls, we could see more people discussing the possible advanced development of the fabled robo-exoskeleton, I.e. Master Cheif strength.
Ever hear the word: Exoskeleton? You should if you ever played, read, or seen a sci fi military video game, movie, or comic/book. Possibly the moat memorable exoskeleton is Marauder exoskeletons from space marines birth source, Robert Heinlen's: Starship Troopers. If you don't have the time to wiki or just don't appreciate quite possibly the greatest sci fi novel ever written(the book that basically defined the future infrastructure or model for the military in the future and spawned Halo and every other space marine video game) we found intelligent life, but it wasn't friendly. The enemy were Bugs, insect aliens that outnumbered humans 20 to 1 on any given occasion. Thought they were jut big and clever bugs, they couldn't hold a gun or use weaponry. So where does an exoskeleton fit in? Basically, a Marauder exoskeleton could kill 5 times as many Bugs than a squad of marines. They didn't use bots, they piloted a weapon. The basic thought of an exoskeleton is to make a man do more than it's capable of: run faster, evaluate a situation quicker, punch harder, lift more, and turn one man into 20. The most obvious use is warfare, because we've all grown up with the thought of joining the military and wearing a suit of futuristic armor that turns us into supersoldiers. We can use an powered exoskeleton for pretty much anything we can't do with our own bodies. Let's face it: the human design is perfect to an extent but we can't lift 3 tons or run 50 mph, an exoskeleton makes that possible. If we see more robots used for emergencies or warfare, it's not a far stretch to say we could see exoskeletons just as soon we see more robots. We actually use a few exoskeletons today, mainly most are working but are still in R&D and the most present ones are used for heavy lifting. If you have an earthquake, send a squad of EMTs with an Exoskeleton pilot to lift rubble off of wounded and heal 'em. A memorable use for he exoskeleton was demonstrated by everyone's favorite paraplegic trillionaire: Tony Stark. Believe it or not, Tony gets beat down HARD and becomes paralyzed. What's he do? Makes it to wear he Iron Man armor can read his mind and moves for him. Tony can't feel a thing, but he can still walk and function, good enough. A couple of Japanese developers have actually looked into mind-reading prosthetics, mainly for vets that lost their arms. They've already cracked the tech to connect the machine arm to the brain, why not the legs. We could see a vet put on a pair of robo legs and walk, maybe even give the vet another chance in service.
As you can see, we got a bright future a head in terms of machines(as long as we avoid making a smart AI a la HAL 3000, The Oracle, the main AI from the movie iRobot, etc.). That's may opinion, now give yours.
Let's talk
Right now, robots have come a long way from the old '50's remote control piles of blocky junk, and have actually exceeded our expectations. When we first saw the robot, we always saw them as our maids, washing machines, cars, and maybe even our own houses I'm our early years of cartoons, comics, and stories. Robots are now being more complex in their design and have a wide array of capabilities and responsibilities depending on the task they need. We're beginning to see them outside of factories and labs and we're starting to see them in hospitals, old peoples homes, and even our toys. The greatest accomplishment of the current generation of robots is probably their ability to operate in disaster zones and war zones. The robotics company iRobot recently sent a pair of special Warrior robots as well as Packbots in order to aid the JSDF in recovery efforts near the damaged nuke reactor. The heads of iRobot say the 'bots might not be comin back because of all the daiation or whatever they might encounter, but maybe if the bots do a better job in finding survivors or detecting hot spots of radiation than humans, we could see more robots being invented for hurricanes, car pile ups, and maybe even tracking hurricanes. If we see more robots developed for emergencies, whether they be manned by an AI or human controls, we could see more people discussing the possible advanced development of the fabled robo-exoskeleton, I.e. Master Cheif strength.
Ever hear the word: Exoskeleton? You should if you ever played, read, or seen a sci fi military video game, movie, or comic/book. Possibly the moat memorable exoskeleton is Marauder exoskeletons from space marines birth source, Robert Heinlen's: Starship Troopers. If you don't have the time to wiki or just don't appreciate quite possibly the greatest sci fi novel ever written(the book that basically defined the future infrastructure or model for the military in the future and spawned Halo and every other space marine video game) we found intelligent life, but it wasn't friendly. The enemy were Bugs, insect aliens that outnumbered humans 20 to 1 on any given occasion. Thought they were jut big and clever bugs, they couldn't hold a gun or use weaponry. So where does an exoskeleton fit in? Basically, a Marauder exoskeleton could kill 5 times as many Bugs than a squad of marines. They didn't use bots, they piloted a weapon. The basic thought of an exoskeleton is to make a man do more than it's capable of: run faster, evaluate a situation quicker, punch harder, lift more, and turn one man into 20. The most obvious use is warfare, because we've all grown up with the thought of joining the military and wearing a suit of futuristic armor that turns us into supersoldiers. We can use an powered exoskeleton for pretty much anything we can't do with our own bodies. Let's face it: the human design is perfect to an extent but we can't lift 3 tons or run 50 mph, an exoskeleton makes that possible. If we see more robots used for emergencies or warfare, it's not a far stretch to say we could see exoskeletons just as soon we see more robots. We actually use a few exoskeletons today, mainly most are working but are still in R&D and the most present ones are used for heavy lifting. If you have an earthquake, send a squad of EMTs with an Exoskeleton pilot to lift rubble off of wounded and heal 'em. A memorable use for he exoskeleton was demonstrated by everyone's favorite paraplegic trillionaire: Tony Stark. Believe it or not, Tony gets beat down HARD and becomes paralyzed. What's he do? Makes it to wear he Iron Man armor can read his mind and moves for him. Tony can't feel a thing, but he can still walk and function, good enough. A couple of Japanese developers have actually looked into mind-reading prosthetics, mainly for vets that lost their arms. They've already cracked the tech to connect the machine arm to the brain, why not the legs. We could see a vet put on a pair of robo legs and walk, maybe even give the vet another chance in service.
As you can see, we got a bright future a head in terms of machines(as long as we avoid making a smart AI a la HAL 3000, The Oracle, the main AI from the movie iRobot, etc.). That's may opinion, now give yours.
Let's talk