Robots of the world
The idea of the robot was invented by a Czech (捷克）playwright ( a perosn who writes plays) called Karel Capek back in 1921. The word "robot" means "work" in the Czech language, and that is what they are intended to do.
Back in 2004 there were two million robots in use worldwide. the International Federation of Robotics says this figure will rise to eight million by the end of 2007. The Japan Robot Association predicts that by the year of 2025 there will be a personal robot industry worth over US50 billion per year worldwide. By now, Japan is the biggest country to develop and purchase the robots.
The year of 2006 was the year of the robot. We saw the development of robots that could taste wine, race a car, teach children how to move and stop old people from feeling lonely. If we look at the kind of projects already underway, we can predict that robots will be providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly,helping people with disabilities get around and working as and with soldiers, construction workers and medical professionals. Robots will maintain dangerous industrial machines, handle hazardous materials and monitor remote oil pipelines. They will enable health workers to diagnose and treat patients who may be thousands of mile away, and they will be a central feature of security systems and search-and-rescue operations.
As we require robots to do more complex and difficult jobs, we need to make them more intelligent. And as robots become more intelligent, there is a good chance that they will develop social or even political awareness. This is especially true if robots develop to the point where they can reproduce by themselves or develop their own intelligence.
So, it is no wonder that a study by the British government says that, robots could one day demand the same rights as other citizens. In the future, "robots citizens" would be provided with housing, welfare benefits and even health care by governments in the same way that there are provided to human citizens.
Back in 2004 there were two million robots in use worldwide. the International Federation of Robotics says this figure will rise to eight million by the end of 2007. The Japan Robot Association predicts that by the year of 2025 there will be a personal robot industry worth over US50 billion per year worldwide. By now, Japan is the biggest country to develop and purchase the robots.
The year of 2006 was the year of the robot. We saw the development of robots that could taste wine, race a car, teach children how to move and stop old people from feeling lonely. If we look at the kind of projects already underway, we can predict that robots will be providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly,helping people with disabilities get around and working as and with soldiers, construction workers and medical professionals. Robots will maintain dangerous industrial machines, handle hazardous materials and monitor remote oil pipelines. They will enable health workers to diagnose and treat patients who may be thousands of mile away, and they will be a central feature of security systems and search-and-rescue operations.
As we require robots to do more complex and difficult jobs, we need to make them more intelligent. And as robots become more intelligent, there is a good chance that they will develop social or even political awareness. This is especially true if robots develop to the point where they can reproduce by themselves or develop their own intelligence.
So, it is no wonder that a study by the British government says that, robots could one day demand the same rights as other citizens. In the future, "robots citizens" would be provided with housing, welfare benefits and even health care by governments in the same way that there are provided to human citizens.
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