I think that robots can do certain things that humans can do
but cannot do everything a human can do. A robot can easily calculate digits in
mathematical equations, match fingerprints through a database, and search for
duplicates in a massive one million search of objects. This is because of programming
done by humans to the robots. Robots cannot think abstract as well as a human
currently since humans program the robots and not every single detail can be
programmed into a robot about something in particular (favorite book etc.) In
the article The Huggable: A Therapeutic Robotic Companion for Relational, Affective
Touch, it states: “In the first mode, the Huggable will be interacting with
people, responding to the affective content of their touch with appropriate
reactions.” I think that this is a huge leap in technology and it can show that
you can make a robot think.
I think that a robotic car can be both a great idea and a
bad idea at the same time. In the article Shut your eyes and drive, it says: “Autonomous
cars capable of sensing their surroundings and avoiding collision are already
taking to the streets. Equipped with powerful computers and sensors, these
vehicles promise to help ease the strain of driving and reduce jams on our
over-burdened roads.” That is a great idea because it can help with going places without
creating stress on the driver. The problems that I see with robotic cars is
that they can malfunction and crash which would never be a good thing. The
other problem that I see is that they might take unnecessary long routes if the
GPS decides to not take a certain street and ends up going around.
I
think that robots are more likely to make errors than humans for different
reasons. A robot can only do what it is programmed to do and if it gets a
certain operation/instruction that it cannot do, it will create an error.
Humans can sometimes forget something and cause an error too, but robots can
completely go haywire on certain illegal operations or errors. For example, if
an error happens in MS-DOS, sometimes it messes up the whole operating system
and you need to shut down because nothing will work until you reboot.
