Robots, Robots, Robots… How Smart Are They?

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 Robot is not something new in this era. The creation of robots to be man’s best friend has been expected since early 20^th century. During that time many scientist had struggled to find the latest technology to that can contribute to the creation of robot, because they believe that robot will help human to be more effective and efficient in completing task. This is really not an easy task because robot does not have any intelligent brain like we have. The scientists need to ensure that robot can understand and do task based on instruction and able to digest information. Although at that time there are many skeptic people who believed that to develop a robot that can perform task autonomously without human control will take decades, but the scientist from time to time still manage to create the robots. Thanks to all the scientists around the world because of their patient, now we can enjoy a world that full with technology. Let’s take a look at the robotic devices that we currently use. 

1. Robotic Vacuum Cleaners

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This robot is very special and suitable to live in every houses and offices. They are not only cute and round like a pet, they also have undeniable high class brain. The function of this robot is just the same with the traditional one and they are well equipped with brushes and suck dust and dirt just like their traditional counterparts. But the different is, this vacuum cleaner is high-tech robot and the traditional one is just a plain machine that needs us to operate them.

This robotic vacuum cleaner has a Visionary Mapping System (introduced by Samsung) inside their brain and onboard camera which enables this vacuum to captures 30 frames per second, documents your home's layout and memorizes the best possible cleaning path. With this technology, they can know where they want to go and where their current place. They can help you to clean the living room, hallway, couch, under the coffee table and many more places.

Not only that, if you are a pet owner, this vacuum also have pet hair care system and brushes that are specially designed for you. It makes them become really sensitive toward any pet’s hair and it can help you to avoid from any allergy or asthmatic problem by picking up any pet’s hair, dust, dirt, crumbs and other debris.

This vacuum can really do their task without we need to check out whether they are tired or not because when they are tired and required to be charge, they will go back to its charging port and eat the power as much as they need. Once they are done having their lunch or dinner, they can continue to work and go many places because it operates wirelessly.  

In short, once you put a robotic vacuum cleaner on your floor, your task of cleaning is done because they will take care of the cleaning process. Awesome isn’t it? Guess what, this robot is not new. It was created since 2001.

2. Robotic Lawn Mowers

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These robots are almost the same like the robotic vacuum cleaning above. But they have a different task where they their task is to autonomously move around the lawn and trim the grass. Cool right? We do not have operated it under the sun and get tired of going here and there. They will take care of it.

These robots have the cutting blades and cutting deck that similar to traditional one, but they are more compact and lighter. To use a robotic lawn mower, you just need to define the area to be mowed with a border wire and not to forget to place the recharging dock within this area, then, switch the device on. Then it will go around trimming the grass using the sensors to find it ways. Whenever they need to recharged, they will automatically go back to the recharge dock. In addition, they also have rain sensors so that it will stop working if it is rain.

You must be very satisfied with these robots because on average, they are capable to maintain an area of 5 acres. This is ten times more than what the average walk-behind unit can handle. See, it really can help you to save your hours and energy and do your work while they did theirs.

3. Mobility Robot

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 In 2008, Toyata has unveiled a prototype of a mobility robot. It looks more like a cockpit covered from all sides rather than like a car. It is for a single person and has a single seat. It moves autonomously using a GPS system and uses cameras and 2D and 3D laser sensors, which define the distance between it and other object and help avoid collisions. The robotic vehicle can overcome obstacles and turn swiftly around corners.

According to Toyota, the robot is meant to function as a personal transportation vehicle in places where people usually walk. The main use is for short distance personal transport. The robot has very sophisticated capabilities where it can negotiate steps with independent vertical movement of left and right wheels. It has a travelling range of 20 km on one hour of battery charge, can reach a top speed of 6 km/hour, and can climb slopes of up to ten degrees. The weight of the robot is 150 kg, 100 cm tall when stopped for boarding or alighting and 110 cm tall when in motion.

It also can act as a porter and help to avoid any obstacle to reach its owner. This robot is very useful to be use in hospital as it help patient to move from one place to another and it usually found at the golf resort and other places.

There are many other kinds of robots, and now, companies and scientist have never stop inventing and innovating the robots in order to help to simplified human life. All of these smart and intelligent robots are actually can be created because of the widen and globalized spread of information which has been advanced from day to day.

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