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• Art and entertainment: Georgia Tech's marimba-playing
robot can now compose and sing its own music. Gil
Weinberg's robots have progressed from being able to
dance along to music that they hear, to being able to
improvise along with it. Now, Shimon, Singer and Song
Writer Robot is being able to compose, play, and sing
completely original songs.
The deployment of Robots in the healthcare industries was felt more during pandemic. Some robots
could help relieve tired nurses, do some basic cleaning and could help to supply food packages
to the patients. Industrial robots could help to maintain production for manufacturing companies
while their human co-workers are quarantined. Robots with humans could help and ease out human
responsibilities. Thus, we can say Robots are useful during war and peace.
Information Literacy
Quest Technology Literacy
A. Give two examples of the following types of robots:
1. Service Robots
2. Robots in Space and Research
3. Toy Robots
B. Explain briefly how robots are helpful in the Agriculture Industry.
Robots Vs Humans— Advantages and Disadvantages
One of the most commonly debated topics nowadays is about the forthcoming victory of intelligent
machines over mankind. It is projected that they will take over the world, our jobs, be able to
function autonomously and become more intelligent than us. Even the brightest minds of our era,
like Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Elon Musk believe they could pose a threat to humanity. Let us
now understand what are the areas where machine supersede humans and where humans are ruling
the world of machines.
Parameters Humans Robots/Humanoids
Humans tend to get tired of working for They can work round the clock any
Diligence
long hours and get bored too. task diligently without getting bored.
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