1. ROBOTS David Chung Mr. Vogt Writing Enrichment

2. What IS a Robot?  “A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.”  Any artificial being that’s able to perform various activities various activities

3. The Beginning One of the first forms of robots were mentioned in Greek Mythology, where the Metal god Hephaestus created metal servants for himself.

4. Medieval Times Al Jazari, an Arab Muslim inventor, made programmable robots powered by water that were able to play music and move around, in about 1206

5. Modern Times Now we shall look at the positive sides and the negative sides of robots. Now we shall look at the positive sides and the negative sides of robots.

6. Positive 1) Robotic Pets  Research shows that people like these robotic dogs (right), named AIBO’s, just as much as they like real dogs.  These AIBO’s are being provided for the lonely elderly in nursery homes.  People with fur allergies that want pet could use these as a replacement.

7. Positive 2) Robotic Toys  Just like the robotic pets, robotic toys are highly popular among little kids all over the world.

8. Positive 3) In the Army  The armies around the globe will use robots in wars instead of humans, allowing for decreased casualties.  Robot soldiers are more affordable, durable, and accurate than the average soldiers.

9. Positive 4) Bionic Limbs  Bionic limbs made for people who have no arms or legs help them overcome those obstacles  These limbs, unlike prosthetic limbs, are able to receive brain signals and respond like your real body part

10. Positive 5) Wash n’ Clean  For those who HATE cleaning, or those who can’t clean, there are robots made specifically for household cleaning, dusting, and vacuum cleaning.

11. Positive 6) Precise Technology  Robots like The Da Vinci Surgical Robot (above) allows users to have precise measurements (in this case, surgeries).

12. Negative 1) Unemployment  Continued use of Robots which don’t require salaries of any kind will cause unemployment in factories, gas stations, hospitals, etc.

13. Negative 2) Misuse of Robots  The robots used in the military may be smuggled in by criminals or terrorists for bad purposes. My robot mwahaha

14. Negative 3) Robots Takin’ over  Robots might get so intelligent, and take over

15. Negative 4) Errors  Robots, like computers, are programmed to do their specific jobs. If they get viruses or they get programming errors they’ll break, perhaps causing harm to the users. Ex) a coffee making robot may break and put dangerous fluid instead of water / milk.

16. In conclusion… There are a lot of positive and negative sides to robots The negative sides of robots can easily be fixed Ex) Unemployment: people could get new jobs such as engineers that check and fix the robots, or jobs that try to further improve the quality of the robots Misuse of Robots: People can just improve the security of their robots, and also put identifying tools to those specific robots (fingerprints, eyeball thingy, etc.) Errors / Viruses in Robots: Just like computers or pets, you can get them checked for problems

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