When Humanity and Technology Cross

• Technology


  Comes from the Greek words techne (art) and logos (word), meaning a discourse on arts
• Technology


  A concept that was only used to talk about arts, specifically applied arts, but became popular in the 17th century as it was used to talk about machines and tools
• TV sets


  A product of different experiments by various people, including Paul Gotlieb Nipkow's Nipkow Disk, and the creation of the cathode-ray tube by Allan Archibal Campbell-Swinton and Boris Rosing
• Mobile phones


  Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first mobile phone call on April 3, 1973, and in 1983 Motorola made the first commercial mobile phone available to the public, known as the Dyna TAC 8000X
• Computers


  Charles Babbage, a 19th century English Mathematics professor, designed the first Mathematical Engine, which was used as the basic framework for computers
• Analytical Engine


  Generally considered the first computer, designed and partly built by Charles Babbage in the 19th century
• Osborne 1


  The first true portable computer, released in April 1981, marking the evolution of laptops until the present day
• Top 10 Must-Have Gadgets of 2024


  • AI Powered Smart Glasses
  • Foldable Smartphones
  • Health Monitoring Wearables
  • Home Robots
  • AR/VR Headsets
  • Wireless Charging Stations
  • Smart Home Security Systems
  • AI-Powered Personal Assistants
  • Smart Kitchen Appliances
  • Electric Vehicles
• Roles played by Technological Advancements

  • Platform for advertisements & information dissemination
  • Recreational activity & good stress reliever
  • A good way to bond with family members
  • Primarily used for communication
  • Games
• Ethical Dilemma Faced by Technological Advancements: make their children lazy & unhealthy, alienation, moral dilemma, develop different kind of sickness, brings virtually closer but not physically
• Robot


  An actuated mechanism programmable in 2 or more axis with a degree of autonomy, moving within its environment, to perform intended tasks. Autonomy in this context means the ability to perform intended tasks.
• Technological Advancements


  • Wireless Charging Stations
  • AI-Powered Personal Assistants
  • Smart Home Security Systems
  • Smart Kitchen Appliances
  • Electric Vehicles
• Roles played by these Technological Advancements

  • Platform for advertisements and information dissemination
  • Recreational activity and good stress reliever
  • A good way to bond with one's family members
  • Primarily used for communication
  • Games
• Robot


  An actuated mechanism programmable in 2 or more axis with a degree of autonomy, moving within its environment, to perform intended tasks
• Autonomy


  The ability to perform intended tasks based on current state and sensing without human interventions
• Types of Robots


  • Service robot - performs useful tasks for humans or equipment excluding industrial automation application
  • Personal service robot - used for noncommercial task usually by lay persons
  • Professional service robot - used for commercial task, usually operated by a properly trained operator
• Personal service robots


  • Domestic servant robot, automated wheelchair, personal mobility assist robot, pet exercising robot
• Professional service robots


  • Cleaning robot, delivery robot, firefighting robot, rehabilitation and surgery robot
• One of the first countries to develop service robots, as part of German Federal Ministry of Education and Research "Service Robotics Innovation Lead Initiative. It sponsored a collaborative project called DESIRE (Deutche Servicerobotik Initiative- Germany Servirobotics initiative) launched October 1, 2005
• Expected work to be performed by DESIRE

  1. Clear up the kitchen table - all objects on top of the kitchen table will be moved to where they belong

  2. Fill the dishwasher - dirty dishes will be sorted correctly into the dishwasher

  3. Clear up this room - all objects that are not in their proper places will be moved to where they belong
• Earliest conception of robots from the Egyptians' waterclocks (used human figurines to strike the hour bells)


  Around 3,000 B.C.
• Earliest robot as people know were created by George Devol named "Unimate" (from the words Universal Automation)


  Early 1950s
• Roles Played by Robotics


  • Use to ease the workload of mankind
  • Perform complicated activities which human beings are incapable of doing
  • Made for pleasure (perform activities)
  • Made to serve as toys
• Asimov's Laws of Robotics


  • Law One: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
  • Law Two: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict the first law
  • Law Three: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law
• Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Robotics

  • Safety - who should be held accountable if someone's safety is compromised by a robot or the maker/inventor of the robot?
  • Emotional component - what if robots become sentient? should they be granted with robot rights? should they have their own set of rights to be upheld, respected and protected by humans?
• Partial autonomy


  Includes active human-robot interaction
• Full autonomy


  Excludes active human-robot interaction, can perform actions or activities even without a master telling it what should be done or what should be perform next
• Paul Gotlieb Nipkow

  a German student in the late 1800s, successful in his attempt to send a message through wires with the rotating metal disk
• electric telescope

  • with 18 lines of resolution
• formulated the laws for robots since they have their own set of characteristics that define what a good robot is.