automated and emerging technology (6)

• robots rely on

  • input devices
  • microprocessors
  • output devices
• robotics

  design, construction, operation of robots
• industrial robot


  ad - lift heavy objects, dont get tired, no pay

  dis - hard to maintain, unemployment, crash will decrease productivity, pricey
• domestic robot


  ad - free time up for humans to do other things, dont complain, help disabled + elderly

  dis - cost, dont necessarily need them, break stuff in house
• drones


  ad - not caught up in traffic, not as much pollution

  dis - need batteries, if goes wrong could cause loss of trust
• characteristics of robot

  • LED light eyes
  • flexible arms
  • sliding wheels
  • gesture sensor
  • power
  • charging port
  • flexible fingers
• export systems

  programs which are designed to make the capabilities of a human expert

  it comes to a conclusion, not a decision

  requires:

  • knowledge base
  • rules base
  • an inference engine to process the rules and logic
  • an interface for entering queries and viewing the results
• advantages of export systems

  dont need to train staff to be experts, can just set it up once, consistency
• disadvantages of export system

  keep adding information, if not in knowledge base wont know what to do, no critical thinking, still needs an expert to create, no personalisation
• machine learning

  one step further than expert system

  processes information, learns from results and also makes its own decisions or predictions