The technological revolution is happening now, it is around us. So, the top robots and robotic technologies that come to replace people.
10. Autonomous cars (with autopilot)
Companies such as Google and Bosch have been developing autonomous cars for many years. These truly “cars” have passed countless hours in test drives, and have proven that the idea has the right to life, and their time has come. This is no longer an “if” question, but rather a “when”. When these automated vehicles take their place on the roads of the world.
9. Baxter. Multipurpose robot
Baxter can do many kinds of low-skilled work. He is a good bartender, a loader, he easily and beautifully stacks and packs clothes and other goods, glues and arranges boxes, etc. Moreover, this iron hard worker can learn from people just by watching their actions. It can be taught a variety of actions that need to be done in places inaccessible to people. At first, he works a little slower than people, but then he studies and catches up with his own. In addition, the cost of maintaining such a device (electricity, services) can not be compared with wages, social benefits, pensions ... well, you understand.
8. Briggo. Coffee mechanical wizard
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world, and therefore it is not surprising that someone is trying to get a little head start when it comes to mechanizing the industry. The development of this sophisticated robotic coffee kiosk that can create any of the many types of coffee drinks with a simple touch of the touch screen can make a revolution. Briggo, if there are many, will be able to compete even with industry giants such as Starbucks and Tim Horton.
The technology allows you to pre-order coffee before leaving the house. Through the phone app. Briggo remembers every client’s preferences and makes exactly the same coffee every time, anywhere in the world.
7. Roxxxy. Also a "Multipurpose" Robot
This cute robot is developed in TrueCompanion. They tried to make it as realistic as possible, not only in terms of anatomy, but also in terms of personality. Her clients can choose one of the many temperaments and emotional patterns, ranging from a shy lady, to ... well, let it go. Weighing just 60 pounds, the Roxxxy can do a lot of things you can imagine. The robot knows any foreign languages, and can have any skin color. So, in the near future, the target stream of people in need of specific services will migrate from living priestesses to mechanical ones.
6. iCub. Chatterbox Robot
ICub, in comparison with other robots, is just a kid, but he knows a lot. He understands many languages in which he answers accordingly. Like Baxter, iCub is able to learn by observing people, but more in terms of languages and speech skills. The ultimate goal of the team that created iCub is to make it as similar as possible to a human being in terms of communication. A kind of intellectual interlocutor.
5. Saffir. Robot - Fireman
The U.S. Navy has created a ship autonomous firefighter robot called Saffir. Miracle robot, as is clear from the specification, is designed to fight fires. The robot easily detects fires, easily fuses with them, and maintains balance under any conditions at sea.
4. Trader Bots. Robotic stock broker
In addition to the material world, in which we can actually see robots in action, the digital world also begins to be filled with all kinds of AIS (autonomous systems). Some of these program bots are already in full swing with each other in the stock market, and interestingly, their algorithms and neural networks are able to predict many events in the industry. They can learn, both from people and from each other, to solve problems that they have not encountered before. Isn't the Matrix starting from here?
3. Watson. Robot - Doctor
This is a technological miracle, this is a work of art IBM wants and can be a doctor. The robot is already able to store much more medical data about diseases, patient history and compatibility with drugs and drug reactions than any card index of any hospital, and even more so a human doctor. The robot can even make a preliminary diagnosis according to the patient.
2. Digital Aristotle. Robot teacher
As in the flesh, Aristotle from ancient times is considered by many as an ideal mentor. And why in our world could not find a place for its digital version? While the robot is still in a conceptual development phase, the concept is simply exciting.
Who doesn’t scold the education system now, who doesn’t believe that the curriculum cannot be the same for everyone, and there can be no more than two or three students per teacher ...
Digital Aristotle will be as personalized as possible for each student, helping him at his own pace and pace. Unsuccessful, in fact, will be gone.
1. Robot - artist
It's impossible! - Many will exclaim, and will be partly right. Such a thing as the creative process is inherent only to man, his consciousness and self-consciousness. But is it really so? Emily Howell's robot creates music that cannot be distinguished from music written by humans. Other programs may write articles, news, and monthly reports that white-collar workers should fill out on a regular basis. You can’t even imagine how many news in the newspapers you read without realizing that they were written by a robot.
There is also a special robot - WaterColorBot, which can reproduce a painting, and not on the screen, but in the real world. Robots can learn a certain style of painting, for example, they have mastered impressionism, get any portrait or landscape in this style.
Of course, this is not a creative approach in the true sense, however, the algorithms are being improved, life is changing.
All these robots are only a small part of what is coming, in terms of the mechanization of human activity, and we can only guess what kind of future awaits us.