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Innovation Update: MEET THE ROBOTS!
- Robots are being developed that can talk, dance, sing, and mimic the voice and thought patterns of their inventors.
- There are already more than 20 million industrial robots in use. Amazon alone has over 200,000 robots moving products in its warehouses and fulfillment centers.
- Sophia, a humanoid robot developed in Hong Kong uses AI, visual data, facial recognition and speech technology to engage in human conversation. In 2017, she was the first robot to gain “human” status, after being granted legal citizenship by Saudi Arabia.
- The University of Pisa and Biomimic Studio in London have designed a humanoid robot that looks like a 12-year-old boy, used to study social interactions, emotions, intelligence, and human behaviors being integrated into the robot’s cognitive architecture.
- In Japan, Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro has designed a series of full-sized humanoid robots called Geminoids, which can reproduce the voice, movements, facial expressions, and behaviors of a human model they are based on.
- The development of humanoid robots that look, talk, and behave like the real humans they are based on raises some interesting possibilities, one being that we could create robot versions of ourselves who would be able to interact with colleagues and family members after we die.
- Some potential killer apps for humanoids include using robots to perform tasks too dangerous for human workers, such as searching for survivors in earthquake and flood zones and replacing human soldiers with robot armies.
- To achieve these killer apps for humanoids, smarter, faster, and better-equipped robots are needed, with longer-lasting batteries and better cognitive systems.
- Innovation in robotics is full of possibilities and the development of robotics combined with artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the development of robots that are self-aware.
- It is important to maintain the principle that robots must not injure humans but rather bring mutual benefit to humans and humanoids as industrial robots are widely used today.
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