Robots save workers from performing dangerous tasks. They can work in hazardous conditions, such as poor lighting, toxic chemicals, or tight spaces. They are capable of lifting heavy loads without injury or tiring. Robots increase worker safety by preventing accidents since humans are not performing risky jobs.

Through robotics in the classroom, students learn how to express themselves and listen and relate to others— honing valuable life skills. STEM lessons are extremely important for students as they prepare to enter the 21st-century workforce. Through robotics, students can learn more than just how to code.

Robots facilitate disaster response, augment physical abilities, serve in areas where interaction with people is needed, and enable exploration beyond the boundaries of Earth. Robotics has applications not only in the field of manufacturing or assembly lines.

Robots eliminate dangerous jobs for humans because they are capable of working in hazardous environments. They can handle lifting heavy loads, toxic substances and repetitive tasks. This has helped companies to prevent many accidents, also saving time and money.

Currently, the role of robots is to take over hard and dangerous jobs. Routine work like this is better off performed by robots than by humans. Most robots perform repetitive actions that need precision. Robots are used in factories to build equipment and devices, such as cars and electronics.

To address both sides of the discussion, we have put together a few brief advantages and disadvantages of using robotic automation.

• ADVANTAGES.
• Cost Effectiveness.
• Improved Quality Assurance.
• Increased Productivity.
• Work In Hazardous Environments.
• DISADVANTAGES.
• Potential Job Losses.
• Initial Investment Costs.

The Negative Effects of Robots Entering the Workforce

• Higher Maintenance and Installation Costs.
• Enhanced Risk of Data Breach and Other Cybersecurity Issues.
• Reduced Flexibility.
• Anxiety and Insecurity Regarding the Future.
• The Future of Workplace Automation.
• Loss of Jobs and Reduced Opportunities.

Some others predict that robots will be a billion times smarter than humans. Similar to our brain, robots have a computer inside their body to do the thinking for them. These computers are still not as complex as a human brain. However, some computers are extremely powerful and they could do things better than humans.

As realistic as they might become, a major disadvantage of robotics is their inability to feel, empathize, and interact as humans do. It’s another important factor on this list of pros and cons of robots.

Yes, robots will replace humans for many jobs, just as innovative farming equipment replaced humans and horses during the industrial revolution. Factory floors deploy robots that are increasingly driven by machine learning algorithms such that they can adjust to people working alongside them.

Robotics integrates fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, information engineering, mechatronics, electronics, bioengineering, computer engineering, control engineering, software engineering, mathematics, among others.

Today’s robots are pretty dunderheaded. Tomorrow’s robots will be less dunderheaded thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence — particularly machine and deep learning. Humans will be replaced by robots in some jobs and complemented by them in many others.

4 Industries That Robots Are Revolutionizing

• Healthcare Industry. The healthcare industry evolves rapidly in relation to incorporating the latest innovations and technological advances.
• Defense and Public Safety Industries.
• The Manufacturing Industry.
• The Mining Industry.

Let’s take a look at the biggest robotics companies in the world starting at number 15:

• ABB (NYSE: ABB) Revenue: $28 billion.
• Yamaha Motor. Revenue: $15.3 billion.
• Seiko Epson. Revenue: $9.9 billion.
• KION Group.
• Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK)
• Fanuc Corp.
• Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG)
• Yaskawa Electric (YASKY)

Here we have listed out the top industrial robotics companies in the world:

• ABB Ltd.
• Mitsubishi.
• Fanuc Corp.
• Yaskawa Electric Corp.
• Adept Technology Inc.
• Apex Automation and Robotics.
• Aurotek Corp.
• Stäubli.

Honda Motor Corporation’s Asimo

Lucid.AI is the world’s largest and most complete general knowledge base and common-sense reasoning engine. Lucid.AI combines human-like knowledge, understanding, and common-sense reasoning with the power, speed, and scalability of modern computing.

The new TX-GAIA (Green AI Accelerator) computing system at the Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center (LLSC) has been ranked as the most powerful artificial intelligence supercomputer at any university in the world.

The Machines Rise with The 20 Most Famous Robots

• Optimus Prime – Transformers. View in gallery via moviemorgue.wikia.com.
• R2-D2 – Star Wars. View in gallery via hellogiggles.com.
• C-3PO – Star Wars.
• B-9 – Lost in Space.
• Robby the Robot – Forbidden Planet.
• Gort – The Day the Earth Stood Still.
• The Stepford Wives.
• WALL-E.

Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics….Sophia (robot)

As a unique combination of science, engineering, and artistry, Sophia is simultaneously a human-crafted science fiction character depicting the future of AI and robotics, and a platform for advanced robotics and AI research. The character of Sophia captures the imagination of global audiences.

The earliest robots as we know them were created in the early 1950s by George C. Devol, an inventor from Louisville, Kentucky. He invented and patented a reprogrammable manipulator called “Unimate,” from “Universal Automation.” For the next decade, he attempted to sell his product in the industry, but did not succeed.

So while robots would be used in many fields all over the world, there is no chance they would be EVERYWHERE. So robots cannot totally rule over the workplace by replacing all humans at their jobs unless those humans have other jobs to keep the economy afloat.

Al-Jazari

Unimate, the first digitally operated and programmable robot, was invented by George Devol in 1954 and “represents the foundation of the modern robotics industry.” In Japan, robots became popular comic book characters.