One of the videos of TED Talk which was spoken by Hod Lipson is thoughtful, he said “Where are the robots? We have been told for forty years already that they are coming soon. Very soon they will be doing everything for us. They will be cooking, cleaning, buying things, shopping, building…” Yes, that idea used to be a dream of all human beings, and now it seems to be coming true. Thanks for our talented, skilled scientists, technicians, and engineers; so far, there are lots of incredible robots that assist so well in our life, such as iRobot Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner. It is an ongoing behavior that people have been seeking more convenient and powerful life way. And it will be so fantastic if our world has the potential to be automation, even to be robotization. That kind of prospect can be seen in many films, for example, an animation “Robots” which was released in 2005. Indeed, to make a robot with its ‘self-aware’ is alway a target for our next step because we want to make it smarter, and more sensitive, like what Hod Lipson said at the end of his talk, “we have to get away from this idea of designing the machines manually, but actually let them evolve and learn, like children, and perhaps that's the way we'll get there.”
Furthermore, people are trying to make robots to be more artistical rather than just metallic. That idea is great because it is a brilliant way to bring our imagination to life to be more touchable rather than just applying them, robots, in industrial domains. For example that I found from the website “Arduino” which is provided by the lecture resources, “A ROBOTIC DANCING TEAPOT.” It is really cute and amazing that making the fictional thing to be real from the Disney’s movie “Beauty and the Beast.” As well, speaking of another example that I feel amazingly is a combination of lego and programming, “LEGO Starbucks Hot Coffee Maker Machine.” Such the creation fascinates me because who can think about using toy bricks to build a real coffee machine, and it really works to make a cup of hot coffee. In addition, there is a scientific group, named as The Creators Project, created a lifelike female android which can move her body and hums along to the musical lyrics. How amazing that the technology is really influencing in the world of art.
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