{"id":45847,"date":"2014-05-03T19:47:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T23:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=45847"},"modified":"2014-05-03T19:48:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T23:48:44","slug":"5-items-re-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/05\/03\/5-items-re-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"5 items re: robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a05 cool (and informative) robot videos you don\u2019t want to miss<\/strong><\/a> — from robohub.org by Frank Tobe<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

This wide-ranging group of robotics-related videos are worth watching. Set aside some time, make sure you have a hi-speed connection, and watch them. They range from cool to informative to downright scary.<\/p>\n

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5 areas in robotics that will transform society and their economic impact<\/a> <\/strong>— from robohub.org by Colin Lewis<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

The 5 areas in Robotics, which are already here, that I believe will have a major economic impact and help to transform society over the next decade or so are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Drones<\/li>\n
  2. Medical Procedures, Operations and Health<\/li>\n
  3. Prosthetics and exoskeletons<\/li>\n
  4. Artificial Assistants<\/li>\n
  5. Driverless Cars<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Robot gives telecommuters a presence in the workplace<\/strong><\/a> — from bostonherald.com<\/p>\n

    Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

    The robot memorizes the layout of an office building, allow\u00ading a remote user to simply press a point on a map to dispatch Ava 500 to a certain office or conference room. Once there, the worker \u201cteleports\u201d into the robot, appearing on the screen and en\u00adgaging with whoever\u2019s around.<\/p>\n

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    4 robots that teach children science and math in engaging ways<\/strong><\/a> — from scientificamerican.com by David Greer
    \nModular, programmable automatons make STEM learning fun<\/em><\/p>\n

    Excerpt:<\/p>\n

    Robots can capture a child\u2019s imagination like no other tool by creating a fun, physical learning process. With robots, kids learn programming via interactive play by moving a robot in various sequences and using intuitive, visual programming on a computer screen. The children also learn STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) by watching and interacting with robots that demonstrate the practical results of the day\u2019s lesson.<\/p>\n

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    Microsoft makes socially interactive robots a reality (video)<\/strong> <\/a>— from technocrazed.com by\u00a0Arsalan Rasheed<\/p>\n

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    \"Microsoft<\/a><\/div>\n

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    From DSC:<\/em>
    \nThis is a bit troubling to me.\u00a0 My fear? Businesses will replace people with robots in a heartbeat if they can cut costs.<\/strong>\u00a0 If a robot can learn to give directions to visitors, will the companies keep their receptionists, information center employees, other — or lay them off?<\/span><\/div>\n

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    Along those lines, here are a couple of items that speak to this fear:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    It is not skills or majors that are being devalued. It is people.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    Sarah Kendzior<\/em>
    \n    Surviving the post-employment economy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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    Do today\u2019s leaders actually care about the person that is doing the work?<\/strong>
    \nDo they even know their name let alone what provides them with job satisfaction?<\/p>\n

    Dan Pontefract<\/em>
    \n    Whose job is leadership, anyway?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a05 cool (and informative) robot videos you don\u2019t want to miss — from robohub.org by Frank Tobe Excerpt: This wide-ranging group of robotics-related videos are worth watching. Set aside some time, make sure you have a hi-speed connection, and watch them. They range from cool to informative to downright scary.   5 areas in robotics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,82,437,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-engineering","category-robotics","category-stem-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45847"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46030,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45847\/revisions\/46030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}