{"id":45977,"date":"2014-04-24T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T21:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=45977"},"modified":"2014-04-24T18:54:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T22:54:21","slug":"if-todays-changes-are-truly-exponential-how-soon-will-it-be-before-each-of-us-is-interacting-with-a-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/04\/24\/if-todays-changes-are-truly-exponential-how-soon-will-it-be-before-each-of-us-is-interacting-with-a-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"If today&#8217;s changes are truly exponential, how soon will it be before each of us is interacting with a robot?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Last spring, I saw the following graphic from Sparks &amp; Honey&#8217;s presentation entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/serverbuiltnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/8exponentialtrendscitystates-130417163906-phpapp02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>8 Exponential Trends That Will Shape Humanity<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/serverbuiltnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/8exponentialtrendscitystates-130417163906-phpapp02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45985\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ExponentialNotLinearSparksNHoney-Spring2013.jpg\" alt=\"ExponentialNotLinearSparksNHoney-Spring2013\" width=\"466\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ExponentialNotLinearSparksNHoney-Spring2013.jpg 466w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ExponentialNotLinearSparksNHoney-Spring2013-150x120.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">If today&#8217;s changes are truly exponential &#8212; and I agree with Sparks &amp; Honey that they are, especially as they relate to technological changes &#8212; how soon will it be before each of us is interacting with a robot? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This is not an idle idea or question, nor is it a joke. It will be here sooner than most of us think!\u00a0 The science fiction of the past is here (at least in part).\u00a0 Some recent items I&#8217;ve run across come to my mind, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/humanoids\/hitachi-emiew-robot-learns-to-navigate-around-the-office\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hitachi&#8217;s EMIEW Robot Learns to Navigate Around the Office<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from spectrum.ieee.org by Jason Falconer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/img\/emiew-photo3-full-1398099725696.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo: Hitachi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Now EMIEW 2 still relies on maps of its surroundings, but its navigation software has a new feature: It uses designated zones that make the robot change its speed and direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irobot.com\/us\/learn\/commercial\/ava500.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>iRpobot Ava 500\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irobot.com\/us\/learn\/commercial\/ava500.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45981\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/iRobotAva-20142.jpg\" alt=\"iRobotAva-2014\" width=\"770\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/iRobotAva-20142.jpg 770w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/iRobotAva-20142-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irobot.com\/~\/media\/Files\/Robots\/Commercial%20Applications\/Ava%20500\/Ava500_Applications_Work_Environments.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Excerpt:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ava 500 enables this new dimension in telepresence with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>autonomous navigation and mobility &#8211; remote users simply specify a destination and the robot automatically navigates to the desired location without any human intervention.<\/li>\n<li>standards-based videoconferencing &#8211; built-in Cisco Telepresence\u00ae solutions deliver enterprise-class security and reliability.<\/li>\n<li>an easy-to-use client application &#8211; an iPad mini\u2122 tablet enables remote users to schedule and control the robot.<\/li>\n<li>scheduling and management -seamlessly handled through an iRobot managed cloud service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/robohub.org\/chinese-city-aims-to-have-80-of-production-done-by-robots-by-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chinese city aims to have 80% of production done by Robots by 2020<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from robohub.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/robohub.org\/robohub-digest-march-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Robohub Digest March 2014<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; &#8212; from robohub.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/23\/nyregion\/with-farm-robotics-the-cows-decide-when-its-milking-time.html?_r=2\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>With Farm Robotics, the Cows Decide When It\u2019s Milking Time<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from the New York Times b<span class=\"byline\">y <span class=\"byline-author\" data-byline-name=\"JESSE McKINLEY\" data-twitter-handle=\"jessemckinley\">Jesse McKinley\u00a0<\/span><\/span><time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2014-04-22\"><\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: Last spring, I saw the following graphic from Sparks &amp; Honey&#8217;s presentation entitled, &#8220;8 Exponential Trends That Will Shape Humanity&#8220;: &nbsp; &nbsp; If today&#8217;s changes are truly exponential &#8212; and I agree with Sparks &amp; Honey that they are, especially as they relate to technological changes &#8212; how soon will it be before [&hellip;]<\/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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,356,127,433,72,32,210,82,3,373,391,180,482,124,276,511,44,437,480,40,460,205,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-collaboration","category-communications","category-daniel-s-christian","category-education-technology","category-emerging-technologies","category-engineering","category-higher-education","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-innovation","category-intelligent-systems","category-intelligent-tutoring","category-interactivity","category-machine-to-machine-communications","category-pace-of-change","category-robotics","category-society","category-technologies-for-your-home","category-technology-general","category-telepresence","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45977"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45993,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45977\/revisions\/45993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}