Robots : What They Can and Cannot Do (Yet)
Exterminate... Humans! Today's topic is inspired by Apple's recent pivot to home robots after their electric vehicle project failure. Industrial scenes come to mind when I think robots: a series of them churning out everything from cars to perfectly peeled pineapples. (Who really likes peeling those?) But robots are far more diverse than those seen in factory lines, they can be classified in various ways based on design, function, autonomy, and application. Take agricultural drones, for example, these bots hover around trees, using vision technology to select the best fruits for harvest based on color. Additionally, humanoid robots are no longer science fiction! As a result, these advancements in technology have led to workers performing these repetitive tasks being relieved of their jobs. While new jobs are created, the question still stands: "Will there be a balance between job displacement and job creation?" Those who are for robots often say that we will work a...