If I tell you I have never seen or known a robot, you’d never believe it right? It’s 2018 and everybody has seen at least one robot in their life in one way or another. Robots are not only the mobile ones having the size and shape of a human being. Every machine working inside your vehicle, all the gadgets we spent half of our day on, the juicer or chopper in your kitchen are also a tiny example of robots. The gravity of our dependency on robots can be analyzed through the fact that we have been getting the help of robots for a long time without even noticing it.
Now in last decade, the mobile robots are in fashion. A lot of companies are building robots to get fast and easy labor in their manufacturing factories like Amazon where robots are used for packing the products. China and Japan are already in process of creating top-notch robots with high-technology to be used in wars. The mobile robot craze has been growing so fast that individuals around the globe are also seen making their personalized robots. A new trend of using robots as waiters in restaurants is also in fashion.
With all the hype over mobile robots and our overwhelming dependency on them, the million dollar question arises, will robot change our lives entirely? The question is simply, yes and here’s how robots can alter our lives entirely.
⦁ Childcare Shortage? Not to Worry Anymore
Since little children cannot be left alone on their own, a lot of parents prefer leaving their kids to child care while going outside for job or having fun. Of course, robots can’t be trusted enough to take care of a toddler however, they can be of a lot of assistance.
At child cares in Japan, a lot of robots are used to help kids enjoy. Unlike humans, these robots have no problem in answering the kids’ ‘why’ question or sing their favorite poem for the 50th time. The best part is, with the help of non-mobile robots, tablets and smart phones, you can monitor your kid from your office. It seems like, soon the future of child care will now depend on robots.
⦁ Help in Domestic Life
Don’t have enough time and energy left to get up and turn off your light? Nothing to worry anymore since you have your personal robots for it now. A new kind of smart bulbs is not in the market that is connected to your smart phone directly. You can now schedule, turn the bulbs off and on whenever you want.
Apart from this small task, robots can help you in keep your garden updated however you like. An open-source farming robot is out in 2017 which not only waters your plants but also plant seeds, monitor their growth and destroy the unwanted weeds.
⦁ Too Tired to Carry Things Up? Keep Robots
A lot of times you don’t feel like carrying things or you are too tired to carry your luggage or grocery but you find no help around. This is where robots come in handy. In 2017, a well-known vehicle manufacturer came out with a robot which is part hover board, part assistant. Having facial recognition, speech recognition, autonomous navigation, and more, this robot can follow you around the house. You can also ride it around the yard.
Wait, the fun part has yet to come. Unlike other small personal robots, this robot can carry things for you, even drag your grocery bags to the kitchen.
⦁ What’s the Use of Technology if You Have to Stay Lonely?
Tired of getting ditched by friends? Robot technology is so advanced that you don’t have to worry about a friend or sweet company anymore. Social isolation is not a personal problem anymore, it has become more of public health concern
An overwhelming majority of the people around you are going through a blue period of their lives owing to lack of social participation. Thanks to the manufacturers who’ve taken this serious issue into consideration and made robots that can accompany you in your home.
You don’t have to go outside meet your not-so-favorite people anymore because of the robot cats, dogs and even human like machines. Some of these robots are especially designed for senior citizens having relevant functions such as getting appointments, scheduling reminders and even connect them to their loved ones through social media or video-chats.
Besides all these good changes robot technology is responsible for, a lot of negative impacts are also the outcome of it. Since almost all of the low-skill jobs are taken by robots, people are losing their jobs because of it leaving a grave effect on the economy. Another big draw-back this technology is the super-fast artificial intelligence which is soon going to surpass the human intellect.
Together, these negative sides of robot technology can totally destroy human lives. However, it all depends on the users how they deal with it. After all, it’s the use that makes something good or bad.