robots

             We've seen them in the movies, in cartoons, and even working in hazardous conditions separate from humans, but as technology improves and man kind moves forward robots are appearing everywhere. Traditionally used to work independent from humans robots are now working with humans due to the new range of applications. Now there are robotic pets, waiters, guards, and tour guides just to name a few. With the growth of robots in our society many questions are raised such as self-identity, theory of mind, recognition of self and others, social learning, emotion, personality and ethics. One of the largest questions is how are machines able to mimic mankind and if in fact they are completely able to have human interaction?
             The robot Robbie 1, created by Robbie Singh is a robot with a code of ethics. These laws were written in the famous sci-fi novel, Robbie, written by Isaac Asimov and were soon to be applied to most robot creators around the world.
             1. A robot must not harm a human being, nor must it, by not acting, cause the human to be harmed.
             2. A robot must obey the human beings commands, except when such commands go counter to law one.
             3. A robot must protect it self at all times as long as such protection does not go counter to law one and law two (Singh).
             These three laws show that while it may appear the robots have human interaction ability and have a mind of their own humans are really the ones who are programming these robots and are making them "servants" to the humans.
             PeopleBot is a robot that is now on the market for rates starting at $5,995. This robot is said to be interactive with humans, but reading the description of PeopleBot I found it was nothing more than a programmed machine. It will speak when and what you tell it to and listen for phrases and sounds it recognizes. It can navigate around obstacles and can respond to requests or conditions it sens
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