AP Biology George Daskalakis
Current Event 2 9/20/16
Markoff, John. "New Approach Trains Robots to Match Human Dexterity and Speed." The New
York Times. The New York Times, 21 May 2015. Web. 18 Sept 2016.
In the article, “New Approach Trains Robots to Match Human Dexterity and Speed” by John Markoff touches on the steps that have been taken to make robots perform more and more humanly activities. Putting it in simpler terms, robots are doing things like picking up objects as well as putting together pieces of a large Lego set. This study took place at the University of California Berkeley and these robots took years to create and is installed with certain types of specific software that allows the robot to adapt to these human activities without much training at all. This software is so special that the robot can do so many specific human tasks, which really makes this a major step in modern technology.
This article affects humanity in two ways. One way it affects humanity is by what advancement it brings to the robotics field. Robots have been taking years to develop, and knowone really knows the capabilities of a robot, or if it can recreate human activities. This article and study prove that there was a big step forward in robotics and even bigger steps to come. The second way this affects humanity because like a typical Sci-Fi movie would go, robots might take over the world. It seems crazy at first, but seeing what these robots are capable of, it goes to show that before you know it, you might see a robot in a house or walking down the street, pretty scary!
Lastly, there are a few things I would point out in this article that could have been better. One thing I would like to point out was that there are obviously a lot more universities with other advancements in robotics, but they really only focused in on the University of California Berkeley study, rather than touching on any other studies. Another thing I would have liked in this article if some tougher words were elaborated more, because some of those technology pieces are a mouthful.
Markoff, John. "New Approach Trains Robots to Match Human Dexterity and Speed." The New
ReplyDeleteYork Times. The New York Times, 21 May 2015. Web. 18 Sept 2016.
George reviewed the article "New Approach Trains Robots to Match Human Dexterity and Speed" by John Markoff. George discussed the advances and improvements scientists have made in human like robots. This study took place at the University of California Berkeley where it took years to create the robots and install certain types of software that allows for the robot to adapt to human activities with little training. This fact is very important because it shows the advancements in technology. Another point that George discussed is that robots have been taking years to develop, and no one really knows the capabilities of a robot, or if it can recreate human activities. This is an interesting and important fact. This shows that the researchers are unsure on how capable and useful these new robots will be. George also discussed the scary fact that robots, in the future, may be capable of taking over the world. This is very concerning but not even the researchers who created the robots know their capabilities. I think that George could have gone more in depth on how the robots are created. In his review he did not discuss the building process of the robots. I think he could have also discussed more information on the effects that the robots will have on everyday life. He discussed briefly how the robots will affect humans but I would like to know how they will affect everyday life. I learned from this article that the future is near. Robots are usually referred to being futuristic however, from this article I learned that the new wave of robots is not as far off as it may seem.
This article relates to the reboot working. The performance makes for the report of http://essaymama.org/ and its activities mention. The stylish performance makes its influence. The studies by the students in university make real difference for the education.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/science/robots-that-can-match-human-dexterity.html?ref=science&_r=0
ReplyDeleteMarkoff, John. "New Approach Trains Robots to Match Human Dexterity and Speed." The New York Times. The New York Times, 21 May 2015. Web. 18 Sept 2016.
I greatly enjoyed George's review of the article "New Approach Trains Robots to Match Human Dexterity and Speed." One aspect that I enjoyed was George's explanation of the impact that the current robotics improvements will have on the future of technology. I also liked that George mentioned that the article should have touched on research performed by institutions besides Berkeley, as I agree that this would have made the article more comprehensive. Finally, I enjoyed that George acknowledged that technological terms can sometimes be hard to understand because that made the review more relatable. Although I greatly enjoyed the review, I thought that George could have done a few things to make it even better. First, I noticed a few spelling mistakes, and I think that, if George had fixed these, I would have been able to pay more attention to the issues discussed in the review. Second, I believe that a more thorough summary of the article would have helped me to better understand the importance of the article. One thing that surprised me was that I didn't know that robots had become so advanced! I will be very interested to see how they continue to evolve in the future.