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Historical Perspectives of Robotics

February 10th, 2008 by dmrobots




When was the first actual robot invented and used ?
The first actual robot was invented by Willard Pollard and Harold Roselund in 1938 the main purpose of the robot was to spray paint for the company DeBilbiss.


B. In 1942, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov created a set of three imaginary Laws of Robotics. What was the name of the book Asimov wrote in 1942 in which he described the Laws of Robotics?
Runaround was the name of the book that Isaac Asimov published in 1942 which presented the Three Laws of Robotics.


C. What is the so-called “Zeroth Law of Robotics? Why is it called the Zeroth Law?
The Zeroth Law of Robotics outlines: “A robot may not injure humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm”.It is called the Zeroth Law in order to keep the pattern of lower numbered laws being more important than higher numbered laws. D. Propose one situation where it would be OK for a robot to harm (even kill) a human. Explain why it would be OK in this circumstance.
For a robot to harm a human or take a life it would need a emergency situation such as a suicide bomber which can take many lives but the robot will have to include the abilty to realise the intentions of the human and take immediate action.

Refrences:
http://fusionanomaly.net/threelawsofrobotics.html http://www.trueforce.com/Articles/Robot_History.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics   

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