Out-of-Class #2: Another Example

7/17/2016

Robotics

Imagine to wake up tomorrow to find out that characters from The Terminator or I, Robot QUOTE MARKS GO AROUND MOVIE NAMES, PER AP STYLE actually existed.

Sounds crazy, maybe not.

It is no mystery that robotics has come a long way in the past years. While the robotics described in movies and TV series might still be far away, there are new types of automation which are shaping the future.

Giuseppe Colombina is and AN, INSTEAD OF AND engeneer MISSPELLING: ENGINEER, NOT ENGENEER with more than 25 years of experience in the robotics field. He has worked for the Italian Aerospace Agency as well as with Comau, a company which creates industrial robots.

“I have been around for a while. I have seen technology from Sophia to Asimo, it is a very exciting time for robotics.”  HE SAID. ATTRIBUTE!

Sophia, a robot mention by Giuseppe, USE LAST NAMES ONLY ON SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT REFERENCES, PER AP STYLE is a robot capable to recreate more than 62 facial expression. Giuseppe said that this robot was the first to ever replicate the human emotion to its fullest. “Machinery is not usually thought as something with emotions” as stated by Giuseppe, “which is the reason why this project was so surprising.”

Another robot mentioned by Giuseppe USE LAST NAMES ONLY ON SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT REFERENCES, PER AP STYLE is Asimo. Honda, the car company, financed Project Asimo in the early 2000s. START NEW PARAGRAPH HERE; DON’T HAVE TWO SOURCES IN THE SAME GRAF Gabriella Corvara is a former member of the development team for Honda. She explained SAID, INSTEAD OF EXPLAINED that “Asimo is a robot which can move, jump and interact with other robots. It took over 500 minds to create it and it marked the beginning of the era for anthropomorphic robots.”

However, as said by Giuseppe, t USE LAST NAMES ONLY ON SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT REFERENCES, PER AP STYLE hese robots are still very far from being perfect. Automation is important to help people in their everyday life, this is where collaborative robotics takes stage.

Comau is an Italian company which produces automation for many modern industries. On their website it is possible to see robotics arm that cut, weld and transport heavy pieces of metal. However it is their latest research which is creating a new field for automation.

Collaborative robotics, as explained by Comau employee Eugenio Spinolo, is “the ability of a robot to work alongside a human to aid them during their everyday job life.”

Robots are being changed to be able to work with humans without hurting them. Eugenio USE LAST NAMES ONLY ON SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT REFERENCES, PER AP STYLE elieves that “while having a robot passing you tools could be a progress, we are trying to make robots that can work simultaneously on the same project as a human.”

The hardest part of this project, as explained by Eugenio, USE LAST NAMES ONLY ON SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT REFERENCES, PER AP STYLE. PLUS, JUST USE SAID, NOT AS EXPLAINED BY  is that robots are not meant to react with humans. In the traditional sense, automation repeats the same task over and over without ever being disturbed.

“We now have to place cameras and motion sensors to be able to react to what a human might be doing.” HE SAID. ATTRIBUTE!

This can also change what society thinks of robotics.

Professor Bodega WE NEED A FIRST NAME HERE; USE FIRST AND LAST NAMES ON FIRST REFERENCES, PER AP STYLE is a doctor in philosophy and the director of the humanistic division of the Universita’ Cattolica di Milano. He has worked with Italian robotics for the past 5 years to understand the changes in automation with relation to societies. GOOD NEUTRAL EXPERT

“It has been seen that robotics is often times thought of as something which takes away jobs, while it is now something that could be helping people’s lives.”

Bodega was one of the first people to investigate on robotics exoskeleton to help the paraplegic. He said that the technology is not ready yet to be mass produced, however it can help people lift objects much bigger than them.

Bodega believes that collaborative robotics could be implemented in every field. Medical personnel is already benefitting from automated surgical tools and lifesaving robots such as automated defibrillators. Bodega also added that, “new robots are being made to be barman, chefs and even gardeners.”

“Ultimately robotics is evolving from taking the place of humans to helping them do their job safely and efficiently.” Said Dr. Bodega. JUST BODEGA; DON’T USE TITLES ON SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT REFERENCES, PER AP STYLE “People are starting to get used to the idea of working with automated entities which is where the future is heading.”

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Many interviews were conducted over the phone and in Italian so I had to translate them. Some of the people (Gabriella Corvara, Eugenio Spinolo and Dr. Bodega) don’t speak English very well.

Giuseppe Colombina

Phone: +01 011 004 9111

Email: colombina.giuseppe@comau.org

Gabriella Corvara

Phone: +01 025273251

Email: not given

Eugenio Spinolo

Phone: +01 011 004 9111

Email: spinolo.eugenio@comau.org

Dr. Domenico Bodega

Phone: +1 02 72341

Email: not given

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