Friday, December 30, 2011

About Robots and Cockroaches

Over the summer, I have been reading The Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku. One of the subjects in the book is about the intelligence of robots. Especially, Asimo, created by Honda and named after Isaac Asimov.
Asimo is the most intelligent robot today. It can dance, walk, run, see, touch and understand human expressions.


Actually, Asimo has the intelligence of a Cockroach. Another robot (just recently sent to Mars) is Curiosity. It is the heaviest, yet smartest, Mars rover ever sent to Mars. It’s mission is to find traces of life on the Red Planet.
Some robots lurk in everyday life. Vacuums, printers and cashiers are a few of them.
In the future, cars will be completely automated so human driving will be needed.
We will be able to see any place on earth just by looking out our home window and robots will be an integrated part of our lives.