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Date Application Pros Cons

Developer
Due to it being a recent
Astro is a home assistant
development, it is not yet
much like Alexa but with
available for different
2021 Amazon Astro additional features such as
countries. Another
patrolling around the
disadvantage is it is very
house for added security.
pricey.
it can automate inspection Due to its development, it
Boston tasks and collect data is only available for
2020 Spot Mini
Dynamics reliably, even in hostile industrial companies and
environments not for the public use.
the first mass-produced
George robotic arm for use in
need sophisticated
Devol and factories, and one of, if not
1962 the UNIMATE operation, maintenance
Joseph the first, practical
and programming.
Engelberger application of robotics
outside the lab
Displays different
Slower reflexive action to
emotional states like:
the commands and
Happiness, Dislike, Anger,
3 hours to charge for 2
1999 Sony AIBO Love, Sadness and Surprise.
hours of usage. For its time
It could also be a substitute
it was expensive with
pet for those who are
$2,000 as a price.
allergic to dogs.
providing multiple
Edinburgh the debris from the surgery
prostheses and greater
Modular Arm can irritate the soft tissue
1986 David Gow opportunities for
System around that area and cause
individuals with limb
(EMAS) inflammation.
differences
military drones are
significantly cheaper to
produce than planes. They
Lack of Transparency and
UAV Drones also have lower
Abraham secrecy of drone use
1994 (military maintenance costs, and the
Karem undermines the legitimacy
drones) Armed Forces can also
of local governments.
reduce the costs of training
plane pilots and
maintenance staff.
Da Vinci Better precision. Faster Surgery will take longer.
2000 Gary Guthart Surgical recovery time. Less blood The surgery may cost more
System loss and less scarring. than a traditional surgery.
1966 - Charles Shakey pioneering the use of It was the first of its kind,
1972 Rosen, Nils artificial intelligence in so the design is limited.
Nilsson and robots. Give Shakey a goal
Peter Hart such as navigating its way
across a room or pushing a

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 box along the floor it could
accomplish it by observing
the world around it,
creating a plan, and
executing.
With it just being a head.
Motor functions like
express a range of
Dr. Cynthia walking or running on its
1990 Kismet emotions, from happy to
Breazeal own are severely limited. It
be bored
needs a human to push it
around so it could move.
It was only built for a racing
Equipped with AI software
show, meaning there was
that integrates sensor data
Sebastian little to no traffic involved
2005 Stanley and uses machine learning
Thrun and so it was not fully
and probabilistic reasoning
ready for it to be driven in
to make driving decisions.
a public road.
it's safe for children to play
it has not been released
with, it's small and able to
Yoshihiro yet to buy, but once it is,
2003 QRIO be easily transported, and
Kuroki it's going to cost a lot of
it's very entertaining and
money.
interacts well with people.
they examine more
territory, they can be
directed to interesting higher chance of failure,
features, they can place due to landing and other
themselves in sunny risks, and that they are
Opportunity
2003 NASA positions to weather winter limited to a small area
rover
months, and they can around a landing site which
advance the knowledge of itself is only approximately
how to perform very anticipated.
remote robotic vehicle
control.
These robots are usually
they can’t always adapt to
much smaller than forklifts.
changing situations. If a
This means the aisles
product’s identifying label
between the shelves can
2003 Mick Mountz Kiva Robots isn’t where it should be or
be made narrower and will
is unreadable, the robot
improve the amount of
will show an error and
space you have in your
need assistance.
warehouse to store things.
It can perform specific
includes several kinematic
tasks but cannot be
Victor pairs, it is often used as an
1969 Stanford Arm comparable to the
Scheinman educational example in
versatility of the human
robot kinematics.
hand.
1996 Michael Robotuna map the ocean floor, Work on batteries that

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 conduct fish counts, and
Triantafyllou monitor pollution over
time.
he can clean, do
Satoshi homework, buy groceries,
2000 ASIMO
Shigemi and he cooks for the
family.
Known for its human-like
appearance & behavior
compared to previous
robotic variants, Sophia
uses artificial intelligence,
visual data processing &
David
2015 Sophia facial recognition, Sophia
Hanson
imitates human gestures
and facial expressions, she
can answer certain
questions and make simple
conversations on
predefined topics
a therapeutic tool for use
in hospitals and nursing
Takanori homes. The robot is
1993 Paro
Shibata programmed to cry for
attention and respond to
its name.
It helps with both the
teaching and learning sides
of things. For educators,
they get to incorporate a
2014 Hayashi Pepper new learning style into
their teaching method.
Pepper can read process
languages and certain
emotions.
2014 Xenex Saul robot used in the medical field to
Healthcare fight deadly viruses such as
Services Ebola. The robot is not one
to have flexible arms and
don't last too long
If left without routine
servicing and proper
monitoring, the Asimo's
functioning can be caused
become haywire, which
can also cause destruction
and injuries. Better to
handle them with caution.
Sophia appears to either
deliver scripted answers to
set questions or works in
simple chatbot mode
where keywords trigger
language segments,
sometimes inappropriate,
and sometimes there is just
silence.
cost and workload,
infection concerns, and
stigma and ethical issues.
Pepper's admin page is
unsecured, with a default
root password, and the
robot can easily be
administered remotely
over HTTP, rather than
HTTPS. More, it runs a
processor that is
vulnerable to
Meltdown/Spectre attack,
allowing malicious code
access to the robot's
memory.
It is very expensive to buy,
with a price of $104,000.
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movable joints, it simply
has a high-energy
ultraviolet light it uses on
patients.