Chapter 6.3

Question 1

Give an example of a robots and its job in medicine and tell me the benefits it provides and the drawbacks produces.

Answer 1

robots in hospitals move around and visit and interact with patients. this allows doctors and nurses to spend more time doing other tasks

Precision
Doctor availability

errors in programming
cause harm
connection issues - across world doctor

Question 2

Give an example of a robot and its job in transport and tell me the benefits it provides and the drawbacks produces.

Answer 2

Self-driving cars -reads environment and moves accordingly

faster reaction

expensive
hackers

Question 3

Give an example of a robots and its job in entertainment and tell me the benefits it provides and the drawbacks produces.

Answer 3

Robot dogs - toys - educational robots

introduce to programming
engage with technology

Question 4

Give an example of a robot and its job in industry and tell me the benefits it provides and the drawbacks produces.

Answer 4

some factories are completely automated - no need for human interaction

runs 24/7
new jobs with new skill sets

replace jobs
expensive

Question 5

Give an example of a robot and its job in agriculture and tell me the benefits it provides and the drawbacks produces.

Answer 5

Automated tractors - use satellite information to guide movement and perform required tasks

24/7
farmer can do other things in meantime

high costs
replaces jobs

Question 6

Give an example of a robots and its job in Domestic and tell me the benefits it provides and the drawbacks produces.

Answer 6

vacuum cleaner - changes direction when facing a object

saves time - still needs monitoring (stairs)