Project Unite 5
Project Unite 5
Slide 12:
Manufacturing: this is probably the oldest and the most
well-known user of robots. They’re used to efficiently
test and assemble products like cars. It is estimated that
there are more than 3 million industrial robots in use
right now.
Home: robots can be seen all over our homes, helping
with chores, reminding us of our schedules and even
entertaining our kids. The most famous houldhold robot
is the autonomous vacuum cleaner. Robots are now
evolved to help us with every thing from mowing grass
to cleaning pools.
Travel: as we all know, the self-driving cars are no longer
just imagination. Thanks to data science and robotics,
we are now able to travel safely and quickly from place
to place using huge vehicles like airplanes and driverless
cars.
Healthcare: robots are used in almost every aspect of
healthcare, from robotic system surgeries to helping
people’s recovery with physical therapy. For example:
toyota’s healthcare assistants which helps people regain
their walking ability; and robotics also play a crucial role
in fighting against the Covid-19.
Slide 13:
Many people may not know, but Thales of Miletus who
lived in the 6th century BC, was the father of Western
philosophy and one of the first to explain natural
phenomena by science. He even invented mathematics.
How cool is that?
Secondly, Leonardo da Vinci was an all-round genius.
Not only was he a legendary artist but he was also one
of the history’s most brilliant engineers. He invented the
helicopter and the battle tank. He drew plans for
submarines and robots. The list of his contributions to
the world of engineering is endless.
The 3rd place will definitely go to Thomas Edison with
his invention of lightbulb in 1879. He is credited with
thousands of inventions. And I would say he’s the most
famous inventors of all time.
Fourthly, Archimedes was one of the big names of
engineering in 3rd century BC. although few details of
his life are known, but we all know that we owe it to
Archimedes for inventing the pulley, the lever, the
catapult and the cog…
And last but not least, Benjamin Franklin, also known as
a founding father of America. He’s the first American
scientist, and his legacy includes the lightning
conductor, bifocal lenses, and, a pioneer biological
scientist.
Slide 14:
The Invention of Less | Animation Short Film
(I left my home in summer of 2031. Due to global warming,
there weren’t any possibilities for a young polar bear like me
than to leave my home and find luck somewhere else.
Somewhere else ended up being Zurich, Switzerland. At first I
was a bit anxious about how the humans would react to my
sudden appearance. But once I was there I actually got no
reaction at all. In my first weeks in Zurich I worked as an
Uber-carrier, which is the same job as an uber-driver but
instead of driving, we carried people. Because ever since self-
driving cars started being a thing in Zurich, the traffic
became a total mess. People didn’t realize that now all those
who couldn’t drive could drive. In the end the streets were
even more crowded than before. So uber-carry quickly
became one of the most popular apps in the city. Until there
were some… let’s say… unpleasant incidents. Actually the
whole ‘who is allowed to eat who’ aspect of living together
was quite confusing in the beginning. So after a short period
of protests from different sides. The government decided to
ban all kinds of meat, just to keep things peaceful. Those
initial incidents had lead to a shutdowm of uber-carry and I
found myself out of a job. It then came to my attention, that
the humans were willing to pay a huge amount of money
every few months for a new phone while their old phone was
totally fine. The next day I opened up my very first icePhone
shop. People could bring their old phone and get a new one.
Thanks to my innovative way of production, I could launch a
new generation of icePhones every two weeks for nearly no
costs and also very eco-friendly. While working in my store, I
discovered that humans love to travel to far away places.
Faraway places, that somehow look pretty similar to me. That
was the beginning of iceAir, my own airline. Well, airline
might be a bit exaggerated but my prices were good and
nobody ever complained. I was soon the only provider of
phones and flights. And as a side effect the cycle of
production was broken and the planet slowly started to
recover again. Even as the first humans started to realise my
scam, they liked this new healthy world. In the end I have to
say, the whole change wasn’t actually that difficult. I think all
it needed was somebody who looked at the problem from a
slightly different perspective.)
Q3: What is the name of the first robot who has citizenship?
(robot dau tien duoc cap quyen cong dan)
Answer: Sophia.