Erle Robotics gives us a forecast of the future of robotics

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We have already written several articles about the Spanish startup Erle robotics, which despite its youth has already given much to talk about in this sector. Now he comes back to the fore for a report on forecasting the future of robotics and a review of the research they have been conducting. A field that is present and will be even more future, in recent times taking giant steps in the development of these entities.

The robotic It is a branch that integrates many branches of engineering or technological disciplines, such as mechatronics, computing, and electronics, which, when integrated, enable the creation of robots. The evolution of this branch has led from centuries ago imagining the construction of automata that would make life easier for us, to the present day in which robots and / or artificial intelligence are already part of the daily life of many of us. And who knows what they will be able to do in the future ...

From LxA we cannot forget pioneers like Spanish Leonardo Torres Quevedo placeholder image, or the current Erle Robotics, which has inherited this interest in innovation and has once again put Spain at the forefront of this field that moves billions of euros in investment, and which will continue to grow in economic figures and interest due to its relevance . Therefore, we share with you this review of the history of robotics so that you know a little more about the past, present and future.

Generation 0-1: first steps

From the first simple automata described in the works of Heron of Alexandria in the XNUMXst century BC, passing through the theorems of Leonardo Da Vinci in the XNUMXth century, the coining of the term "robot" (derived from the Czech word 'robot' which means forced labor) thanks to the Czech writer Karel Ĉapek, the advances in computing made with the first machines brought about by World War II and Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics from the 40s , until the arrival of the first digitally programmable robotic arm from General Motors to improve productivity in factories ...

Generation 2: giving them senses

In the first generation automatons or robots, there were simply electronic and mechanical components to create devices that automate tasks. However, with the arrival of the second generation, the "senses" of robots began to be implemented, including sensors of different types so that they are able to capture certain environmental parameters or magnitudes so that they can react to these "stimuli" from their environment to offer more refined responses according to the different scenarios they encounter. In short, they become more human ...

Generation 3: the baby boom is coming!

Despite the benefits of robots, the true rebirth of robotics did not begin until the 80s. Companies began to invest large amounts of money in them and their sales for industrial and domestic jobs skyrocketed. The maturation of the computer world, as well as electronics, allowed these advances to be used to create better robots and that they were reprogrammable. The arrival of the Linux kernel and H-ROS, widely used in the sector.

They were so successful that at the end of the 90s the first robotized toy kits began to appear, such as LEGO Mindstorms and many other similar projects of the competition. There is also AIBO, a Sony robot dedicated to leisure. Those milestones make robotics not only seen as a tool to make life easier, but also as devices for entertainment.

La standardization and frameworks they begin to gain importance to unite the efforts of the industry and to reduce the investments. In addition, the first programming languages ​​specially designed for robotics began to be created.

Generation 4: let there be light ...

And the light became ... Still very green, but the investigations of Artificial Intelligence, the great leap of computing and artificial neural networks (the biological world begins to be an inspiration to create robots more similar to us), begin to endow robots with a certain intelligence in the XNUMXst century. The robots not only had movement and those "senses" of which we speak, they were also endowed with intelligence to be even more autonomous and independent. Their dependence on human beings begins to decrease, and not only that, they were also capable of learning to face circumstances in a better way.

From my point of view, robotics and AI democratizes, and is that it has spread to practically the whole world. We all have virtual assistants on our smartphones, and we make use of other systems that depend on AI, such as translators, prediction systems, drones, and other domestic robots, etc. A new and larger market that makes more and more companies interested in robotics and in offering this type of services.

Generation 5: the future

And this is only the beginning, as you look forward to a promising future that will get even more emphasis on AI and hardware improvement. So exoskeletons will come that provide humans with better physical faculties or help them with physical or medullary lessons to give them mobility, the houses will be even more robotic, they will be able to occupy many more jobs that at the moment is impossible, capable of doing some risk tasks, more robots for civil services (security, customer service, medicine, ...), transport, autonomous cars, airplanes with artificial pilots, etc. Who knows if in a few years you open the door and the delivery man is not human!

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  1.   David said

    Regarding the last sentence about the dealer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=megPXyamKSA

    xD