essay 5 robotics

Husqvarna robotic mowers are home mowers that graze or cuts grass for a certain sized yard, based on the one that you purchase. They have the 0.75 acre and 1.48 acre models(husqvarna.com). These are used to mow the lawn in replace of humans. Another human replacement is the Neato robot which vacuums a household for you(neatorobotics.com).


The neato robot seems to be all positives, the only thing is that you have to empty the dirt holder and it might not be big enough for the entire household. Therefore, you might have to empty the dirt holder frequently, but if it lasts a while it seems like it is a great robot. The robot uses infrared light to scan the surroundings to map out the best course of action to clean. Rather than the other robots that do the same thing, but they just move around randomly and bump into things all the time. It also recharges its own batteries when its low, it finds its way back to the charging station. This thing will clean while you need to be doing other things, which frees up time for you.


The Husqvarna robot mows the lawn whenever you turn it own. It uses low energy and has no emissions because it isn't gas powered. It recharges itself like the neato robot, it finds its way back to the charging station also. This robot doesn't really edge the grass for you, so there will still be need for landscaping jobs, but it will decrease the workload for them. It might save you a buck, but it will decrease the amount the landscapers will make.


There won't be legal issues with these robots, but they might give rise to ethical issues such as people losing work. There could be the issue with your landscapers looking badly towards you because you are switching from them even though they could have been your landscapers for years and be very displeased with the idea of losing their job to a robot. And the Neato robot doesn't seem to have any legal or ethical issues unless the robot damages your house somehow, but that shouldn't happen because they said that it has great laser sensors.


These robots are great if you are a busy person and don't feel like doing these minor jobs but tedious jobs. They are duties that should be done frequently and it would be very convenient to have these robots do it for you. I think that robots should be used whenever it can profit us as a society. If it decreases jobs, we should create more jobs. If we use those robots and it profits humanity as a whole, I do not see anything wrong with using them. There are many great ideas coming everyday and robots will most likely become part of the future.



References:
http://www.husqvarna.com/us/products/robotic-mowers/husqvarna-robotic-mowers-for-homeowners/

http://www.neatorobotics.com/how-it-works/