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Introduction

• For many years robots have excited peoples
  imaginations whether in books, films or
  amusement parks. However it is only recently
  robots have left the realms of fiction. Even now
  thousands of robots are at work around the world
  but are any of them actually intelligent?

• Definitions
• Artificial Intelligence the branch of computer
  science aiming to produce machines which can
  imitate intelligent human behavior.
• Computer an electronic device that processes
  data according to a set of instructions.
• Robot a machine programmed to perform specific
  tasks in a human manner.

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Robots in Fiction

• Robots have always been creatures of the
  imagination and in that respect have existed long
  before we even had computers.
• Our perception of robots doesnt seem to be based
  on our historical attempts to build robots, but
  instead the numerous books and movies featuring
  humanoid machines.

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Robots in the Real World

• Meanwhile the robot we have on earth differ
  slightly from the intelligent androids we
  anticipated.
• Ninety percent of all robots work in factories
  and are nothing more than than a robotic arm
  controlled by a computer and attached to a
  stationary base,

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Robot Employment

• Robots have and will continue to replace millions
  of jobs in industry. Most of the products we buy
  today have been at some stage manufactured by
  computer operated machines. Naturally robots do
  unpleasant and dangerous tasks so humans no
  longer have to.

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A Robot's Abilities

• There are currently many limits dictating what a
  robot can and cannot do. At the moment engineers
  are still grappling with problems like making a
  robot move, see and hear but whos going to
  make a robot think?
• Computers can follow instructions, but will they
  ever be able to make their own decisions?

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Robots - Good or Evil
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