what are the advantages of robotics in our society

 The advantages and disadvantages of the humanoid robot
Thus, humanoid robots seem to show many advantages that can be listed again:

 -The ability to replace a man when he is away is also a great advantage. This is what distinguishes the humanoid from other robots: it is able to be autonomous for several hours. This is the main purpose of a robot: to replace a man in difficult or even impossible tasks. Th1zbky9phIt is under these conditions that humanoid robots develop. Thus, we will see them appear in sectors such as war. Creating robots capable of killing is a big topic of debate. Equipping robotic weapons and instructing them to shoot anything that moves is a danger to humans. However, we see warrior robots appearing, such as the appearance of the Robotic Rodeo project, which shows an autonomous vehicle equipped with a machine gun and firing on potential targets. In areas other than the military, we can observe the appearance of robots in the building industry. This is the case of the humanoid Atlas, developed by the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); an impressive 1.8m biped capable of lifting a 10-kilogram beam and moving it over several meters. Obviously, this is only the beginning and who knows? Maybe one day he will be able to lift loads over 100 kilos.

 Collaboration between man and humanoid could increase the production of industries and improve services (the tertiary sector). This is what Fumio Kanehiro from AIST (Advanced Industries Sciences and Techonlogies) says: “A robot with a shape similar to a human can operate in an environment designed for a human being and even work in collaboration with human workers. "Designed by the French company Aldebaran, the first company robot is none other than Pepper. This robot is able to recognize facial expressions which allows it to adapt to your mood or the atmosphere of the house. To make this understanding of feelings possible Pepper has in his head 4 microphones, 2 cameras and a 3D sensor, all located in his head. But Pepper does not know that recognizing emotions, he can also keep children busy. He will have a sense of humor and will be able to get to know his user. In fact, the more time he spends with his “adoptive” family, the better he will react to the moods of the inhabitants of the house. The more he learns about the tastes of his owners, the more he will be able to surprise and entertain them. All this information will be stored in a "cloud" (backup base) common to all Aldebaran robots. Robots are finally arriving in homes and in the private sector, it will be marketed in Japan around February 2015 to go to stores but as Aldebaran says in his site "The ultimate goal of Pepper is to live with humans, stores do not are just the beginning ... "

 The humanoid has the ability to interact with humans. As explained above (see part 2), the presence of sound sensors, an algorithm and capable of producing sound. But the interaction does not stop there. The engineers developed Diego-san: a small robot with a breathtaking resemblance to a human child, it reproduces many facial expressions that men can do. Produced to look like a one year old child, it is capable of reproducing with an astonishing resemblance the emotions felt by children of this age. He is able to imitate more than a thousand facial expressions! The principle is the same for Kobian.

 A "humanoid" robot, capable of expressing seven human emotions, surprise, rapture, sadness and disgust. In addition to being able to take different poses to express his emotions, Kobian uses the motors installed in his face to move his lips, eyes and eyebrows. For example to express delight, he raises his arms above his head and opens his mouth and eyes wide. He can also walk around and exercise. A robot with software that can detect a person's feelings by the tone of their voice and interact accordingly could be of great help to the elderly. For example, he would take care of the health of the elderly, their dietary needs, and remind them when to take their medication.

 The inconvenients
-First, it’s obvious that people fear that robots will take jobs from men. If humanoids are capable of performing superhuman tasks, they will also be able to take simple human tasks such as becoming a bartender or sculptor or even painter. These three examples are not chosen in a trivial way since indeed, we can see at the city of sciences of the robots exposed quite surprising: the first is a rob

 ot server, placed on a 5.5m long rail capable of serving several types of drinks very quickly. Also, there is a robot capable of perfectly reproducing a black and white painting worthy of the greatest painters and even more precise. Finally, the last model on display is a robot sculptor capable of creating works of art very quickly by sculpting in plastic. So, seeing these models, we can wonder if the robot will not create unemployment in a society where we always need to make a profit.

 -It is obvious that not everyone can get a humanoid robot today. Given that the average price for the simplest humanoid robots that provide daily assistance, for example Nao, which is the cheapest of them, costs 12,000 euros anyway. Thus, we deduce that the price of a powerful robot is monstrous. It is therefore very rare to see humanoids in a household of a modest family. Robots are therefore sold mainly in large companies and in very well-off families if they find any use there. To this must be added the maintenance costs.

 - Robots are not able to make decisions. This can also be considered an advantage to avoid the risks of rebellion (see: the film IRobot). However, this remains a disadvantage because it limits his autonomy in an environment where he must provide assistance to man. Since the humanoid does not have a real brain, it will not have the same reaction to danger, if it does have one.

 -Moreover, looking at the evolution of humanoids, we can be afraid of a supremacy of the robots which will dominate men. Indeed the futurologist Ray Kurzweil, in his book The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology published in 2005, predicted that computers would be as intelligent as humans in 2029 and that they would be “billions of times more powerful than human intelligence” in 2045. In 2013, he confirmed his forecasts by adding that they would be much closer today. Obviously, this idea is still far from reality and remains science fiction. But do you ever know ...