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The
Humanoid Race:
Rise of the Machines
Like never before, technology can
bring imagination to life. The question is what will we conceive? For
decades, popular culture has been enthralled with the possibility of
robots that act and look like humans. The possibility is now more of a
reality since the past decade has seen numerous advances in technology
that have aided in the development of a race of beings rivaling human
beings. These beings will one day work and function as normal members
of society just as humans. These “beings” will be modeled after
humans; having feeling, intelligent, and reason. So where are they?
The forerunners are here already. With the ever increasing new
technologies discovered every day, humans will combine automation with
innovation to create the ultimate companion: the Humanoid Robots. We
are promised by film, fiction and television that humanoids will cook
for us, clean for us, become our best friends, teach our children, and
even fall in love with us. Recently, the media has covered a
surprising number of new humanoid robots emerging on the commercial
market. Like many new technologies, these early generations of
commercially available humanoids are costly curiosities, useful for
entertainment, but little else. Yet, in time, they will accomplish a
wide variety of tasks in homes, battlefields, nuclear plants,
government installations, factory floors, and even space stations.
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