What Role Will Robots Play in Our Future?

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Word of the Day: therapeutic robot

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“Disruptions: Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care for the Aging,”

"Robot helpers are on the rise"

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Question of the Day: Do you imagine a future where robots are ubiquitous, the way TVs and computers are now? Will robots work in our factories, fight in our wars, teach our children and care for our elderly? Or is that just science fiction?

What role will robots play in the future?

• What role will robots play in our future? Will robots be in every home, the way we now have TVs and computers? Will they work in our factories, fight in our wars, teach our children and care for our elderly?
• Do you interact with any robots in your life already?
• Do you think robots will bring more benefits or downsides? Why?
• Will robots of the future have human qualities, like a sense of touch, the ability to learn, feelings and emotions?
• Are there certain tasks or roles that we should not let robots do — that would be unethical or irresponsible on our part?
• Do you think robots should be designed to care for the elderly, as described in the article?
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GONCHAR, MICHAEL. "What Role Will Robots Play in Our Future?." Student Opinion | What Role Will Robots Play in Our Future? - NYTimes.com. n.p., n.d. Web. 12 March 2014. http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/what-role-will-robots-play-in-our-future/?_php=tru….

 
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A Study of Human–Robot Interaction in a Collaborative Task
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Robots Are Not Killing Jobs, Says a Roboticist

Daily Objectives: 

• Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 80% on writing rubric.
• Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
• Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 80% on writing rubric.
• Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 80% or better.

Daily Objectives:  Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.

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Word of the Day: Karel

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Daily Objectives:  Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.