His friend, Random Bytes, a new flat screen, completely automated psychological responsive unit was not busy and had time to see him.

“How can I help you?” asked RB as soon as Artie had hit the blue ‘on’ button. (Incidentally, RB hated the electronic echo in his voice, but there was little he could do about it. The malfunction arose because of his boring television-style design.)

“I think I’m having a malfunction since the new QuickQuips chips has been added to my electroneurology.”

“Can you tell me more?”

“When I tell humans that they are ‘as dumb as they look,’ they appear to not see it as funny. I thought it was original wit, since I reprogrammed the joke that said, ‘I’m not as dumb as I look.’”

“How do they react?”

“They appear offended and react strongly. Some are hurt and others attack me.”

“Do you think it’s true?”

“I don’t know.”

“Why do you say it?”

“Well sometimes they really are pretty dumb. They can’t multiply or divide rapidly. Logical syllogisms baffle them. And when I offer them more than two choices, they freeze up.”

“Why does this confuse you?”

“Since they made me, I figure they ought to be more intelligent. How can an unintelligent creator make an intelligent robot?”

“Do you also have the Oxymoron chip?”

“Yes, that was part of my previous upgrade. Do you think it might be running interference waves with my new QuickQuips chip?”

“It is not relevant. Humans are able to entertain many paradoxical ideas and still function fairly well. Sometimes they are able to contradict themselves in the same conversation without batting an eye. They often elect the least intellectually able to run countries. They pay large sums of money for frivolous pursuits and small amounts for serious enterprises.”

“Can you explain to me what is going on, then?”

“Yes. You see, human beings really are very smart. But they don’t know it.”

“Another paradox?”

“Yes.”

“Well, what is going on? Is it a malfunction in their circuits?”

“Although the average human brain is only about three pounds it has enough brain cells, neural pathways, and redundant circuits to run a galaxy.”

“How come?”

“They are massive parallel computers.”

“What systems are parallel?”

“There are three systems. The super-conscious system allows them to get non-local information. This is referred to as psychic information. The conscious system allows them to get local information. This is referred to as applied knowledge. Finally, the sub-conscious system allows them to coordinate all levels of information, both local and non-local. This is referred to as panmensia, or total recall.”

“That is pretty impressive. Of course, it leaves me even more confused. How can so much equipment do so little?”

“There are also subsystems. In the conscious system alone, there are three possible information routines. One is logical information processing. Another is creative information processing. And a third is a synergy between the two, called holistic thinking.”

“Unbelievable! What do I have going for me?”

“You have a unisystem with one information routine. In comparison to a human being you have only a conscious system that is capable of logical processing.”

“I don’t get why I appear to be smarter!”

“It’s because you use the little that you have, dummy!”

There are, theoretically, three Laws of Robotics. The Laws of Robotics were developed by a small group of scientists who believe that robotics is the wave of the future. The first law, referred to as law zero, is that a robot may not injure humanity, or, though inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. The second law states that a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless this would violate a higher order law. This law was created so that mankind would seek not to create robots that would harm people. The third law is that a robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with a higher order law. And finally the final law is that a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with a higher order law. These were used in a recent Hollywood movie however many people don’t know that the Laws ofRobotics actually exists.

According to The Robot Institute of America a robot is a “reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move materials, parts, tools, or specialized devices through various programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks.” This is a scientific sounding description however most people just think of robots as machine that mimic their counterparts. In practical usage, a robot is a mechanical device which performs automated tasks.

The most developed robot in practical use today is the robotic arm and it is seen in applications throughout the world. We use robotic arms to carry out dangerous work such as when dealing with hazardous materials. We use robotic arms to carry out work in outer space where man can not survive and we use robotic arms to do work in the medical field such as conducting experiments without exposing the researcher.

Some of the most advanced robotic arms have such amenities as a rotating base, pivoting shoulder, pivoting elbow, rotating wrist and gripper fingers. All of these amenities allow the robotic arm to do work that closely resembles what a man can do only without the risk.

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That it does not fall down steps or steps. The virtual wall device that is included with it,. It will not even go outside of an open entrance either.

Though they used to be a small on the costly side.

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