Steven Petrov
The Paw Print
The company has gained a patent for the manufacturing of “personal robots”
We have all watched the Hollywood science fiction movies, depicting how in the not too distant future robots could be an inseparable part of our everyday lives and day-to-day activities. Have you ever imagined that you could have your own personal robot housekeeper at home that could represent a famous person or a relative that passed away? I know it sounds crazy, but Google has launched its new innovative initiative in the manufacturing of such robots that will have general applications in our everyday lives. The company has earned the patent for the designing of the so-called “personal robots.” The world’s largest search engine, and a prominent hi-tech developer and innovator, Google, claims that they can recreate a certain famous individual or a dear friend of us, depending on the customer’s preference.
The robot will acquire and use information from our mobile devices, including access to our Event Calendar, text messages, the conversations and the history of our web browsing in order to be able to more accurately determine what type of people we are and how it could fulfill all of our requirements and needs. Even though it sounds somewhat creepy and unnatural to have a machine essentially “spying” on every single activity you undertake, it could definitely prove to be helpful in offering alternative and different solutions to any potential problems that might arise during the day, as well as offer the most adequate and appropriate entertainment form according to the person’s current mood. One of the robots most interesting and unique features, however would definitely be its ability to be programmed to recreate real people. It could take the person’s character and any specific personal traits that the individual might have and recreate a really accurate representation. Google gives numerous examples on how the robot can study the human behavior to such an extent that, if let’s say you are struggling to get up in the morning and the alarm is going off for a fourth consecutive time, the robot may decide that you might need a cup of coffee. In other scenarios the machine could remind you that it is going to rain outside, if it knows that you hate the rain; pick your outfit for the day based on the weather outside and your personal preferences; remind you to not forget your keys.
Another extremely interesting and innovative function that these robots will have is the ability that the user will have to argue with his robot if it has done something wrong. If for example the robot has made you a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, but you are allergic to peanut butter you could express your obvious dissatisfaction with the robot’s service, which would lead to a serious change in the robot’s behavior, and it will always recognize that it has made a mistake.
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