This blog post by an engineer that goes by the name of MechE, describes a technology known as Autonomous robots. He describes this technology as: "intelligent machines capable of performing tasks in unstructured environments without explicit or continuous human control over their movements" (MechE, 2008). Even though this is old news, it is still rather astounding that there is technology that can work itself. These robots are also being used in all fields of science including biology and neuroscience: " The overall goals of the activity are to develop high-performance, human-centered robotic systems to serve as physical platforms for validating biological models" (MechE, 2008). They are working on more advanced robotics to replace most people in a workplace which is can be both a positive and negative thing. Positively, having more robots can mean more efficient work without human error in less amounts of time. However, this also means many people will be out of a job due to the decrease of jobs in the workplace.
I find it very interesting that engineers still have to time to blog and share various information to the public. They probably blog and take time out of their busy day so that they reflect on different things they find out during the day and so they can reflax from their busy day. This can also benefit many other engineers, helping them find out about new technology and reading up on different subjects that can help them in their career.
