DoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?
Whenwewatchmovieaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobots.TheyareusuallyjustlikehumanServants.Theyhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.
Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Forexample,theycanhelptobuildcars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragainFewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsinthefuturebecausetheyareboring,butrobotswillnevergetbored.
Somescientistsbelievedthattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.Scientistsarenowtryingtomakerobotslooklikehumansanddothesamethingsasus.SomerobotsinJapancanevenwalkanddance.Thesefilmsofrobotsarefuntowatch.ButscientistJamesWhitethinksthatitwillbedifficultforarobottodothesamethingsasaperson.Forexample,itiseasyforchildrentowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Mr.Whitethinksthatrobotswon'tbeabletodothis.Butsomescientistsdisagree.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.
Newrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes.Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmightlooklikesnakes.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,snakerobotswillbeabletohelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Thatmaynotseempossiblenow,butcomputersandrocketsseemedimpossible100yearsago.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture!