......................1 Ethics in Robotics: Gianmarco Veruggio‚ Fiorella Operto: Roboethics: a Bottom-up Interdisciplinary Discourse in the Field of Applied Ethics in Robotics .......................2 Peter M. Asaro: What Should We Want From a Robot Ethic? ...............................................................................................9 Alistair S. Duff: Neo-Rawlsian Co-ordinates: Notes on A Theory of Justice for the Information Age ...................................... 17 John
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fiction movies have depicted robots as very sophisticated machines built by humans to perform complex operations‚ to work with humans in safe critical missions‚ in hostile environments‚ or more often to pilot and control spaceships in galactic travels. At the same time‚ however‚ intelligent robots have also been depicted as dangerous machines‚ capable of working against man through wicked plans. In the Terminator the view of the future is even more catastrophic: robots will become intelligent and
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The study of robot kinematics‚ require a unified methodology to identify the variables of a robot’s or manipulator’s joints and links. Co-ordinate Frames Robotic kinematics depends on the use of right handed cartesian frames of reference. Manipulator Geometry A manipulator consists of two types of joints‚ connected by a link. Link A link is a solid mechanical structure which connects two joints. The main purpose of a link is to maintain a fixed relationship between the joints at
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Sometimes a character‚ one that is barely mentioned in the novel‚ can be an integral part of the novel itself one who brings out one of the novel ’s main themes. Kurtz is one such example in Joseph Conrad ’s Heart of Darkness. The mystery in this novel is mainly about a character named Kurtz whom Marlow desires to meet and speak with. Kurtz‚ like many others‚ changes due to overexposure in the African jungle. But even after Marlow meets with Kurtz‚ Kurtz is still a mystery to Marlow and to Conrad
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English 101 student Michael Mitchell English 101 27 March 2013 A Blessing in Disguise My family had planned a trip to telluride‚ Colorado‚ for spring break. I had been anticipating it for months and it finally came. We packed the car with all of our suitcases and strapped our skis and snowboards to the top of the car. I hopped in the car‚ put on my headphones‚ and got prepared for the long journey that awaited. We drove a total of seven hours on roads that snaked through mountains and roads
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Costume: Traditional Itneg Costume Musical Instrument: Gangsa Formation: Partners stand opposite each other about six feet apart. The girl stands at the right side of the boy facing the audience. This may be danced by two to five couples. Properties: Square bilao‚ six feet long bamboo stick‚ malong and a white linen sash hung over the left shoulders of the female dancers. Carinosa - Costume: The girl wears Balintawak Style costume or Patadyong and Camisa‚ while the boy wears Barong tagalog and
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How and why does Shakespeare use disguise to develop the comedy of 12th night? The use of disguise features throughout 12th night. As the play is a comedy it has to involve certain conventions such as green worlds and confusion‚ the inclusion of disguise allows Shakespeare to generate comedy and a positive response from the audience as well as making the conventions of comedy easier to include in the play. Shakespeare includes his first use of disguise early on in the play (A1:S2) where Viola
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William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew uses several characters to show the meaning of disguise‚ and to conceal one’s true self. The production starts off with a drunken fool tricked into believing he is of nobility. Upon his sudden thrust into wealth and power‚ Christopher Sly also inherits a “wife”. The wife is actually a man disguised as a women‚ and it makes Sly come to terms of realization that he is in fact noble. Shakespeare uses Christopher Sly in order to provide the insight that Sly may
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One of the main concerns of many Shakespearean scholars is that of the role of women and issues of gender which are explored in a number of his texts. Numerous questions are raised when exploring Shakespeare’s heroines‚ for example: why has he chosen a female protagonist‚ given that he is writing in a predominantly patriarchal time period; how does he manipulate Renaissance gender constructions in order to convey his message; how is the patriarchal attitude explored through the women in the text;
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The Lower Class Wears a Disguise Based on the Painting "Tobacco Settlers on a Hilltop" by Stephen Alke Cleaning‚ assembling‚ picking-labor. Our abilities extend to everything you could ever imagine. We take care of it all. We must. Who else will? We are the minions who run the world. You may boast about your profession. Perhaps your dreams are achieved‚ your life complete. We too had dreams. But the ever-pulsing backstage is a whirlpool. Dreams become driftwood. Deprived and depressed
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