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Covid has reset relations between people and robots
The new crown epidemic has reshaped the relationship between people and robots
Robots have been around for six decades or so. Originally, they were simple devices which did as they were told, working on assembly lines in, well, a robotic manner. Now the pace of automation is likely to accelerate.
Robots have been around for sixty years or so. Initially, they were very simple devices that followed human instructions and worked mechanically on an assembly line. Now, the pace of automation may be accelerating.
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Covid-19 has created social changes which look likely to endure. Millions around the world have quit their jobs. These so-called lifestyle choices about which jobs to do, together with creating supply chains and a boom in e-commerce, have left warehouses and many other businesses struggling to recruit workers.
The social changes caused by the new coronavirus look likely to be here to stay. Millions of people around the world have quit their jobs. People's so-called "lifestyle choices" related to career choices, combined with shaky supply chains and booming e-commerce, have made it difficult for warehouses and many other businesses to find workers.
And the bots are getting better. In factories, they are going to work alongside people, equipped with advanced sensors and machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence.
And the robots are getting better. Better. In factories, they will be equipped with advanced sensors and machine learning capabilities (a form of artificial intelligence) to work alongside people.
Such robots will increasingly help out in other places too, including hospitals, and in roles, such as caring for an aging society — which, post-covid, has got used to a more techno future for health care , with "telemedicine" via remote doctors and health-monitoring mobile-phone apps.***
Such robots will play an increasingly important role and can be provided in places like hospitals Support, they can also take on new roles, such as taking care of an aging society. After all, people are now accustomed to thinking that medical care will usher in a higher-tech future after the epidemic is over. By then, doctors and Mobile apps that monitor health conditions will enable "telemedicine."
The rise of robots makes some people fear for their jobs and ask how they will earn a living. In many industries it is less a desire to reduce labor costs that is driving automation than the sheer difficulty of recruiting flesh -and-blood workers.*** Indeed, instead of destroying jobs, robots can create them by making businesses more efficient, allowing firms to expand.
The rise of robots has some people worried about their jobs and thinking Know how they will make a living. And in many industries, automation is driven less by the desire to reduce labor costs than by the difficulty of recruiting flesh-and-blood workers. In fact, robots will not reduce human job opportunities, but can create job opportunities by improving corporate efficiency, allowing companies to expand.
Although experts believe robots will enhance human capability, one problem is that regulation lags behind technology. It seems an awful lot of meetings lie ahead for roboticists and regulators to determine how machines and people will work together.
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While experts believe robots will augment human capabilities, one problem is that regulation lags behind the technology. For robotics experts and regulators, it looks like there are still a lot of meetings to be held to figure out how machines and humans can work together.
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reset
/?ri?set/
v. (when the computer is not working properly) restart; reset, restore, reset
Collocation phrase: to reset the router
assembly
/?sem.bli/
n. Assembly; assembly
Collocation phrase: assembly instructions
automation
/?ɑ?.tme?.?n/
n. automation
accelerate
/?k?sel.?.e?t/
v. (to speed up, (to) increase; to promote; to advance, (to promote) to happen as early as possible
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Root affix: celer (equivalent to swift, rapid, meaning "fast")
Example: Exposure to the sun can accelerate the aging process.
endure< /p>
/?n?d?r/
v. Continuous; lasting
Related words: during (prep. during...)
< p> English definition: to lastCollocation phrase: a happy marriage that endured 50 years
Synonymous phrase: an enduring marriage
creak
/kri?k/
v. (door, floor, etc.) creaking
Example: The door creaked open.
sensor
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n. sensor
Related words: sense (v. feel, perceive)
Root Affix: -or (person (or thing) of...)
help out
Help, help out of trouble
Word meaning analysis: help, help out< /p>
Compared with help, help out is more commonly used in less formal situations to express help, especially when someone is in trouble, such as: "My friends helped me out when I needed the money. (My friends helped me when I needed the money. )"
telemedicine
/?tel.?med.?.s?n/
n. Telemedicine
Root affix : tele- (distance)
Synonyms: telehealth
earn a living
Make a living
Synonyms: make a living
p>Example: My father makes a living as a photographer.
Related phrases: scrape / scratch a living (barely maintain life)
sheer
/?r/
adj. complete, thorough
Word meaning analysis: sheer, complete
The English meaning of sheer is: complete and not mixed with anything else, so the meanings of these two words overlap, but sheer emphasizes purity more and is usually used for emphasis.
Example: The standup show was sheer laughter.
flesh-and-blood
/fle nd bl?d/
adj . Flesh and blood, flesh and blood
Related words: flesh and blood
Example: It was more than flesh and blood can bear.
Related words: sb's own flesh and blood
Example: How can he treat his own flesh and blood that way?
efficient
/?f?.?nt/< /p>
adj. Efficient
Word meaning analysis: efficient, effective
Efficient means "efficient", effective means "effective"; they both come from nouns Effect; however, efficient emphasizes the process, and the efficiency in the process is high; for example, My new computer is much faster and more efficient than the old one. My new computer is much faster and more efficient than the old one. And effective puts more emphasis on the results, which can achieve the expected desired results; for example: The drugs are effective against cancer. This drug is effective in treating cancer.
regulation
/?reɡ.j?le?.?n/
n. Regulation, system
Collocation phrase: comply with the regulations
Collocation phrases: under … regulations
lag
/l?ɡ/
v. Lag; behind< /p>
Parts of speech expansion: lag (n. (interval between two things), delay)
Collocation phrase: jet lag (jet lag)
Related vocabulary : time difference (time difference)
Collocation phrase: lag behind
Example: The company has lagged behind its competitors in developing new products.
awful
/?ɑ?.f?l/
adj. huge; many; bad, very bad
lie ahead
will happen
roboticist
/?ro?.bɑ?t?s?st/
n. roboticist
related Vocabulary: robotic (adj. robot)
Root affix: -ist (...person)
regulator
/?reɡ.j?.le? .t?/
n. Manager; supervisor
Related words: regulate (v. control; supervision)
Root affix: -or (… ...people)