For over three decades, we have watched scientific fiction television programs like Giant Robot to the movie series ‘The Terminator’ portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger which depict the never ending fight between “the good” and “the bad”. However, Hollywood sci-fi films ‘The Terminator’ to ‘Transcendence’, have taught us not to trust robots.

Science versus Fiction

   We can also recollect several scenarios from science fiction, as well as by hype and wild speculation from the world’s media, about the anticipated era of robotics. We are deeply concerned that robots may steal all our jobs and spy on us. We imagine that they will arrive in vast armies ready to alter forever life as we know it. The reality is, of course, quite different. Exciting as it is, robotics technology seems to be arriving slowly but surely in cautious and well-considered stages.

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