The Dark Shadow Shrine: Robotics

For robotics (applicable as eg to qn on Sci and Tech), think of:
-take care of elderly in ageing population societies
-industrial use to replace human labour
-exoskeleton suit worn by man can help him carry heavy load, see pic in article 2b below (if u have seen the movie 'Edge of Tomorrow', Tom Cruise wore a similar exo-suit into the battlefield)
-help paralysed or wheelchair-bound patients to walk
-robotic precision surgery (smaller or no scar, recover faster)
-drone technology in war (no human casualty)
- carry out repair work in hazardous environment (eg Fukushima reactors, under the sea oil spill in Gulf of Mexico some years back)

Note in article 2a below the 'robot strategy' which will be part of the 'third arrow' growth strategy by Japan PM Abe.

Note the Singapore example in article 1 below where robotics may apply….as well as the limitation due to cost.

Qn: Discuss how robotics contribute to the modern world. (RI CT2 2014)