Archive for January, 2009

World of Tomorrow

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Artificial intelligence is becoming a reality and an increasingly important element in the development of robotics. In the dawning years of the 21st century, artificial intelligence has provided the heavy lifting for some of the most difficult problems in computer science. John McCarthy, who coined the term, defined artificial intelligence as “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.” Is human created machine intelligence possible? While in the word “intelligence” in the world of industrial robots is a relative term, the ability for machines to make the correct decisions based on computerized programming is becoming a reality, transforming the field of robot industrial and revolutionizing the industry.

Algorithms are being designed and developed to enable computers to “learn.” Through inductive learning, machines can extract rules, patterns and conclusions out of massively complicated data sets at a level superior to human capabilities. It’s becoming increasingly essential in the science of robot industrial control, offering robotics the necessary inspection capabilities to ensure quality on the production line.

“Intelligence” in robotics is achieved through a search of all possible solutions, as reasoning is literally reduced to a computerized search. Robotic algorithms enable moving limbs and grasping objects to use localized searches in realizing configuration space, increasing the adaptability of a limb to the suitability of the job as it “learns” how to operate in a variety of spaces.

Artificial intelligence can also be employed in robotics to instill machine vision, enabling computers to engage digital photography and other imaging processing software to perform quality checks on the product. This enables machines to conduct visual inspections at a high-speed, automatic 24-hour duration with a standardized repeatability of measurements. Traditionally, humans employed in this realm suffer a high degree of failure due to natural distraction, sickness and other debilitating factors. Computers offer calculated quality that’s as reliable as the mathematical properties on which they are based.

As decision-making capabilities based on data become more computerized, robotics becomes all the more viable in the manufacturing process. Through the science of robot industrial technology, we are building a world of tomorrow, creating sustainable manufacturing processes that reliably produce quality at an affordable, quantified cost.

You Can Find Technology Almost Anywhere Today

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Los Angeles has one of the most disturbed public water systems in the country. Disturbed because the infrastructure has been compromised from outside forces including land settling, plant life intrusions, and the after effects of quake damage that goes unseen until a blockage or break is realized. As an increase in defect notification goes out to plumbers in Los Angeles, professional plumbing and mechanical workers bring new tools with them that are able to save more of the system from damage.

Fiber Optic Technologies.

Before fiber optics, plumbers would excavate large sections of good water system parts to correct a problem. Now that the use of fiber optics by any Los Angeles plumber is more common in residential and commercial service calls, the need for large scale demolition and repair of local water systems has been lowered. Because the effectiveness of this newly adapted procedure gives plumbers everywhere the ability to pinpoint the location of a break or disturbance. Looking into the future, more new tools are becoming available to this specialized service in the form of robotic repairs which can be initiates on-site, at the time of recognition. These tools will save 100’s of miles of Los Angeles infrastructure from being destroyed just to be repaired.

Los Angeles, California

As Los Angeles, California leads the way in initiatives for maintaining public water supply and systems, the rest of the country is benefiting from this same technology. Each year there are revelations as to the effectiveness of one new tool over the other. The need to manage the systems we have while we improve on the way we interact with our resources will continue to create new programs for a Los Angeles plumber to be a part of the solution to a growing environmental issue. Protecting the environment has a lot to do with protecting our water supplies and the development of wastewater protocols for local governments to follow across the United States, and in California.