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| The robot-filled world predicted for centuries is becoming a reality. In the 26th century, robots serve in every major industry and in every stellar nation, performing programmed tasks of various levels of complexity from rote actions to advanced technical work. | The robot-filled world predicted for centuries is becoming a reality. In the 26th century, robots serve in every major industry and in every stellar nation, performing programmed tasks of various levels of complexity from rote actions to advanced technical work. | ||
| - | The science of robotics has grown ever since its origins in the 20th century. The reason for robot production appears dear. Robots do work that human beings can't do. The human body, like other organic sentient beings, is limited and even weak. Pistons and gyros can apply more force in a smaller area than an organic muscle that tires and weakens. Robots can also work in environments that would endanger human life. No one questions the use of drones in situations where the risk is high. Humans can't tolerate extreme temperature, gravity, or pressure for very long, and radiation can cripple the human body. But such obstacles can be overcome by robots, without any of the moral quandaries of cybertechnology or applied genetic manipulation. | + | The science of robotics has grown ever since its origins in the 20th century. The reason for robot production appears clear. Robots do work that human beings can't do. The human body, like other organic sentient beings, is limited and even weak. Pistons and gyros can apply more force in a smaller area than an organic muscle that tires and weakens. Robots can also work in environments that would endanger human life. No one questions the use of drones in situations where the risk is high. Humans can't tolerate extreme temperature, gravity, or pressure for very long, and radiation can cripple the human body. But such obstacles can be overcome by robots, without any of the moral quandaries of cybertechnology or applied genetic manipulation. |
| Robots also do work that humans don't want to do. Work that's repetitive, dull, or located within the loneliest outposts of space can be reliably executed by a sub-sentient robot. Without feeling, emotion, or serf-awareness, the average robot has no distaste for tasks that would drive most sentient species to boredom or even insanity. They perform in completely servile roles without complaint. Common robot models include bodyguard, colonizer, drone, mechanic, miner, and robot tank. | Robots also do work that humans don't want to do. Work that's repetitive, dull, or located within the loneliest outposts of space can be reliably executed by a sub-sentient robot. Without feeling, emotion, or serf-awareness, the average robot has no distaste for tasks that would drive most sentient species to boredom or even insanity. They perform in completely servile roles without complaint. Common robot models include bodyguard, colonizer, drone, mechanic, miner, and robot tank. | ||
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| Increasingly intelligent and independent robots may some- day be accepted as full citizens, at least in progressive nations such as the Orion League, Insight, and the Borealis Republic. There, robots are already gaining civil rights and must be treated as full citizens in many respects. They may own property, run businesses, and access public places; emancipated robots must even pay taxes. But even in the most liberal stellar nations, free robots are rare. In the rest of space, emancipated robots don't exist. They simply must accept orders from their creators-or risk depowering and reprogramming. | Increasingly intelligent and independent robots may some- day be accepted as full citizens, at least in progressive nations such as the Orion League, Insight, and the Borealis Republic. There, robots are already gaining civil rights and must be treated as full citizens in many respects. They may own property, run businesses, and access public places; emancipated robots must even pay taxes. But even in the most liberal stellar nations, free robots are rare. In the rest of space, emancipated robots don't exist. They simply must accept orders from their creators-or risk depowering and reprogramming. | ||
| - | * [[Roboticists]] | + | * [[evolution_of_robotics|Evolution of Robotics]] |
| * [[Robot Players Characters]] | * [[Robot Players Characters]] | ||
| + | * [[robot_level_adjustments|Robot Level Adjustments]] | ||
| + | * [[high_cost_of_electronic_living|The High Cost of Electronic Living]] | ||
| * [[Robot Resurrection|Robot Resurrection]] | * [[Robot Resurrection|Robot Resurrection]] | ||
| - | * [[Autonomous Robots]] | ||
| * [[NPC Robots]] | * [[NPC Robots]] | ||
| {{tag>robot canon}} | {{tag>robot canon}} | ||
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