What is a Cyborg?

A Cyborg (also called a semi-robot) is an "electronically controlled organism", that is, a creature that is half human and half robot. The combination of humans and intelligent machines, which have the advantages of both, has become a Cyborg, which has been one of the goals of the development of modern technology.

Cyborg

(Electronically controlled organisms)

A Cyborg (also called a semi-robot) is an "electronically controlled organism", that is, a creature that is half human and half robot. The combination of humans and intelligent machines, which have the advantages of both, has become a Cyborg, which has been one of the goals of the development of modern science and technology.

In a sense, semi-robots are not a new concept because humans have been improving themselves through engineering products. For example, a veteran with wooden legs, or a modern patient with a pacemaker due to heart failure can be called a semi-robot.

Chinese name

Semi-robot

Foreign name

Cyborg

maker

Cyberdyne Japan

Explanation

Electronically controlled organism

Nerve control prosthesis

In less than 10 years after 2000, the US Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency's "Revolutionary Prosthetics" program has transformed many of the world's most advanced prosthetics, such as the robotic arm developed by DEKA.

The era of industrial robots began in the 1970s. Since then, Japan s robot development technology has been a world leader. Today, this technology has reached the highest level in the world. Honda Giken Industries Co., Ltd. successfully developed a humanoid robot (ie, a bipedal upright walking robot) P2 machine and its successor Amoi Robot (2000) in 1996, which aroused widespread concern in the development of robots. In 1999, AIBO, a pet robot developed by Sony Corporation, entered the consumer market, and in fact began to form a robot market. At the Aichi World Expo held in 2005, up to 70 types of robots appeared on the stage and performed various operations.

The so-called biochemical electronic human technology is nothing more than a biological robot technology. HAL, which is successfully developed using biological robot technology, is a robot that can be worn on the body, so it is called robot clothing. It is the world s first human-machine integrated system ^[6] . HAL has a random control function that can act according to the will of the person (that is, the wearer), and also has a mechanical self-discipline control function. It makes the human nervous system and the musculoskeletal system and the robot into an integrated structure, as a part of the human body Play the corresponding function. Your body moves according to the movement instructions sent by the brain to the musculoskeletal system. When the body moves, a weak biopotential signal overflows to the surface of the skin. HAL means that when the biopotential signal on the skin surface is measured, it passes The power device installed in the joints works. In other words, the actions of people (that is, the wearer), such as standing, sitting, walking, and lifting heavy objects, are all supported by the HAL. HAL forms an exoskeleton structure that carries loads such as mechanical bodies and carry objects. Therefore, the wearer can hardly feel the weight and can lift the usual heavy objects.

Advances in technology have expanded the functions of the human body. However, will humans abandon their own evolution due to advances in technology? This is a question that the author often ponders. However, we can also say that supplementing human functions with advanced technology is exactly the development intention of HAL. For example, because humans have mobile phones, they have the ability to obtain remote information at any time. Humans have chosen the path of coexistence with technology, trying to realize human evolution in another form.

So how do humans survive and evolve with technology? Here, there is a topic on how to establish a harmonious and interdependent relationship between humans and technology. It can be said that the development of HAL is a discussion of this topic.

No matter how the use of technology has a sense of human nature, if the coordination relationship between humans and technology cannot be established, many technologies will be rejected and rejected by humans psychologically or physiologically. The biochemical electronic man appearing in science fiction may be called a combination of man and machine. In this sense, HAL can be said to be a challenge to the technology of biochemical electronic man. It tries to integrate the human and technology and Interdependence and coexistence to expand human functions.