Summary

In this final chapter of this book, we summarized our journey through robotics and AI. We talked about robotics as a career and discussed AI robotics as a profession. I brought up some issues regarding the future of AI, both real and imaginary. Drones and self-driving cars are real; robots taking jobs from humans or taking over the world is imaginary, at least in my opinion. I talked about robots and AI not having needs, and thus lacking the motivation, pressure, or even capability to evolve. Finally, we talked about risk in AI and how to recognize it. I hope that this information gives you some guidance in your interest in robotics and AI and provides some insider information from a practitioner in this area.

Now that we’re almost at the end of this book, I want to thank you for coming on this journey with me. I hope you have learned something along the way, even if it is just to know more questions to ask. I encourage you to dive in and build your own robot, learn...