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Summary/Reader Response Draft #1(Firefighting Robots)

  The article "Firefighting robots go autonomous" (Little.2021), discussed the capabilities of these robots and the benefits of these machines. With more than 350,000 American homes burning annually and climate change contributing to 10,000 active daily wildfires worldwide. Robots can offer some respite to firefighters entering blazing buildings or traversing steep mountains. Over 3000 Americans die from fires annually, which includes an average of 80 firefighters (Little. 2021). With technological advancement, firefighters are now equipped with robots to aid their work. The Los Angeles City Fire Department can be seen using robots to aid them, one of the robots is the Robot System 3 (RS3). The $300,000 RS3 was funded by the American Firefighting Foundation, the unit is capable of blasting water 10 times the rate of a conventional fire hose and has four cameras that can show where the water is being sprayed and thermal sensory capability that can detect victims (Little,2021)....

Draft 2: Summary (readers responds)

  The article "Firefighting robots go autonomous" by Jane Braxton Little.2021, discussed the capabilities of these robots and the benefits of these machines. With more than 350,000 American homes burning annually and climate change contributing to 10,000 active daily wildfires worldwide. Robots can offer some respite to firefighters entering blazing buildings or traversing steep mountains. Over 3000 Americans die from fires annually, which includes an average of 80 firefighters (Little. 2021). With technological advancement, firefighters are now equipped with robots to aid their work. The Los Angeles City Fire Department can be seen using robots to aid them, one of the robots is the Robot System 3 (RS3). The $300,000 RS3 was funded by the American Firefighting Foundation, the unit is capable of blasting water 10 times the rate of a conventional fire hose and has four cameras that can show where the water is being sprayed and thermal sensory capability that can detect victims ...

Summary draft1

The article "Fire fighting robots go autonomous" by   Jane Braxton Little  .2021, discussed the capabilities of these particular robots and the benefits of these machines. With more than 350,000 American homes burning annually and climate change contributing to 10,000 active daily wildfires worldwide. Robots can offer some respite to firefighters entering blazing buildings or traversing steep mountains. Over 3000 Americans die from fires annually, which includes an average of 80 firefighters (Scientific American. 2019) . With technological advancement , firefighters are now equipped with robots to aid their work . The Los Angeles City Fire Department can be seen using robots to aid them, one of the robots is the Robot System 3 (RS3). The $300,000 RS3 was funded by the American Firefighting Foundation, the unit is capable of blasting water 10 times the rate of a conventional fire hose, and has four cameras which have the ability to show where the water is being sprayed an...

Self introduction of myself

Subject: self introduction of myself Dear Professor Brad, My name is Lee Wei En, and the purpose of this email is to introduce myself. I received a diploma in mechatronics engineering from Temasek Polytechnic in 2020, and I'm currently enrolled in SIT's mechanical engineering program. After my internship I started to develop an interest in engineering. In order to land on a higher-paying job, my father wanted me to major in engineering. The interest of engineering did not become apparent to me until I completed an internship at Liebherr Singapore. There, I discovered how engineers use a variety of engineering skills to improve systematic ways to check products for quality before passing them on to customers. My interest grew after that and decided to continue studying to advance my engineering capabilities. My outgoing personality, which enables me to express myself in front of others, is a strength of mine. But only when I'm speaking Chinese. My weakness is that I read...

Unit 1 ,Task 5.2( How do you see communication and critical thinking impacting your future role as a leader in the workplace.)

I believed that good communication skills and critical thinking are essential to be a leader in the workplace. According to pulse research from whitepaper from the Project Management Institute’s, effective communication with all stakeholders is the most important success factor in project management. According to the report, US$75 million  is at risk for every US$1 billion spent on a project. This is also supported by IDC in a 2008 whitepaper. According to 2008 whitepaper by IDC, there is a loss of an estimated 37 billion in businesses in the United states (US) and United kingdom(UK) due to employee misunderstanding and poor communication. Hence, as a leader, I need to convey the correct message in order not to create misunderstanding which is a chain effect that cost unnecessary losses to the company and will affect the decision of stakeholders and investors. Critical Thinking for leaders is to evaluate their judgment and how their decisions affect the outcomes of the company. The...

paraphrasing of Gilbert Amelio statement

Original statment from Gilbert Amelio "Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter." Gilbert Amelio, former President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp According to former president and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp, developing communication skills is essential to get the correct message and emotions across to the receiving parties. it is important for a leader to convey the correct message, in order not to cause a misunderstanding. The leader choice of words is how he/she present.  I t must be able to captivate and motivate the receiving parties, in order for them to act upon his/her words. It will be a waste of effort if no one understands and doesn’t do what he/she conveyed.