One of the most interesting things I learnt in the first few years of my artificial intelligence degree was that intelligence can be present in a design in many different ways.
The example given by the lecturer ran as such: imagine you were trying to build a robot horse. The ground it has to deal with is pitted with burrow holes — how do you stop the robot tripping? One way would be to develop a sophisticated vision system which can recognise holes from solid ground, and a complex movement system to dodge them. Or you could just give the robot bigger feet! A small amount of intelligence from the designer can save a huge amount of processing power that would otherwise be required by the entity itself.
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The example given by the lecturer ran as such: imagine you were trying to build a robot horse. The ground it has to deal with is pitted with burrow holes — how do you stop the robot tripping? One way would be to develop a sophisticated vision system which can recognise holes from solid ground, and a complex movement system to dodge them. Or you could just give the robot bigger feet! A small amount of intelligence from the designer can save a huge amount of processing power that would otherwise be required by the entity itself.
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Robotic camel riders are ready to race
Bionic suit offers wearers super-strength
I want a robot exoskeleton!
Bionic suit offers wearers super-strength
I want a robot exoskeleton!
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Edit: when you power him off, he does 'malfunctioning robot' actions and then says "Rosebud..." 8^) |
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I've finally got a competition-ready version of my judo-playing robot finished! Yay! She's named Kirika, and she's going to be fighting other robots at http://cyberboticspc1.epfl.ch/contest/index.php starting at 1:00 tomorrow. Watch her fight and stand in awe of my fearsome AI-programming prowess! (Maybe.)
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