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• Giving robots human qualities

  Marcelo Kallmann, an assistant professor of computer science at UC Merced's School of Engineering, is researching ways to enhance the artificial intelligence of computers to include mimicking humanlike movements. The idea is for computers to event... Read more
  Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:59 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial intelligence, Robotics

• Will robots ever become just like humans?

  The development of humanoid robots today focuses on three major areas: control of manipulators, biped locomotion, and interaction with humans. ... Read more
  Posted Monday, December 25, 2006 6:20 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial intelligence, Robotics

• Researchers unveil a self-aware robot

  Scientists have created a four-legged robot resembling a starfish that can sense damage to its body and, on its own, think up a way to recover, such as limping to favor an injured leg. It generated on its own a new concept of its structure, accur... Read more
  Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 9:09 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial intelligence, Robotics, Consciousness

• Vision-body link tested in robot experiments

  "Embodied cognition" experiments involving real and simulated robots suggest that the relationship between physical movement and sensory input could be crucial to developing more intelligent machines. ... Read more
  Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:53 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial intelligence, Robotics, Robots

• Antisocial robots go to finishing school

  Robots will need emotional capabilities if they are to cooperate smoothly and flexibly with humans in our residential environments, says Shuji Hashimoto, director of the humanoid robotics centre at Waseda University. One method: sensors worn by th... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:09 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial intelligence, Robotics

• Experimental AI Powers Robot Army

  The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing software that lets robots learn, walk, see and interact far more intelligently than ever before. Based in Stephen Thaler's Creativity Machine software, the software is a type of neural network with t... Read more
  Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:49 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial intelligence, Robotics, Military robots