Transcript Changing your idea of what robots can do

Steven Geisel
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Definitions
Google’s Robots
Boston Dynamics’ Robots
BigDog’s Technolgy
Video
New Technology
Dangers?
Questions
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Robot – A mechanical or virtually intelligent agent that
can perform tasks automatically or with guidance,
typically by remote control
◦ Usually electric machine
◦ Has some ability to interact with physical objects
◦ Given electronic programming to do specific tasks, or task
range
◦ Ability to perceive, absorb, and process data
◦ Serves a purpose, has uses
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Sub-categories of Robots
◦ Android – Robot or synthetic organism designed to look and
act like a human
◦ Cyborg (Cybernetic Organism) – A being with both biological
and artificial or robotic parts
◦ Modern Robots – A robot that has an intended use for assisting
in everyday life
◦ Military Robots – Robots intended to be used during wartime
events in order to save human lives
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Artificial Intelligence – Intelligence of machines and
the branch of Computer Sciences that aims to create it
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The study and design of intelligent agents
Gives machines the ability to become intelligent
Allows dynamic learning throughout a machines experiences
Many methods and approaches of creating artificial
intelligence including:
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Cybernetics and brain simulation
Symbolic
Behavior based
Statistical
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Googlebot – The search bot software used by Google
◦ Collects documents from the web to build a searchable index
for the Google search engine
◦ Checks index to determine the most relevant search results
◦ Three processes:
 Crawling – The process that Googlebot uses to discover new and
updated pages to be added to the Google searchable index
 Indexing – The process that Googlebot uses to add the pages found
while crawling
 Serving – The algorithm that determines how relevant the search
results are to the end user
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An un-named autonomous car was developed by Google with a
robot driver
Uses artificial intelligence software that senses anything near the
car and mimic’s the decisions made by human drivers
Robot drivers:
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React faster than humans
Can see in a 360 degree radius
Do not get distracted
Do not get sleepy
Do not get intoxicated
Dangers:
◦ Extreme liability
◦ Who gets the ticket?
◦ Humans like to drive
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Engineering company that specializes in building
dynamic robots and software for human simulation
Began as a part of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Company started in 1992
Acquires several large contracts from DARPA due to
their successful robotics engineering
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PETMAN – Anthropomorphic robot originally
intended for the use of testing chemical protection
clothing
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Has ability to walk upright on two feet
Does not need to be supported
Self-balancing
Has sensors that simulate human physiology like controlling
internal temperature, humidity and sweating
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SandFlea – A small RC car type robot developed by
Boston Dynamics for the US Army’s Rapid Equipping
Force
◦ Drives like an RC car on flat terrain, but can use its actuator to
jump up to 30 feet in the air
◦ Uses gyro stabilization to stay level during flight, ensuring a
smooth landing
◦ Able to jump up to 25 times on one charge of its batteries
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Cheetah – Four-footed robot developed by Boston
Dynamics for DARPA’s Maximum Mobility and
Manipulation program
◦ Gallops at 18 mph, setting a world record for legged robots
◦ Mimics the dynamics of actual Cheetahs running
◦ Can run on a treadmill while supported by a chain hanging
from a hook in the ceiling
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BigDog – Rough-terrain robot developed by Boston
Dynamics for the Tactical Technology Office at
DARPA
◦ Walks, runs, climbs and carries a heavy payload (300 pounds)
◦ Powered by internal engine that drives a hydraulic actuation
system
◦ About the size of a small mule, 3 feet long, 2.5 feet tall, weighs
240 pounds
◦ Utilizes a variety of sensors to balance, navigate and regulate
its energetics as conditions vary
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Onboard Computer
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PC104 stack
Pentium CPU
QNX real-time OS
Coded in C++
Custom input output interface boards
Functions performed:
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Control
Sensing
Data Collection
Communications
Electric Power Distribution
Chip allows for a new generation of “cognitive computers”,
allowing them to learn through their experiences and make
decisions about what those experiences mean.
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Science Fiction series:
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Artificially intelligent machines:
◦ Terminator Series
◦ Eagle Eye
◦ Ability to reprogram and upgrade themselves
◦ Self improvement algorithms provide the possibility of surpassing
human intelligence
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http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ans
wer=70897
http://www.bostondynamics.com/
http://www.darpa.mil/
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http://inc.ongruo.us/2010/12/29/cybernetics-in-art-and-the-mythof-the-cyborg-artist/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/08/18/ibm.brain.chi
p/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?pag
ewanted=all
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-03/video-darpascheetah-robot-sets-land-speed-record-robotic-big-cats
https://sites.google.com/site/understandai/danger