So, just when exactly are the T-800s and the WALL-Es going to be running around ?
(hopefully for us, the T-800s no time soon)
I remember taking a robotics course back during my studies in the early 2000′s, and the autonomous specific-purpose line-following 4-wheeled Number 5 ancestor that resulted from putting together a PCB, a servo, some amateur welding, some sloppy microprogramming and a lot of enthusiasm, was quite far away from David.
Nevertheless, the strong willed sheldons of the world continue to close the gap between science fiction and reality, and every once in a while, some results popup which certainly raise my eyebrows.
I recently stumbled upon the “Space & Robots” lecture given at the singularity university by NASA astronaut Dan Barry.
The entire presentation does a great job on briefly discussing adaptiveness, robotics and A.I., but what caught my eye were the various examples of current-day efforts in robotics, and specially these two:
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Singularity University
