intelligent robots. what do you think of when you hear robot? lecture 1rcps
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Intelligent Robots
What do you think of when you hear robot?
Lecture 1 RCPS
Definition of robot
From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 1. A machine that looks like a human being and performs
various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; also a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized; and also an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically
2. A device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks
3. A mechanism guided by automatic controls
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What do robots do?
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Early Robots
1956 – first commercial robot company, Unimation, founded
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Robots as Explorers
1997- First planetary rover lands on Mars
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Spirit
Robots as Drivers
2005 – Stanford’s Stanley drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas without human assistance
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What is Intelligence?
Property of the mind– Reasoning– Planning– Solving problems– Thinking abstractly– Comprehending ideas– Using language– Learning
Reflects a capacity to understand our surroundings
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Exhibiting Intelligence
Search for solutions to problems that are difficult for people to solve
Programs that change their behavior during execution
