technologyreview.com — A robot developed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, however, is able to learn to use objects that it has never encountered before. The robot pushes objects around on a table to see how they move. Once it identifies an object's moving parts, it begins to experiment with it, manipulating it to perform tasks.
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masterchief4134Jul 1, 2008
yeah...you lost me there.
wrilloJul 1, 2008
completely over exaggerated. It doesn't even use a tool, let alone learn how to use a tool. It identified a joint. Completely awesome in robotics, but not adaptive tool use.
mastergriefJul 1, 2008
I cannot possibly put into words just how cute that little robot is. You have to see it to believe it. Seriously.
Closed AccountJul 1, 2008
Don't forget to add "EPIC!"
slipkn0tz23Jul 1, 2008
Oh crap.
zspadeJul 2, 2008
Was it?
afireinside13tJul 2, 2008
Actually, some intelligent AI systems do write their own code. Someone I knew in college wrote a game that would respond to the user's strategy not by following a pre-prescribed plan, but by writing new code tailored to the strategy.