Archives for the 'Intelligent Systems' Category
CLARAty Reusable Robotics Software
Published on 10 Jan 2008 at 3:49 am.
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Filed under Computation, Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Robotics, Software, Solutions, Space, Technology.
CLARAty (Coupled-Layer Architecture for Robotic Autonomy) is a framework for reusable robotics software. It was developed in part by my former colleagues at NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Minnesota (my alma matter).
They are in the process of making the framework and several modules publicly available.
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Robotic Toddler? WHY???
Published on 18 Dec 2007 at 3:14 am.
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Filed under Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Research, Robotics, Seriously???, Technology.
Tonight on the Colbert Report, I learned of a Japanese research project to make a robotic toddler. I am sorry, but not only am I not at all sure why one would endeavor to do this, but I am also not sure why one would choose this particular design.
With all due respect to the researchers [...]
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Walking Tree Harvesters
Published on 1 Dec 2007 at 11:14 pm.
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Filed under Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Robotics, Technology.
Some time ago I saw YouTube videos of walking tree harvesting machines. These are made by John Deere and are being used in Finland. These walking machines can maneuver in forests much more easily than wheeled vehicles and cause far less damage.
Enjoy the videos.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Why Intelligent Machines Appear Intelligent (or Not)
Published on 24 Nov 2007 at 5:58 am.
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Filed under Computation, Exploration, Information, Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Lego, Programming, Research, Robotics, Technology.
I have been working for about 48 hours (straight with intermittent cat naps) on my robotic arm, which is equipped with a point light sensor. I have re-programmed it to characterize polygons as well as circles. However, the main purpose of this research project is to develop an inquiry engine that is generally engineered to [...]
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Center for Collective Intelligence
Published on 18 Nov 2007 at 8:33 pm.
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Filed under Intelligent Systems, Internet, Philosophy, Research.
The MIT Center for Collective Intelligence is investigating the phenomenon of collective intelligence with the goal of improving collective decision making in social and business systems. They are working to devlop methodologies for quantifying and measuring collective intelligence.
Perhaps in the future we will be able to quantify and characterize the collective intelligence of ant colonies.
Kevin [...]
