Archives for the 'Intelligent Systems' Category
Collective Intelligence in Ant Colonies
Published on 18 Nov 2007 at 12:32 am.
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Filed under Biology, Information, Intelligent Systems.
I have always been fascinated by the idea that ant colonies may exhibit some kind of collective intelligence. Whether this is actually the case needs to be proven, however, I am not quite sure how one can prove such a hypothesis. As far as I am aware, there is no Turing Test for ant colonies. [...]
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SuperBot: Robots from Modular Units
Published on 13 Nov 2007 at 12:00 pm.
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Filed under Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Research, Robotics, Technology.
Dr. Wei-Min Shen director of the Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory at the University of Southern California has been working to develop the SuperBot, which is a robot that self-assembles from modular units.
Here are some of the videos of this amazing machine:
http://www.youtube.com/v/kBfyAR77ceI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfT0hbewv-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sCrQnnEGuA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOX6W2kFiEc
Finally SuperBot climbs Ballona Creek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECrVewhFYRA
I found out about this research from Robotory.com
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Spooky Japanese Robots
Published on 12 Nov 2007 at 11:46 pm.
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Filed under Intelligent Systems, Research, Robotics, Technology.
While poking around on RobotsNext, I found the world’s spookiest robots made by SGI Japan. The only word I have for these robots is: SUBLIME.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Wolfram Web Resources
Published on 17 Oct 2007 at 1:12 am.
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Filed under Computation, Entrepreneurship, Exploration, Fun, Information, Intelligent Systems, Internet, Mathematics, Research.
I received this brochure from Wolfram Research (Mathematica) describing their web resources. I am going to lose it… so I will remember it here in my Online Cortex.
wolfram.com
http://www.wolfram.com
Wolfram.com is updated regularly with information on new breakthroughs and developments for Mathematica users and technology enthusiasts around the world. This site features demonstrations and videos on the [...]
Robots and the Coming Creation
Published on 13 Oct 2007 at 1:43 am.
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Filed under Astrobiology, Astronomy, Computation, Evolution, Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Philosophy, Research, Robotics, Space, Technology.
‘Am I already in the shadow of the Coming Race? and will the creatures who are to transcend and finally supersede us be steely organisms, giving out the effluvia of the laboratory, and performing with infallible exactness more than everything that we have performed with a slovenly approximativeness and self-defeating inaccuracy?’
- George Eliot,
The [...]
