1. Intelligent Robots
What do you think of when I say the word robot?

2. What do you think of when you hear the word robot?
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3. Definition of robot From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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
A device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks
A mechanism guided by automatic controls
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4. What do robots do? Lecture 1 RCPS Assist in manufacturing
Vacuum a house (roomba)
Explore places inhospitable to humans – Mars (Spirit and Opportunity), Antarctica’s polar plateau (Tumbleweed), ocean depths
Drive cars – Alvinn, Dapra Grand Challenge
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5. Robots
Brook’s Bots
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6. Early Robots 1956 – first commercial robot company, Unimation, founded
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7. Robots as Explorers 1997- First planetary rover lands on Mars Spirit
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8. Robots as Drivers
2005 – Stanford’s Stanley drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas without human assistance
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9. Robotic Prosthetic 2007 – robotic arm for people who have lost arms
Luke arm
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10. 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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11. Exhibiting Intelligence
Search for solutions to problems that are difficult for people to solve
Programs that change their behavior during execution
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12. An Emotional Robot Kismet Lecture 1 RPCS Kismet’s emotive responses
Drawing People In
Kismet
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