Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Geeky Gadget #5: A Robot that can Think, Learn, And Act For Itself

Japan does it again! The researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology recently designed and built a robot that can think, learn, and solve problems on its own, using artificial intelligence.




The researchers at the Institute used a technology called Self-Organising Incremental Neutral Network (SOINN), which means that when this robot is faced with a problem that  it has never seen before, it uses its past experiences in order to make educated guesses as to what  should be done. If the robot does not know how to solve a problem, it will ask for help and can be taught how to do that task, and he will remember it for future.


I guess this means that we are one step closer to World Robot Domination, haha, I joke, I joke. No but the most scary part is that this robot is web-enabled, which means it can communicate with other robots over the web, and learn how to do a task....We need John Connor!


Here is a video of the Robot in Action :








Well that is it for today's post...See you all tomorrow!
Posted by SuperGeek at 7:51 a.m.
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19 comments:

  1. A.August 2, 2011 at 9:16 a.m.

    Lol japaneses love this kind of stuffs.

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  2. MarkAugust 2, 2011 at 9:49 a.m.

    We really are one step closer to robot domination now. Maybe I should start hugging my laptop and showering it with praise.

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  3. Diego SousaAugust 2, 2011 at 10:03 a.m.

    i think robots are creepy...

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  4. UnknownAugust 2, 2011 at 10:10 a.m.

    Wooohooo! One step closer to Optimus Prime!

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  5. MilkyAugust 2, 2011 at 10:14 a.m.

    That's awesome and creeepy, let's just hope that robot is an Autobot o;

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  6. TheUndeclaredWinnerAugust 2, 2011 at 11:08 a.m.

    ^ Agreed, this has given me an idea for a blog post, I'll be linking this one ;)

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  7. Railard J.August 2, 2011 at 11:59 a.m.

    very impressive to see how far technology has come

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  8. ChaseAugust 2, 2011 at 12:05 p.m.

    Im pretty sure this is the robot from the first Power Rangers..

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  9. UnknownAugust 2, 2011 at 12:46 p.m.

    Wow. It can pour water! When can it kill all humans?

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  10. This GuyAugust 2, 2011 at 1:13 p.m.

    soooo, whens Skynet?

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  11. ShawAugust 2, 2011 at 1:43 p.m.

    LOL XXOBERNOOBXX

    seriously, how long until robots enslave us? a century?

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  12. ScrewsAndFeathersAugust 2, 2011 at 2:49 p.m.

    Awww yeah, this is cool :D.

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  13. ShockgrubzAugust 2, 2011 at 5:37 p.m.

    Now if it can just learn how to do my laundry. I'll even teach it for free!

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  14. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 6:24 p.m.

    Cool, but the thought of robots thinking for themselves kinda bugs me lol

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  15. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 7:22 p.m.

    Wow, that's pretty neat! Science, man. Friggin' science.

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  16. Jackson.kAugust 2, 2011 at 7:36 p.m.

    WOW! i can't wait to see what they have in 20 years. The way the robot can choose what to do in the video is amazing!

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  17. ReuelAugust 2, 2011 at 7:43 p.m.

    cool robot bro

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  18. poorfagsAugust 3, 2011 at 1:52 a.m.

    I think robots are already outdated

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  19. JDCAugust 3, 2011 at 7:56 a.m.

    Really reminds me of the robot from the old Lost in Space series.

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