Robots are everywhere. But for them to be useful, they have to be programmed by people. Computer scientists are now looking for ways to teach robots how to teach themselves.
Lars Schillingmann, a computer scientist at CoR-Lab, a research institute for Cognition and Robotics at the University of Bielefeld, is playing with toy cups.
"Look, the green cup goes in the blue one, the yellow one goes in the green one and the red one goes in the yellow one."
Schillingmann believes ICub could be the way of the future
Sitting at a table in a darkened room, he is surrounded by monitors displaying computer code and graphics.
As he patiently stacks the cups, a research robot stands in front of him.
ICub is the size of a small child with a plastic head, big eyes and chubby cheeks.
The robot, complete with legs, arms and head, closely follows what Schillingmann is doing at the table. He repeats what he sees.
"The robot," says Schillingmann,
Friday, August 31, 2012
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