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Questions tagged [artificial-intelligence]

The central problems (or goals) of Artificial Intelligence research include reasoning, knowledge, planning, learning, communication, and perception.

Wikipedia: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that studies and develops systems that can perceive their environment and take actions that maximize the chances of success.

Currently popular approaches include statistical methods, computational intelligence and traditional symbolic AI. There are an enormous number of tools used in AI, including versions of search and mathematical optimization, logic, methods based on probability and economics, and many others.

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Are Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Different?

I need help in differentiating between AI and Robotics. Are AI and Robotics two different fields or is robotics a subject in AI? I want to pursue a career in AI and Robotics. So I need your valuable suggestion. I searched the web and also some…
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HMMs vs. CRFs to model time-series force data of robots interacting with environment?

I have a time-series of force data of robots interacting with environment objects with various textures. I would like to develop models of various textures using the time-series data to classify textures into smooth, rough, moderate, etc.…
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Why can Humans single out audio in a crowd? What would it take for a robot to do the same?

I was at a Robotics conference earlier today and one of the speakers mentioned robots not being able to function as well in a crowd because they can't single out audio like a person can. Why can people single out audio so well? And what would it…
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Has a robot ever taken a complete IQ test?

And if so, what was the highest score so far? Some news articles suggest only parts of tests were aced. Update since people censored this question and closed it. There was an AI that has taken an IQ test and scored similar to a 4 year…
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Cognitive Architectures: how do you perform qualitative and quantitative comparisons?

I couldn't find a sub stackexchange for artificial intelligence, but I think robotics comes close, and so I'm posting here. I recently saw TED talks on AI and the Google car, with these being the most interesting to me: Hod Lipson - Building…
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recommendation of robot for special education

I saw a video of a robot used in special education with children on the autism spectrum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQcjfebQXgQ). My son isn't autistic, he has Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, executive function problems, and OCD. A robot could be…
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What are the differences between sensing, perception and learning

I see people are using a lot the terms sensing, perception, and learning together in the context of artificial intelligence. It seems to me perception is a more board term that may include sensing and learning. What are their definitions and how do…
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Need suggestion about which microcontroller/processor and language to be used in my project

I am very new to robotics. but I will be writing algorithm for my robot to move around and gather information from its surroundings and process it. It will also process audio-visual signals. but I am in confusion about which micro-controller to use…
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What would be a good heuristic to solving this?

The aim is to guide a bot from Source S to Goal G while passing through all the checkpoints @ (in any order). ######## #@....G# ##.##@## #..@..S# #@.....# ######## One way to solve it would be to select one checkpoint as goal from current state…
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Will AIs ever be as advanced as the human brain?

I'm reading a book about a hypothetical economy in which robots work for us because they eventually became able to do everything we do ("Our work here is done, visions of a robot economy" by Nesta). I was wondering though: is it theoretically…
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