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Sunday, April 6, 2008
Robots to Play World Class Soccer? - CMU at Forefront in Building Thinking Machines
In the scientific campaign to build intelligent machines, soccer is the new chess. Just as Carnegie Mellon University produced the prototype computer that eventually checkmated World Champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, it now leads efforts to create robots that will defeat the world's best 11-man squad on grass by 2050.
There's serious science behind this. If robots are going to fight forest fires or build skyscrapers, they first have to learn how to work as a team -- on their own, under pressure, when every second counts.
CMU's small robot squad, four-time world champions, astounds Eric Horvitz, president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
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There's serious science behind this. If robots are going to fight forest fires or build skyscrapers, they first have to learn how to work as a team -- on their own, under pressure, when every second counts.
CMU's small robot squad, four-time world champions, astounds Eric Horvitz, president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
More from here
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