3.11+Robotics,+artificial+intelligence+and+expert+systems

=** STRAND 3: IT systems > Robotics, artificial intelligence and expert systems **=
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[|Hivemapper, a flight guide for drone pilots]
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[|How smart is today's Artificial Intelligence?]
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'Only the Best' Links
 The website includes lots of videos of robots in action, images of robots with detailed  captions, videos of the author's appearances including a TED conference, a classroom  discussion guide, and lots of information about the book including a lengthy excerpt.  First rate material. Goes beyond robotics with excellent explanations of the technology. ||  || A number of excellent videos are available on the site as well. ||  || []
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 * [|Wired for War] || This website accompanies the book of the same title, a must read for ITGS teachers.
 * [|Artificial Intelligence News] || A general link which includes stories on the latest developments in AI ||  ||
 * [|Razor Robotics] || Extensive and effective overview of all aspects of robotics and artificial intelligence appropriate to ITGS.
 * [|Drones: What are they and how do they work?] || Just what it says, brief and clear overview. ||  ||
 * [|Robots are moving to greater interaction with people] || Good overview of how this can be achieved. ||  ||
 * [| Will robots create economic utopia?] || Seriously optimistic view. Useful for discussion. ||  ||
 * [|Robot Teachers Invade South Korean Classrooms] || Illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of current robotic technology. || 2.2_edu_training ||
 * [|Fuzzy Logic and Rice Cookers] || A very readable explanation of fuzzy logic and set theory. Relates to the home i.e. something students can relate to. ||  ||
 * [|Kismet, A Sociable Robot] || MIT site about an expressive anthropomorphic robot called Kismet that engages people in natural and expressive face-to-face interaction. Includes videos and good explanations. ||  ||
 * [|Artificial Intelligence] || A good overview although white text on a black background is hard to read and the ads are annoying. The text and illustrations, however, are quite good. ||  ||
 * [|MIT Personal Robot Group] || **"Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots"**
 * [|Artificial Intelligence] || A good overview although white text on a black background is hard to read and the ads are annoying. The text and illustrations, however, are quite good. ||  ||
 * [|MIT Personal Robot Group] || **"Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots"**
 * [|MIT Personal Robot Group] || **"Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots"**

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 * The biography of Cynthia Breazeal: Roboticist**

Related websites:
 * **Cynthia Breazeal's website** [|http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/]
 * **MIT Personal Robot Group** []
 * **Video interview: Cynthia Breazeal on Relationships with 'Personal Robots'**[| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdGkKxpaWpg] ||  ||
 * [|Kibot, Korean Robot for Children] || Short but interesting article that raises social and ethical concerns about our use of robots. ||  ||

**'Only the Best' Videos and Podcasts**
[|IEEE Computational Intelligence Society] 'This video introduces fuzzy logic, including the basics of fuzzy sets, fuzzy rules and how these are combined in decision making.' || media type="youtube" key="P8wY6mi1vV8" width="560" height="315" || ' Real life isn't as simple as true or false - Fuzzy logic allows you to have degrees of truth, meaning computer programmes can deal with more diverse situations.' || media type="youtube" key="r804UF8Ia4c" width="560" height="315" || 'Clarifai CEO Matt Zeiler and MIT Roboticist and Mechanical Engineering Professor John Leonard discuss Google's robotic future.' || media type="custom" key="26460436" || [|Click-BBC News] (video and article)- [|YouTube video] || BBC does not allow 'embedding' of their videos [] || []
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 * === [|Fuzzy Logic - Computerphile] ===
 * ===[|What Are Google's Artificial Intelligence Plans?]===
 * **[|Second machine age' will require more human creativity]** (PBS NewsHour - video and transcript) || media type="custom" key="25128634" ||
 * **Robots 'To Work in SuperMarkets'**
 * **Robot Jellyfish Patrolling the Oceans**

Environmental and military use of robotic jellyfish, || media type="custom" key="22899070" || []
 * ===**The Robotic Factory Future**===

Skilled Work, without the Worker
[] || media type="custom" key="20619459" || [] || media type="custom" key="27604170" || 40 minute report on a wide range of robots and their function including: Asimo, Atlas, Hubo, Baxter and others. || media type="custom" key="24785944" || Two minute video with an accompanying article. || media type="custom" key="7414971" width="426" height="404" || The "smart system" using software and robotics handles 50 million bags of luggage a year with the anticipation of this growing to 70 million. || media type="youtube" key="_LCYOyUqgSU" height="274" width="442" || and related news article [|"Is this a Robot or a Human?"]
 * ===500 robots are building new Ford trucks===
 * ===[|Super-Fast Robot Arm Can Catch Whatever You Throw At It]=== || media type="custom" key="27285688" ||
 * ===CES 07: Honda Asimo [|Humanoid Robot demo]=== || = media type="youtube" key="cfaAiujrX_Y" height="343" width="422" = ||
 * **[|How Robots Will Change the World - BBC documentary]**
 * **[|Prosthetic Arm]**
 * [|Dean Kamen on the Colbert Report]** || Inventor Dean Kamen previews the prosthetic arm he’s developing at the request of the US Department of Defense. His quiet commitment to using technology to solve problems -- while honoring the human spirit -- has never been more clear. Truly inspiring. ||
 * **[|The Great Robot Race]** || Driverless vehicles compete in a 130 mile race across the Mojave Desert. Website contains video clips and explanations of how the robots sense their environments. The full video/DVD must be purchased but the website still contains lots of useful material. ||
 * [|Wheeled workers heroes of hospital] || Good video and explanation of how they work. ||
 * **[|Fuzzy Logic - Mimicking Human Systems]** || media type="youtube" key="dbTGsR76Mjs?fs=1" height="345" width="430" ||
 * [|Pharmacy Robots Cutting Costs]
 * [|Amsterdam Ariport Schiphol Case Study]
 * [|Amsterdam Ariport Schiphol Case Study]
 * [|Geminoid test]

Raises the question of how we might respond to a genuinely humanoid robot i.e. android. || media type="youtube" key="uzwK02OYrTk" height="288" width="461" || []
 * **"Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator Video **" at

How close is the 'Knowledge Navigator' to the AI in mobile devices today? || media type="youtube" key="HGYFEI6uLy0" height="390" width="480" || [] || media type="youtube" key="cU-AhmQ363I" height="314" width="504" || []
 * I**BM Watson: A System Designed for Answers**
 * **Big Dog by Boston Dynamics**

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 * Big Dog - The most advanced rough-terrain robot on earth**
 * **Here’s How Darpa’s Robot Ship Will Hunt Silent Subs**

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 * Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) Prototype**
 * **Attack of the Drones - USA**

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