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September 19, 2004

A Fully Autonomous Robot Builds Its Own Brain and Learns from Scratch

For the first time in history, a robot has built its own synthetic central nervous system and then learned not only to walk, but how to autonomously enter and navigate the corridors of complex buildings.

This dramatic experiment was recently conducted at Imagination Engines, Inc. (IEI) in St. Louis, Missouri. Company President & CEO, Dr. Stephen Thaler points out that heretofore, scientists in the field of artificial intelligence have grossly over exaggerated claims that their robots are autonomous when in fact, immense scholarly efforts have been poured into writing what he calls “if-then-else” computer programs. Alternately, he points out that genetic programmers have devised schemes wherein neural circuitry evolves to enable robots to perform moderately challenging tasks. However, close analysis of the engineering results reveal that these feats are not so amazing, nor are they accomplished in convenient time scales. Tasks as simple as navigating a simple racetrack maze typically requires about 48 hours, not to mention the month invested in writing and perfecting the underlying computer program!

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Posted by thinkingmachine at September 19, 2004 04:38 PM

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