Robot adapts to damage

[isee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=295&v=u_NJNyOG...

[Warmfuzzies]

The subject was on radio 4 this afternoon, most interesting

[TheD]

Awesome and a little scary at the same time.

[Terminator X]

Hmm why do we want robots adapting? Perilously close to "thinking" for itself which can't end well surely?

TX.

[isee]

Terminator X said:

Hmm why do we want robots adapting? Perilously close to "thinking" for itself which can't end well surely?

TX.

Nah this algo is far from AI, it's just an optimisation really. It's a far cry from assessing damage and making a rational decision on movement based on past experience. it's still just a glorified bumper car switch when your model car bumps into a wall which reverses a switch and makes it go back. It also does nothing from mitigating further damage, where the adapted movement could well cause more damage to the broken limb or break more limbs. It's a tiny step in the right direction though.