unreferenced date November 2006 File British Columbia machine.png thumb A roboticist designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robot s. Since robotics is a highly interdisciplinary field, category roboticists roboticists often have backgrounds in a number of disciplines including computer science , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , and computer engineering . Roboticists often work for university , industry , and government research labs, but may also work for Startup company startup companies and other entrepreneur ial firms. Amateur Robotics is also a growing hobby all over the world. Science, Engineering, Art, and Invention Robotics is unusual in combining elements of science , engineering , and art . Many roboticists are also deeply involved in the creative arts such as literature , drama , music , and film . Some roboticists have a background in the arts and are drawn to robotics as a medium for expression. The acclaimed Czech playwright Karel Capek 1890 1938 made the first use of the word robot , from the Czech word for forced labor or serf. Later the Three Laws of Robotics were written by Isaac Asimov. Work in robotics more closely resembles invention rather than pure science or pure engineering . Science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge. Engineering is the design, analysis, and or construction of works for practical purposes. Invention is about creating something new, often at the boundaries of scientific and technological knowledge. Robotics Development File Anna matron.png thumb As with all technological projects, the specific processes used in robotics development vary depending on the individuals and institutions involved. However, a key feature of most successful robotics efforts is the use of early prototyping and exploratory development of potential solutions. Interactivity In robotics, the interactions between mechanical, electrical ... Robotics n no q no s no http www.ez robot.com EZ Builder Help.aspx?id 3 Canadian Roboticist DJ Sures ... more details
Robert Wood is a roboticist and an assistant professor of electrical engineering and of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University , and is the director of the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory. ref http micro.seas.harvard.edu ref He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. At Harvard University, he directs the NSF funded RoboBees project, a 5 year project to build a swarm of robotic bees. ref http robobees.seas.harvard.edu ref In 2008, he was named to the MIT Technology Reviews TR35 list ref http www.technologyreview.com TR35 Profile.aspx?TRID 748 ref and became a recipient of the PECASE Presidental Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers . References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist Categories Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wood, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Roboticist DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wood, Robert Category Living people Category Electrical engineers Category Roboticists Category TR35 winners engineer stub ... more details
Infobox scientist name Vijay Kumar image caption birth date birth date and age 1962 4 12 birth place death date death place residence United States citizenship nationality India n ethnicity fields Robotics workplaces University of Pennsylvania alma mater Ohio State University br Indian Institute of Technology doctoral advisor academic advisors doctoral students notable students Jaydev P. Desai known for influences influenced awards religion signature filename only footnotes Vijay Kumar born April 12, 1962 is an India n roboticist and professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania . Kumar is known for his research in the control and coordination of multi robot formations. ref name Desai2001 cite journal author Desai, J.P. coauthors Ostrowski, J.P. Kumar, V. year 2001 title Modeling and control of formations of nonholonomic mobile robots journal Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on volume 17 issue 6 pages 905 908 url http ieeexplore.ieee.org xpls abs all.jsp?arnumber 976023 accessdate 2008 06 29 doi 10.1109 70.976023 ref ref name Desai1998 cite conference author Desai, J.P. coauthors Ostrowski, J. Kumar, V. year 1998 title Controlling formations of multiple mobile robots conference booktitle Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on volume 4 publisher url http ieeexplore.ieee.org xpls abs all.jsp?arnumber 680621 conferenceurl ref Education B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, May 1983 M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 1985 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, September 1987 Honors and awards The Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship 1986 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award 1991 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania 1996 The Ferdinand Freudenstein Award for significant contributions to mechanisms and robotics, 5th ... more details
Infobox person name Jeff Lieberman image Jeff Lieberman.jpg image size 260px caption Jeff Lieberman 2009 birth date March, 1978 birth place Florida death date death place occupation roboticist , television presenter spouse children website Jeff Lieberman born March 1978 is the host of the show Time Warp TV series Time Warp on Discovery Channel . Lieberman, originally from Florida, holds two B.S. degrees, in Mathematics and Physics, and two M.S. degrees, in Mechanical Engineering and Media Arts & Sciences with a focus in Robotics, all from Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT . He is currently taking a leave of absence from pursuing a Ph.D due to the demands of filming. ref http blogs.discovery.com time warp 2009 06 paradox of choice.html ref Before his leave, he worked in the MIT Media Lab in Cynthia Breazeal s ref http web.media.mit.edu cynthiab ref Personal Robots Group. ref http robotic.media.mit.edu projects robots tikl tikl.html Example of Jeff s research ref He also works in robotic sculpture, most notably and recently having built the http bea.st sight absolutQuartet Absolut Quartet , ref youtube 1e9AJVtuCKc ABSOLUT MACHINES ABSOLUT QUARTET ref with Daniel Paluska commissioned by Absolut Vodka , which is currently on display at Ars Electronica , in Austria. ref http 90.146.8.18 en archives picture ausgabe 03 new.asp?iAreaID 486&showAreaID 486&iImageID 65446 ref Jeff is also a musician, playing several instruments as well as singing. His first starring role in a feature film was in the romantic musical comedy 83 Errers . ref http tech.mit.edu V120 N8 83 Erreres.8a.html ref References references External links http dsc.discovery.com tv time warp time warp.html Official Time Warp website http bea.st Lieberman s Personal Website http dsc.discovery.com tv time warp bio jeff lieberman.html biographical info on Time Warp website http thephoenix.com Boston RecRoom 70405 Scientific slowdown Scientific slowdown Warp speed photography http www.wgbh.org article?item ... more details
Other persons Anthony Lewis M. Anthony Lewis , Ph.D., is a robotics researcher and CEO of Iguana Robotics, a company specializing in the development of biomorphic robotics technologies. ref cite news first Mark last Baard title Imagine Machines That Can See url http www.wired.com science discoveries news 2003 06 59091?currentPage all work Wired News date 2003 06 04 accessdate 2007 04 09 ref Lewis received his Ph.D. at the University of Southern California under the guidance of Michael A. Arbib Michael Arbib and George Bekey. He has served on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign University of Illinois and is currently on the faculty of the University of Arizona . He is known for his work in evolutionary and biomorphic robotics, formation control of robotic systems, and investigations into the basis of movement control in humans and robots. He collaborated on a project to help paralyzed people, using studies of an eel s nerve circuitry ref cite news url http www.sciencedaily.com releases 2004 12 041203084855.htm title Replicating An Eel s Nerve Circuitry May Aid Paralyzed People work Science Daily date 2004 12 06 accessdate 2008 01 02 ref References reflist External links http www.iguana robotics.com people tlewis M. Anthony Lewis home page http www.iguana robotics.com Iguana Robotics, Inc. http ece.arizona.edu drlewis M. Anthony Lewis page at the University of Arizona Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lewis, M. Anthony ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lewis, M. Anthony Category Roboticists Category Living people Category University of Southern California alumni Category University of California, Los Angeles faculty Category University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign faculty Category University of Arizona faculty Category Year of birth missing living people US academic scientist stub ... more details
Mori Masahiro may refer to Masahiro Mori , Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori ceramic designer hndis cleanup date December 2011 necessary page, wouldn t hatnotes be better as names reversed? ... more details
Vijay Kumar may refer to Vijay Kumar sport shooter born 1985 , sport shooter from India Vijay Kumar roboticist born 1962 , Indian professor Vijay C. Kumar , Indian Telugu film director Vijay Kumar filmmaker , Indian documentary filmmaker M.P. Vijay Kumar born 1969 , Indian chartered accountant K. Vijay Kumar born 1952 , Indian police officer See also Vijayakumar , similar name lookfrom Vijay Kumar hndis Kumar, Vijay ... more details
William Whittaker may refer to Red Whittaker William L. Whittaker , roboticist and research professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University Bill Whittaker bowls , former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand Bill Whittaker footballer born 1922 , footballer for Charlton Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Crystal Palace and Cambridge United Bill Whittaker journalist 1930 2009 , Australian horse racing journalist See also William Whitaker disambiguation hndis Whittaker, William ... more details
Michael Donovan may refer to Michael Donovan , TV voice actor Michael Donovan kidnapper , jailed for the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews in January 2009 Mike Donovan musician born 1971 , San Francisco based musician See Powell and Donovan for Mike Donovan, roboticist in Isaac Asimov stories Professor Mike Donovan 1847 1918 , 19th century middleweight boxing champion Mike Donovan baseball 1881 1938 , American baseball player Resistance V Michael Donovan Michael Donovan , character in the science fiction TV series V , played by Marc Singer hndis Donovan, Michael fr Michael Donovan ... more details
Michelson may refer to Albert Abraham Michelson American physicist Robert C. Michelson American roboticist 27758 Michelson Michelson asteroid discovered in 1991 Michelson crater on the moon Michelson Gale Pearson experiment , science Michelson interferometer , most common configuration for optical interferometry Michelson Morley experiment , a scientific experiment regarding the luminiferous ether. Michelson Museum of Art , Texas, USA Michelson name , people with the given name or surname Mount Michelson Brooks Range , Alaska, USA USNS Michelson T AGS 23 , United States Naval ship See also Mickelson disambiguation Michaelson disambiguation disambig Category Surnames de Michelson fr Michelson pl Michelson fi Michelson ... more details
Matthew Mason or Matt Mason may refer to Matt Mason poet , poet based in Omaha, Nebraska Matt Mason cricketer , cricketer who represented Western Australia and Worcestershire Matthew Mason Welsh cricketer , Welsh cricketer Matthew T. Mason , American roboticist Major Matt Mason , an action figure created by Mattel Major Matt Mason USA , performing name of Matt Roth, New York City based musician and record producer Matthew Mason Cox , Australian politician Matt Mason singer , singer based in Nashville, Tennessee See also Mason surname Hndis Mason, Matthew ... more details
Daniel Paluska is an artist and robotics roboticist known for his intelligent art installations and collaborations. Dan is originally from Michigan , but now resides on the east coast after receiving both his BS and Master s Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT . His work on walking robotics was featured in a cover article of Wired Magazine in September, 2000. ref http www.wired.com wired archive 8.09 m2.html Wired 8.09 The Next Step Bot generated title ref ref http yobotics.com wired cover.jpg ref Dan s created the Absolut Quartet, ref http www.youtube.com watch?v 1e9AJVtuCKc Demo Video ref ref http www.absolut.com absolutmachines Absolut Machines Bot generated title ref an interactive music making machine created with Jeff Lieberman roboticist Jeff Lieberman and commissioned by Absolut Vodka . He also collaborated with Amorphic Robotics in 2006 to create the ToteMobile, ref http amorphicrobotworks.org works ttm index.htm Amorphic Robot Works Totemobile Project Bot generated title ref a transformational sculpture inspired and commissioned by Citroen . Dan is the proprietor of Brooklyn Mobile ref http www.youtube.com watch?v JWHc2u5cX k Brooklyn Mobile on Rocketboom News ref . A mobile internet videobooth part of the Broadcaster Project ref http digboston.com experience 2011 08 phantasma dan paluska DigBoston feature ref . Dan believes in releasing all his work into the public domain ref https github.com kylemcdonald SharingInterviews blob master danpaluska.markdown Sharing interview from Kyle Mcdonald ref . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Paluska, Daniel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Paluska, Daniel Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category American artists Category Artists from Michigan Category Roboticists US artist stub ... more details
Spong is a surname of Irish language Gaelic descent, and is an archaic term for a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. Notable people with this name include Clive Spong , illustrator of children s books Hilda Spong 1875 1955 , English actress John Shelby Spong , Episcopal bishop Mark W. Spong born 1952 , American roboticist Paul Spong born 1939 , New Zealand biologist Richard Spong born 1983 , Swedish footballer Tyrone Spong born 1985 , Dutch kickboxer Walter Brookes Spong 1851 1929 , British artist William B. Spong, Jr. 1920 1997 , Virginia Senator Roger Spong 1906 1980 Places Spong Hill , Early Saxon cemetery in Norfolk, England See also Spongmonkey , a fictional creature and internet phenomenon, featured in commercials for Quiznos Sub Sponge disambiguation disambiguation ... more details
John Leonard may refer to John Leonard songwriter , An early 19th century radical poet and songwriter, probably born in Gateshead John Leonard critic 1939 2008 , American literary, television, film, and cultural critic John Leonard poet born 1965 , Australian poet John Leonard footballer born 1976 , Gaelic footballer John Leonard canoeist born 1948 , New Zealand sprint canoeist Johnny Leonard 1903 1995 , Australian rules footballer John Leonard sound designer , British theatrical sound designer John B. Leonard 1864 1945 , American civil engineer John J. Leonard , American roboticist and professor at MIT Jack Leonard 1876 after 1899 , English association footballer John E. Leonard 1845 1878 , United States Representative from Louisiana J. William Leonard , director of the Information Security Oversight Office See also intitle John Lennard disambiguation hndis Leonard, John DEFAULTSORT Leonard, John ... more details
The word roboteer refers to those with interests or careers in robotics. It dates back to the 1930s and is also used in Future Shock 1970 . The term roboteer was used by Barbara Krasnov for a story on Deb Huglin, owner of the Robotorium, Inc., in New York City in the early 1980s. Huglin was a lightweight robotics applications consultant, sculptor, and repatriation archeologist. Huglin worked with Jim Henson on the design and uses of the robotic mit controller for his experimental television series Fraggle Rock . Huglin died in a fall in the wilderness near Hemet, California in 2008 ref Cite web title Sculptor killed in fall known for talent, passion publisher The San Diego Union Tribune date April 25, 2008 url http www.signonsandiego.com uniontrib 20080425 news 1mc25huglin.html author Marcia Manna ref . See also Roboticist References Reflist External links http www.imdb.com name nm1995521 Debbie the Roboteer on IMDB. Robotics Category Robotics ... more details
Daniela L. Rus is an United States American roboticist and a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where she is director of the Distributed Robotics Lab at CSAIL , the Co Director of the CSAIL Center for Robotics , and an Associate Director of CSAIL . She was a recipient of the 2002 MacArthur Fellowship . Rus received her Ph.D. at Cornell University . She was previously an assistant, associate, and professor in the Computer Science Department at Dartmouth College before moving to MIT. External links http people.csail.mit.edu rus Daniela Rus Home page at MIT Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rus, Daniela L. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rus, Daniela L. Category Roboticists Category Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Category Control theorists Category Dartmouth College faculty Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category MacArthur Fellows Category Cornell University alumni Category Women computer scientists Category American computer scientists ... more details
Infobox person name Jeff Lieberman birth date 1947 nationality American occupation Film director, writer about the presenter of Time Warp TV series born 1978 Jeff Lieberman roboticist Jeff Lieberman born 1947 is an American film director and writer. His films include Squirm film Squirm Blue Sunshine film Blue Sunshine Just Before Dawn 1981 film Just Before Dawn The NeverEnding Story III Satan s Little Helper External links imdb name 0006639 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lieberman, Jeff ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1947 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lieberman, Jeff Category 1947 births Category American film directors Category Horror film directors Category Living people US film director 1940s stub fr Jeff Lieberman ... more details
Spacetown is a fictional Spacer Asimov Spacer colony in Isaac Asimov s Robot series Asimov Robot series , established just outside New York City , on Earth Foundation universe Earth , in the year 4991 AD to monitor and influence terrestrial Politics political activity, which was considered dangerous to the Spacer worlds in the event of a second wave of Galactic colonisation because of terrestrial overpopulation and diseases allegedly spread by Earth people. The settlement of Spacetown caused riot s among the angry local population and it was dismantled in 5021 AD, after Spacer politics evolved favorably to Earth population, due to the efforts of the Spacer pro Earth colonisation party, of which Dr. Han Fastolfe was a prominent member. As explained in the novel The Caves of Steel , R. Daneel Olivaw was constructed by Aurora planet Auroran roboticist s Roj Nemennuh Sarton and Han Fastolfe in Spacetown in 5020 AD. Robot series Sci fi stub Category Foundation universe ... more details
Notability date July 2008 Infobox scientist name Jaydev P. Desai image caption birth date birth place death date death place residence citizenship nationality India n ethnicity fields Robotics workplaces University of Maryland, College Park br Drexel University alma mater University of Pennsylvania doctoral advisor Vijay Kumar roboticist Vijay Kumar academic advisors doctoral students notable students known for influences influenced awards religion signature filename only footnotes Jaydev P. Desai is an India n roboticist and an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park . He is known for his research in robotic surgery and the control and coordination of multi robot formations. ref name Desai2001 cite journal author Desai, J.P. coauthors Ostrowski, J.P. Kumar, V. year 2001 title Modeling and control of formations of nonholonomic mobile robots journal Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on volume 17 issue 6 pages 905 908 url http ieeexplore.ieee.org xpls abs all.jsp?arnumber 976023 accessdate 2008 06 29 doi 10.1109 70.976023 ref ref name Desai1998 cite conference author Desai, J.P. coauthors Ostrowski, J. Kumar, V. year 1998 title Controlling formations of multiple mobile robots conference booktitle Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on volume 4 publisher url http ieeexplore.ieee.org xpls abs all.jsp?arnumber 680621 conferenceurl ref Education Jaydev Desai received his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1993 and an Master of Arts postgraduate M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. He received his Master of Science M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics also from UPenn in 1995 and 1998, respectively. His thesis Motion Planning and Control of Cooperative Robotic Systems was advised by Vijay Kumar roboticist Vijay Kumar . ref name DesaiThesis cite journal author Desai, J.P. year 1998 title Motion plan ... more details
norefs date June 2011 notability companies date October 2011 Infobox Company company name Lynxmotion, Inc. company type Private Company Private company slogan foundation 1995 Pekin, Illinois location Pekin, Illinois key people Jim Frye , President industry Technology homepage http www.lynxmotion.com www.lynxmotion.com forum http www.lynxmotion.net www.lynxmotion.net Lynxmotion is a robot parts and robot kit kits manufacturing company based in Pekin, Illinois . They design and manufacture a variety of hobby and research level robot kits and parts, and specialize in a modular robotics building system known as the Servo Erector Set . Lynxmotion also hosts an active online community forum of hobby roboticist s at http www.lynxmotion.net Lynxmotion.net where projects, code, and technology is shared and support is provided for products. See also Portal Robotics Companies Illinois Future of robotics Human virtualization Industrial robot List of emerging technologies Robotics and applied mechanics List of emerging robotic technologies Open source hardware Robotics suite Whegs External links Official website http www.lynxmotion.com http www.basicmicro.com ARC32 p 141.html Robot Kit Controllers For Lynxmotion On The Fly Inverse Kinematics See A POD Robot kits Robotics US manufacturing company stub Category Robotics companies Category Companies based in Tazewell County, Illinois Category Companies established in 1995 Category Pekin, Illinois ... more details
Infobox scientist name Dieter Fox image caption birth date 1966 birth place death date death place residence Image Flag of US.svg 20px United States nationality Image Flag of Germany.svg 20px Germany German field Robotics work institution University of Washington, Seattle alma mater University of Bonn doctoral advisor Armin B. Cremers Dieter Fox is a German roboticist and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle . He is most notable for his contributions to several fields including robotics , artificial intelligence , machine learning , and ubiquitous computing . Together with Wolfram Burgard and Sebastian Thrun he is a co author of the book Probabilistic Robotics . ref name Thrun cite book author Thrun, S. coauthors Burgard, W. Fox, D. year title Probabilistic Robotics. 2005. ISBN 0262201623 publisher MIT Press isbn ref References reflist External links http www.cs.washington.edu homes fox Home page Persondata NAME Fox, Dieter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fox, Dieter Category 1966 births Category Living people Category Roboticists Category German computer scientists Category Artificial intelligence researchers Category University of Bonn alumni Category University of Washington faculty de Dieter Fox ... more details
Leslie Pack Kaelbling is an United States American roboticist , a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . ref http www.eecs.mit.edu faculty index.html MIT EECS faculty listing . ref She was a graduate of Stanford University Ph.D., 1990 and a student of Nils J. Nilsson . ref http genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu id.php?id 69344 Mathematics Genealogy Project Leslie Pack Kaelbling ref Her research focuses on decision making under uncertainty, machine learning , and sensing with applications to robotics . She is the founder and editor in chief of the Journal of Machine Learning Research . ref http jmlr.csail.mit.edu editorial board.html JMLR editorial board , retrieved 2010 01 25. ref In 2000, she was elected as a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence . ref http www.aaai.org Awards fellows list.php AAAI Fellows , retrieved 2010 01 25. ref References reflist External links http people.csail.mit.edu lpk Home page Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kaelbling, Leslie P. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kaelbling, Leslie P. Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Roboticists Category Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Category Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence ... more details
Greiner is a surname, and may refer to Arthur Greiner 1884 1916 , American racecar driver Cindy Greiner born 1957 , American heptathlete Frank Greiner born 1966 , German football coach Gotthelf Greiner 1732 1797 , German glass maker, inventor of modern porcelain Harold Greiner 1907 1993 , American baseball manager and restaurant entrepreneur Heinz Greiner 1895 1977 , German Army General Helen Greiner born 1967 , American roboticist Hermann Greiner born 1920 , German night fighter ace Janine Greiner born 1981 , Swiss curler Jon J. Greiner 21st century , American politician Josef Greiner circa 1886 1947 , Austrian writer Justine Greiner born 1963 , American model Ludwig Greiner 1796 1882 , German Austrian forester Markus Greiner born 1973 , German physicist Nick Greiner born 1947 , Australian politician Robin Greiner born 1932 , American pair skater Sandy Greiner born 1945 , American politician Stefan Peter Greiner born 1966 , German violin maker Thomas Greiner born 1963 , German rower Willy Greiner 1919 2000 , Norwegian politician surname Greiner de Greiner ... more details
cleanup date November 2010 Infobox television show name Time Warp image File Timewarp.jpg 260px runtime 44 min. first season 22 min. starring Jeff Lieberman roboticist Jeff Lieberman br Matt Kearney country United States network Discovery Channel br Discovery HD first aired start date 2008 3 18 last aired end date 2009 10 28 num seasons 3 num episodes 33 list episodes List of Time Warp episodes website http dsc.discovery.com tv time warp time warp.html Time Warp was a popular science themed television program produced for the Discovery Channel in the United States , in which Jeff Lieberman roboticist Jeff Lieberman , an MIT scientist, teacher, and artist, along with high speed camera expert Matt Kearney, turn their high speed camera on everyday occurrences and singular talents. This TV show captures some common everyday events and views them again in super slow motion to uncover the many principles of physics in our lives. For example, they examine a drop of water, explosions many of them , gunshots, ballet dancing, cornflour, shallow water diving, X games and sometimes some uncanny things like piercing one s cheek or standing on blades. It also includes a humorous narration. The high speed cameras are used at as low as 500 frame s for capturing how dogs drink to as high as 40,000 frame s for capturing bullets, breaking glass, etc. Speeds above 20,000 frame s are shot in black and white as the data for lightness and darkness is reduced when there is no color hue value to shoot. This is because the recording is digital and so the frame rate is limited to a certain data rate and black and white footage is much smaller in memory space than full color. At such high frame rates, 1 second of recorded video takes over 16 minutes to play back at a normal speed 24frame s, 30frame s . See also List of Time Warp episodes List of Time Warp episodes References references External links http trianglestudios.com html main.html http dsc.discovery.com tv time warp time warp.html Off ... more details
In artificial intelligence research, GOFAI Good Old Fashioned Artificial Intelligence describes the oldest original artificial intelligence Approaches approach to achieving artificial intelligence , based on logic and problem solving. In robotics research, the term is extended as GOFAIR Good Old Fashioned Artificial Intelligence and Robotics . History GOFAI was the dominant paradigm of AI research from the middle fifties until the late 1980s. After that time, newer sub symbolic approaches to AI were introduced. The term GOFAI was coined by John Haugeland in his 1986 book Artificial Intelligence The Very Idea , which explored the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence research. Physical symbols vs. sub symbolism The approach is based on the assumption that many aspects of intelligence can be achieved by the manipulation of physical symbol system symbols , an assumption defined as the physical symbol systems hypothesis by Allen Newell and Herbert Simon in the middle 1960s. By the 1980s, many researchers began to doubt that high level symbol manipulation alone could account for all intelligent behaviors. Opponents of the symbolic approach include roboticist s such as Rodney Brooks , who aims to produce autonomous robots without symbolic representation or with only minimal representation and computational intelligence researchers, who apply techniques such as neural network s and optimization mathematics optimization to solve problems in machine learning and control engineering . Now, both approaches are in common use, often applied to different Artificial intelligence Problems problems . real intelligence GOFAI was intended to produce general, human like intelligence in a machine, whereas most modern research is directed at specific sub problems. Research into general intelligence is now studied in the sub field of artificial general intelligence . References Citation last Haugeland first John author link John Haugeland year 1985 title Artificial Intelli ... more details
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