CYBERDYNE was launched in June 2004 to commercialize the cybernetic work of a group of researchers headed by Yoshiyuki Sankai a professor of system and information engineering at Japan's University of Tsukuba. Its newest product: the Robot Suit Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) exoskeleton, which the company created to help train doctors and physical therapists, assist disabled people, allow laborers to carry heavier loads, and aid in emergency rescues. A prototype of the exoskeleton suit is designed for the small in stature, standing five feet, three inches (1.6 meters) tall. The suit weighs 50.7 pounds (23 kilograms) and is powered by a 100-volt AC battery (that lasts up to five hours, depending upon how much energy the suit exerts).
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Ein von der EU mit 8 Millionen Euro gefördertes, vierjähriges Forschungsprojekt, an dem 10 europäische Universitäten, u.a. Psychologen von der Universität Bamberg, teilnehmen, soll die Beziehungen zwischen Menschen und Robotern untersuchen und neue Roboter mit emotionaler Intelligenz entwickeln, die als langfristige Begleitung von Menschen dienen können.
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Researchers at Osaka University are stepping up efforts to develop robotic body parts controlled by thought, by placing electrode sheets directly on the surface of the brain.
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A virtual child controlled by artificially intelligent software has passed a cognitive test regarded as a major milestone in human development. It could lead to smarter computer games able to predict human players' state of mind.
Children typically master the "false belief test" at age 4 or 5. It tests their ability to realise that the beliefs of others can differ from their own, and from reality.
The creators of the new character – which they called Eddie – say passing the test shows it can reason about the beliefs of others, using a rudimentary "theory of mind".
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Eddie can pass the test thanks to a simple logical statement added to the reasoning engine: if someone sees something, they know it and if they don't see it, they don't.
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That I'd call cheating. Eddie neither is able to go wrong having the algorithm applied, nor has made any kind od experience leading to the insight that enables to pass the test. The cognitive structures allowing human kids to pass the test are much more complex and "rich" than that simple algorithmic rule. They imply a whole world of (social) perspective taking.
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John Laird, a researcher in computer games and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is not overly impressed. "It's not that challenging to get an AI system to do theory of mind," he says.
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Dale und sein Team interessierte dabei, wie sich die Bewegungscharakteristika veränderten, wenn Menschen lernen. Dazu ließen sie die Teilnehmer ihnen anfangs nicht vertraute Symbole zu Paaren ordnen. Dabei fanden sie heraus, dass der Lernerfolg der Teilnehmer sich auch körperlich niederschlug: Je vertrauter die Probanden mit ihrer Aufgabe wurden, desto schneller, regelmäßiger und fester wurden ihre Bewegungen.
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