Embodied Intelligence: Robots that touch the world

Most people think of intelligence as existing in the computer or our brain. Artificial intelligence recognizes faces, understands speech, picks movies, and corrects typos. These tasks are well-suited for computers.
But when it comes to roboticists, they are all about physical tasks in the real world. And, intelligence is no longer is confined to the realm of the bits, the intelligent agent is a robot. Professor Matei Ciocarlie’s Robotic Manipulation and Mobility lab is embodying intelligence in robot hands to solve the problem of physical interaction in our complicated world.
In this video, Ciocarlie explains why machine learning for dexterous manipulation, whether on the factory floor or for a NASA robot, isn’t so different from how humans learn to play tennis.
“Dexterous robotic manipulation is needed now in fields such as manufacturing and logistics, and is one of the technologies that, in the longer term, are needed to enable personal robotic assistance in other areas, such as healthcare or service domains” notes Professor Matei Ciocarlie.
Find out more about the lab's technology for its hands in our CZcams Video "Embodied Intelligence: Building Machine Learning into Robot Hands."