Robotics &

Artificial
Intelligence

From Reality to Hollywood

What is a Robot?

Robotics
A robot is a machine that
gathers information about its
environment (senses) and uses
that information (thinks) to
follow instructions and to do
work (acts).

What is a Robot?

A robot is an electromechanical or biomechanical device or group

of devices that can perform
a repetitive or
preprogrammed tasks.

What is a Robot?

A robot may act under the

direct control of a human,
such as the arm on a
space shuttle, or under the
control of a programmed
computer.

What is a Robot?

This is a diagram of a robotic

space arm.

What is a Robot?

Robots may be used to

perform tasks that are to
dangerous or difficult for
humans to do directly,
such as radioactive waste
clean-up.

What is a Robot?

They may also be used to

do repetitive tasks that
could be performed with
more precision by a robot,
such as automobile
production.

What is a Robot?

Automobile Assembly Line.

What is a Robot?

Robots are being designed

to perform precision
surgery, explore space, the
ocean, and other dangerous
areas.

What is a Robot?

This is the
DaVinci
robot.
A surgical
robot used
today.

What is a Robot?
There is endless variety in the size,
shape and jobs of robots. Some
robots are used day after day in
factories, while others are highly
experimental and use artificial
intelligence to behave more and more
like living creatures, able to act
independently in changing
environments.

What is A.I. ?

Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is a
branch of Science, which
deals with helping machines
find solutions to complex
problems in a more humanlike fashion.

What is A.I. ?

Artificial Intelligence
This generally involves
borrowing characteristics from
human intelligence, and
applying them as algorithms
in a computer friendly way.

What is A.I. ?
AI is generally associated with
Computer Science, but it has
many important links with
other fields such as Math,
Psychology, Cognition,
Biology and Philosophy,
among many others.

What is A.I. ?

Our ability to combine

knowledge from all these
fields will ultimately
benefit our progress in the
quest of creating an
intelligent artificial being.

What is A.I. ?
Math solving problems, logic.
Psychology the study of mental
processes and behavior.
Cognition processing information,
applying knowledge.
Biology the study of living
organisms and how the work.
Philosophy wisdom and
understanding.

What is A.I. ?
The potential applications of
Artificial Intelligence are endless.
They stretch from the military for
autonomous control and target
identification, to the entertainment
industry for computer games and
robotic pets.

What is A.I. ?

This is a drone plane

with A.I features.

What is A.I. ?

This is a
robotic
dog with
A.I. like
abilities.

What is A.I. ?
Lets also not forget big
establishments dealing with huge
amounts of information such as
hospitals, banks and insurance
companies, who can use AI to
predict customer behavior and
detect trends.

So What Is Next?

The development of
every new technology
raises questions that we,
as individuals and as a
society, need to address.