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Unnamed Humanoid “UH” from Iowa State Learns To Learn

Iowa State University’s Developmental Robotics Lab is trying to find it out how the robot works in the same way like a 2 year old does by attempting to break the stuff. They used an unnamed humanoid (“uh”) to do this experiment.

The unnamed humanoid maneuvers objects in many different ways to try to find their physical characteristics. It builds a mental picture of what kind of object it is playing with by dropping, pushing and shaking these objects.

This kind of experimentation is a unique biological method of learning and this has the advantage of not relying to any type of sensor. This unnamed humanoid is very good at identifying objects that are introduced to them. They can figure this objects with 99% accuracy.

The next step for this robot is experimentation with the goal in mind. For instance if the robot is given a thing, it can identify that thing and can be able to figure out to use that thing. Researchers are on the process of developing this UH robot.

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