Robotics & AI - Prof. Gianni

How do you define AI?

  • Machines that simulates human intelligence.

Can you name at least three different sub-fields of AI?

  • Robotics

  • Machine Learning

  • Natural Language Processing

AI has been around since about 70 years so far. Why is it booming right now?

  • Probably because more people started to notice that technology is the future and that AI has reached a fascinating point where many human features are duplicated to a machine's system and program.

Can you name at least three application sectors where robots are being largely employed? What are the reasons?

  • Space Exploration: does the dangerous things that humans can’t do in the space.

  • Manufacturing: helps in reducing the production price while increasing the productivity and efficiency.

  • Military: helps as drones to keep an eye on the enemy or as armed systems designed to strike opposing forces.

Can you identify three major challenges for a wheeled autonomous robot performing a 24h surveillance task in a large facility? (e.g., something like Mall of Qatar)

  • The power source where the robots takes a huge amount of source to charge and work.

  • Being able to communicate and interact with other bots around like humans.

  • Being able to interact with other than bots and just avoiding bumping into people and things.