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Your household robot won't just clean and make repairs, it will come up with clever, novel solutions to problems by improvising. This hallmark of artificial intelligence is a little closer to reality thanks to a robot named Kurt3D. In a recent test, Kurt3D figured out how to activate a switch and open a door by improvising, using a limited set of instructions. The key to this A.I. breakthrough is a new way of teaching computers about objects by teaching them what something is for rather than simply what it is. More »
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