Newsmaker: Divining AI, and the future of consumer robotics

Iria · Jul 20, 2006, 05:07 PM

Source: News.com
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Last fall, Sebastian Thrun led the Stanford University Racing Team to victory in the DARPA Grand Challenge, sponsored by the U.S. Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

"Stanley," Stanford's robotic car, drove autonomously across 131.6 miles in the Mojave Desert. With its car averaging 19.1 miles per hour, the team took first place in the challenge, completing the course in six hours and 53 minutes--11 minutes faster than the second-place robot led by the team from Carnegie Mellon University.

Recently, Thrun was named a Fellow by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.

CNET News.com sat down with Thrun to talk about artificial intelligence and the future of consumer robotics.

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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Newsmaker: Divining AI, and the future of consumer robotics Source: News.com __________ Last fall, Sebastian Thrun led the Stanford University Racing Team to victory in the DARPA Grand Challenge, sponsored by the U.S. Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. "Stanley," Stanford's robotic car, drove autonomously across 131.6 miles in the Mojave Desert. With its car averaging 19.1 miles per hour, the team took first place in the challenge, completing the course in six hours and 53 minutes--11 minutes faster than the second-place robot led by the team from Carnegie Mellon University. Recently, Thrun was named a Fellow by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. CNET News.com sat down with Thrun to talk about artificial intelligence and the future of consumer robotics.