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Published On: Apr 14, 2004 07:30 AM
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Published On: Apr 14, 2004 07:30 AM
Robot Racing
Go build one and enter it in the race this
December!!
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Human innovation has fought off competition from robots created using artificial intelligence in an online experiment by boffins at a London university. The online Sodarace competition, created by the Queen Mary University of London, pitched virtual robots created by humans against those designed by artificial intelligence.
Computer Science students at the university fed a basic wheel design into an AI program to breed the best racer over a hilly course while a team in Austria gave AI a free hand in developing a flat-ground racer, which resulted in weird computer-generated stick-insect type creatures. But it was a machine developed using trial and error in Canada that struck the decisive blow for humans. Round one of the competition was watched by 150,000 online spectators. Round two will be launched in December.
Dr Peter McOwan, AI researcher at the department of computer science, Queen Mary University of London, said in a statement: "Human creativity will be tough to beat and this will be a fascinating global experiment. Machines designing machines has been the theme of many popular science fiction movies, but that has become a reality."
Ed Burton, Director of Research at Soda Creative Ltd, the designer of the Sodarace software, adds: "Evolved robots are now racing against the human designs but it is surprising to see the competition turning into a collaboration. Computer programmers are learning model-making tips from children who are experts in designing Sodaracers. In turn, children are learning that AI isn't magic and that, at least for now, humans are still where the ideas emerge."
Human innovation has fought off competition from robots created using artificial intelligence in an online experiment by boffins at a London university. The online Sodarace competition, created by the Queen Mary University of London, pitched virtual robots created by humans against those designed by artificial intelligence.
Computer Science students at the university fed a basic wheel design into an AI program to breed the best racer over a hilly course while a team in Austria gave AI a free hand in developing a flat-ground racer, which resulted in weird computer-generated stick-insect type creatures. But it was a machine developed using trial and error in Canada that struck the decisive blow for humans. Round one of the competition was watched by 150,000 online spectators. Round two will be launched in December.
Dr Peter McOwan, AI researcher at the department of computer science, Queen Mary University of London, said in a statement: "Human creativity will be tough to beat and this will be a fascinating global experiment. Machines designing machines has been the theme of many popular science fiction movies, but that has become a reality."
Ed Burton, Director of Research at Soda Creative Ltd, the designer of the Sodarace software, adds: "Evolved robots are now racing against the human designs but it is surprising to see the competition turning into a collaboration. Computer programmers are learning model-making tips from children who are experts in designing Sodaracers. In turn, children are learning that AI isn't magic and that, at least for now, humans are still where the ideas emerge."
Posted: Tue - December 2, 2003 at 07:12 PM