Artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence or sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and other animals.

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from humble beginnings to a field with global impact.

The term intelligence refers to the ability to acquire and apply different skills and knowledge to solve a given problem. In addition, intelligence is also concerned with the use of general mental capability to solve, reason, and learning various situations.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science. It is the development of computer systems that are able to perform tasks that would require human intelligence. AI algorithms can tackle learning, perception, problem-solving, language-understanding and/or logical reasoning.

AI is used in many ways within the modern world, from personal assistants to self-driving car. Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly. While science fiction every so often portraits AI as robots closely as possible to humans.

Artificial intelligence is used to develop various robots that have human intellectual characteristics, behaviors, learning from past experience, have abilities to sense, and abilities to making predications and determine meaning of certain situation.

The most important purpose of artificial intelligence is to reduce human casualties in: wars, dangerous workspaces, car accidents, natural disasters.
Artificial intelligence

Robotics: Integration between computer science and engineering

Word robot was coined by a Czech novelist Karel Capek in a 1920 play titled Rassum’s Universal Robots (RUR). Robot in Czech is a word for worker or servant.

The Robot Institute of America designates a robot as “a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools, or specialized devices through various programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks.”

Robotics requires a systems integration approach of concepts from Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Software Engineering, and Computer Science.

Early robots were all programmed by a method called teach by showing, which involved moving the robot to a desired goal point and recording its position in a memory that the sequencer would read during playback.

Since the arrival of powerful computer, a programming language is used. The robot computer contains a language processor which interpret the task programs and provides the data required by the control program to direct the robot’s motions.

Robotics is already making a remarkable impact in medical care through the development of advanced prosthesis devices as well as robot-assisted surgery.
Robotics: Integration between computer science and engineering