Artificial Intelligence and Robots. All sounds a bit sci-fi, doesn't it? That may be, but there is some pretty cool stuff being done in the world by robotics and AI at this very moment...
Angelina, an Artificial Intelligence system built to design video games by creator Michael Cook, of Imperial College London, released her first game last December, A Puzzling Present.
Cook begins Angelina’s design process by presenting her with a game level that has no solution. Angelina then redesigns the level by applying ideas used in existing games, altering them, and adding further objects and obstacles, until she finds a solution. This may not seem too impressive, but what makes Angelina stand out in the field of AI is that it is able to invent its own additions to the game without outside help.
One example found an error in the initial level which Cook invented. This error enabled the game character to teleport inside a wall and yet still be able to jump. Angelina fixed this bug and modified the code to create a ‘wall-jump’ technique, allowing the character to climb a vertical wall by repeatedly jumping and teleporting up the surface.
Angelina is capable of finding multiple solutions to game levels, which can be used to help game-developers make their programs appropriately easier and harder. It will also be able to fix errors in games and offer new ideas for features of video games. Cook sees the development of AI systems like Angelina as a huge help in the gaming industry, which is worth approximately $50 billion worldwide, and potentially $70 billion by 2017. (Crikey, that's a lot of coppers...)
Anybody know of any other interesting AI systems or robots?
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