The "Bionic Woman" NASA uses artificial intelligence to teach robots what to do to behave more like human explorers.
May 29, 2001 - Ayanna Howard may never set foot on Mars, or lead a mission to Jupiter, but the work she is doing on robots "smart" help, however, revolutionize exploration planet.
As Project Scientist, specializing in artificial intelligence at Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA (JPL), Ayanna is part of a group that applies creative energy to a new generation of space missions - exploring the surface of planets and the Moon for autonomous robots able to "think" for themselves.
Up: You may not resemble the android Data from Star Trek, but in future robotic explorers as it possess artificial intelligence that enable them to explore the terrain without human supervision. Image courtesy of JPL. Most vehicles
space robot used today are inflexible in how they respond to the difficulties encountered (an important exception is the Deep Space 1 employing artificial intelligence technology.) These robots can only perform activities that are explicitly written is the software or through instructions sent via radio by a human controller on Earth.
During the exploration of unknown planets, a million miles from Earth, this variety of robot, such as "dog obedience" requires constant attention from humans. In comparison, the ultimate goal of Ayanna and her colleagues is to "put a robot on Mars and let him work alone without direct human intervention. "
" We want to instruct the robot to think about possible obstacles you may encounter, just as you would an astronaut in the same situation, "he says." Our job is to help the robot to think in logical terms about turning left or right, not just a few degrees of rotation. "
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