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"What is a robot?" Pioneering roboticist Rodney Brooks answers with a sonnet
IEEE Spectrum asked pioneering roboticist Rodney Brooks, co-founder of iRobot and former head of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the eternal engineering question: "What is a robot?" Inspired by computational neuroscientist Warren McCulloch who enjoyed writing sonnets, Brooks responded to the query in iambic pentameter. Here's the beginning:
What Is a Robot?By Rodney Brooks
Shall I compare thee to creatures of God?Thou art more simple and yet more remote.You move about, but still today, a clod,You sense and act but dont see or emote.
You make fast maps with laser light all spread,Then compare shapes to object libraries,And quickly plan a path, to move ahead,Then roll and touch and grasp so clumsily.
Read the rest: "What Is a Robot? Rodney Brooks Offers an Answerin Sonnet Form" (IEEE Spectrum)
image: Brooks led development of the COG robot seen in this photo by Rama (CC BY-SA 3.0 FR) Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/19/what-is-a-robot-pioneerin.html