This Robot Can Navigate a Maze Without Artificial Intelligence, But Rather Physical Intelligence

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There’s been a lot of talk recently about artificial intelligence and how it’s on track to outpace human intelligence in just a few decades. Well, that’s no concern when it comes to this robot, one its developers call “brainless”.

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00:00 There's been a lot of talk recently about artificial intelligence and how it's on track

00:07 to outpace human intelligence in just a few decades.

00:10 Well that's no concern when it comes to this robot.

00:13 One, it's developers call brainless.

00:16 This is the soft bodied robot being developed in North Carolina State University and it

00:20 can navigate mazes by rolling around.

00:22 It's developers liken the movement to that of a cup, where the robot is slightly wider

00:26 at one end than the other.

00:27 Their initial build of the robot was tubular, which meant it couldn't turn unless it ran

00:31 into something and it often got stuck between parallel objects.

00:34 This new design allows it to turn at will, not using artificial intelligence, but physical

00:39 intelligence.

00:40 Professor Jia Yin, one of the researchers on the project, explains that physical intelligence

00:45 is derived from the way a soft bodied robot is developed, referring to the automaton's

00:49 dynamic physical capabilities, rather than a programmed, algorithmic brain.

00:53 This maze beating robot must currently be moving around a surface that is at least 131

00:58 degrees Fahrenheit, causing the portion of the bot touching the hot surface to contract.

01:02 This causes the robot to roll back and forth, navigating the maze without programming, with

01:07 Professor Yin adding, "This could change the way we think about soft robot design."

01:11 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:15 (upbeat music)

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