Test self-learning robots like people

Scientists have taken a new step in creating a generation of robots capable of learning and simulating some human-like tasks, the US business news website reported on August 25.

Europe built self-learning robots like humans

WikiHow is a website dedicated to guiding users to perform large and small tasks in their daily lives, from building a birdhouse to guiding how to dress or cook.

Robot is practicing making pancakes - (YouTube screenshot)

Now, scientists have invented a completely new generation of robots , capable of applying advice from WikiHow and learning how to do some simple tasks like making pancakes or pizza.

RoboHow is the name of a robot research group from European universities, who are trying to "teach " robots to cook and do some chores, according to MIT Technology Review (USA).

The robots 'learn' through a combination of simulations that teach people, similar to the cooks who practice imitating the way of cooking. After that, the robot will automatically analyze, compare the information it finds on web pages or instructional videos to make sure it can perform the right operation.

PR2 , a robot being tested by RoboHow, is able to scan data from WikiHow site and some similar pages to find necessary information and complete assigned tasks. It will analyze human language and translate it into action.

'Teaching' cooking ' robots ' is a huge challenge for scientists. Unlike robots, people are able to accumulate a certain amount of general knowledge through life experiences. People 'absorb ' knowledge naturally and there are things that do not need to be learned such as holding a fork knife or pan. While robots need to be taught everything, from pinching fingers to holding a spoon to a bottle opening or more complicated than making pancakes.

To expand robotics, researchers have worked to build robots that can learn general knowledge and applications in certain tasks.

When the robot learns how to perform a task, that knowledge section is sent straight to the database block that all other RoboHow robots can access and continue to learn. This means that if a robot learns how to make pancakes, the whole robot has the ability to self-study each other, thus completing breakfast preparation for the user.

The goal of RoboHow's team is to create robots that can help people in everyday life, similar to interacting with intelligent virtual assistants such as Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana or Google Now's Google. , Quartz said.

Michael Beetz, head of artificial intelligence research at the University of Bremen (Germany), also a member of the RoboHow group, said robots could be ready to put into use in the next decade.