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RJ Kanary
2nd Sep 2008, 22:30
Stanford's "autonomous" helicopters teach themselves to fly (http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/september10/videos/367_flash.html)
RJ
Overdrive
2nd Sep 2008, 23:04
Not yet fully autonomous, it doesn't make elective or inventive decisions within its display, it's performing learned sequences, albeit independantly. But...
...better get designing some software glitches and bugs :eek:
darrenphughes
2nd Sep 2008, 23:05
Next thing you know they'll declare war on humans and call themselves Cylons!!!:}
Sorry about the obscure Battlestar Galactica reference!! I may need to get out more.:(
22clipper
3rd Sep 2008, 07:36
so flying toasters?
Bravo73
3rd Sep 2008, 15:48
Notice if you will, Prof. Ngs wink at the end ;)
That's not a wink. It's a nervous tic... :rolleyes:
Dave_Jackson
3rd Sep 2008, 17:47
" The computer 'watches' the human fly the helicopter.."
Learn or remember? ... Bit of a difference!
Scary as it sounds, it may be learning. Artificial Neural Network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network)
Much like flying an airliner I suppose:ok: