Technology: Ten Years Later, Intelligent Robots Protect Your Home from Escort

Ten years later, I can ask my robot to be a babysitter

In the "2009 China Robot Contest and RoboCup Open - Service Robot Competition", the star robot independently researched and developed by China University of Science and Technology, "Kejia," has received a lot of attention. Its appearance has made people stand out: Perhaps in the near future, it will be smart. The “Conch Girl” will come to us and become a good helper in our lives and work.

Outlook: "Conch Girl" will no longer be a legend

One day before leaving for work, you only need to confess to the robot behind you: “Remember to clean the sanitation and prepare three servings for dinner!” After work at night, the family can enjoy a delicious meal in the bright home. After dinner, the trained robots will add tea and change dishes on the side, and finally clean up the dishes and polish the kitchen in an awkward manner. At the office, the robot will serve you a cup of your favorite hot tea, and then report orderly. Your work schedule for the day, it will firmly remember that every one of your customers, including those who only have a one-sided relationship, will whisper to you in your ear as soon as you hesitate a moment... This is not a fantasy, the world The relevant scientific researchers are working hard to make it a reality.

Currently, service robots have become a major target for cutting-edge research in robots and related fields at home and abroad. According to reports, British experts have stated that domestic robots will enter British families in the next 10 years, and the Ministry of Information and Communications of South Korea plans to make it to Korea in 2013. Every family can own a robot. It is worth noting that in the Outline of the National Medium- and Long-Term Scientific and Technological Development Plan, the intelligent service robot has been listed as one of the four advanced manufacturing technologies that China has vigorously developed. The scope of application covers home, office, reception, entertainment, and education. Helping the elderly, helping the elderly, security, and accompanying care are all aspects of people's daily work and life.

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"Ten years are scientists' estimation of the timetable for intelligent robots to enter into millions of households, but with the rapid development of science and technology, this time may be ahead of schedule," said Chen Xiaoping, a director of the International RoboCup Federation and a professor at China University of Science and Technology.

In May of this year, the predecessor of Kejia had appeared on the 2009 RoboCup Robot World Cup Hefei Warm-up Match. At that time, it had not had time to get a name that satisfied everyone. It was only able to speak English and was trying to expand its vocabulary. Within just over half a year's growth, “Conch Girl” “can be good” speaks fluent Mandarin, will use his arms to grab things, can make causal reasoning, and can follow the “three laws of robots” in simple cases.

"China University of Technology's service robots have introduced natural language understanding technology into service robots for the first time in the world, and developed an automatic reasoning technology that is compatible with natural language understanding - an automatic planning system based on common sense reasoning." Professor Chen Xiaoping said, "Can be good" Not only can we identify different people, but we can also have simple conversations with people. More importantly, “may be good” is not limited to dialogue understanding and knowledge retrieval. Based on this, the ability to automatically solve problems and autonomically plan robots makes “Kejia” not only answer people’s questions but also think The method to accomplish what people want it to do reflects a higher level of artificial intelligence. "Can be good" has thus become the world's smartest robot.

The future: It takes a long way to go into the family

The appearance of “Ji Jia” is delightful, but it is far from the scientists’ expectations. Research workers believe that at present, "human-computer interaction" is a primary technical bottleneck for service robots. In addition, the standardization of the robot industry and production costs are two major issues that need urgent solution. “The industry has not yet fully standardized, and the cost is hard to reduce. Whether it is for home use or entertainment, the prices in the market are high, like pet robot dogs, 10,000 yuan, only a small number of people can afford it. Therefore, in addition to intensifying scientific research, enterprises must also standardize industrialization standards and maintain close links within the field, so that our country's service robots can really go on mass production lines and enter the family," said Professor Chen Xiaoping.

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