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Stanford Research Institute Develops Shakey, the First Intelligent Mobile Robot
1966 – 1972
Developed from approximately 1966 through 1972, Shakey the robot was the first
general-purpose mobile robot that could "reason" about its own actions. While
other robots at the time had to be instructed step by step in order to
complete a larger task, Shakey could analyze commands and break them down into
basic steps by itself. "Shakey could perceive its surroundings, create plans,
recover from errors that occurred while executing a plan, and communicate with
people using ordinary English."
Shakey was developed by the Artificial Intelligence Center at Stanford
Research Institute (now SRI International) in a project funded by DARPA
intended to create “intelligent automataö for “reconnaissance" applications.
Because the project combined research in robotics, computer vision, and
natural language processing, it was the first successful project that combined
logical reasoning with physical action.
"Shakey's overall software design has influenced the design of everything from
driverless cars to undersea exploration robots.
"Shakey's planning methodology has been used in applications ranging from
planning beer production at breweries to planning the actions of characters in
video games.
"Variants of Shakey's route-finding software compute your driving directions
here on earth, as well as driving directions for the Mars Curiosity rover.
(Note that Curiosity is quite a “reconnaissance applicationö!)
"Image analysis techniques that enabled Shakey to perceive its world are
similarly used to alert today's drivers of cars that may be drifting out of
lane".
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