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This video clip managed to induce a new stream of thinking in my one tracked mind and it’s all about Artificial Intelligence. Honda’s latest version of Asimo (a robot that can walk, run, carry stuff and do a ton of other handy things) now has the ability to reason! It can look at objects, analyze the characteristics and based on that determine which type of object it is. I seriously want one, but I’m waiting for the price to drop – at R10 million, it’s still a bit pricey for me. There’s always the NEC’s Papero, which goes for about R40 Large, but it’s like a big paperweight that sings annoying songs.

This is the source for a C Program that we did in first semester Comp Sci. It’s basically  a pathfinder program that works out the shortest route on a map created by a user. It’ called a cellular automaton in the field and engineering students will usually program their Robots’ pics (Microcontrollers) with the algorithm in order to find paths in real life…

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