This new robotics challenge could bring us closer to human-level AI

Since the early decades of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have been a staple of sci-fi books, movies, and cartoons. Yet, after decades of research and development in AI, we still have nothing that comes close to the Jetsons’ Rosey the Robot. This is because that many of our intuitive planning and motor skills—things that we take for granted—are a lot more complicated than we think. Navigating unknown areas, finding and picking up objects, choosing routes, and planning tasks are complicated feats that we only appreciate when we try to turn them into computer programs. Developing robots that can physically sense…

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