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In 2011, Integrated Device Technology celebrates 30 years of delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions. On March 23rd, Integrated Device Technology CEO Dr. Ted Tewksbury and other members of the IDT management team were on hand for this special occasion to ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell.
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Although we are still far from the moment of singularity, or even Star Wars ‘droids, we can anticipate robot colleagues in the near future, believes Seth Teller. He is developing ‘situationally aware’ machines to help out humans in those “unstructured environments…where we live, work and recreate.”
Teller’s goal is not “to solve the full AI problem,” but to provide robot solutions to specific challenges. Whatever the project, the robot must successfully navigate a messy human world with appropriate sensor data, and interact with us on our terms, through speech and gestures, overcoming potential unease. “We are working with ways of creating natural interactions between humans and robots, paying attention to notions of human acceptance,” says Teller.
The first venture Teller describes is an unmanned car, developed for a DARPA competition. Teller’s team had to design a vehicle that could not only “see” around itself, but understand the rules and hazards urban driving. Teller shows video of the “Urban Challenge” finals, with his car waiting patiently at an intersection for another car to pull out –“no honking or obscenities,” he notes. Someday, believes Teller, such a vehicle could help reduce U.S.
Teller’s goal is not “to solve the full AI problem,” but to provide robot solutions to specific challenges. Whatever the project, the robot must successfully navigate a messy human world with appropriate sensor data, and interact with us on our terms, through speech and gestures, overcoming potential unease. “We are working with ways of creating natural interactions between humans and robots, paying attention to notions of human acceptance,” says Teller.
The first venture Teller describes is an unmanned car, developed for a DARPA competition. Teller’s team had to design a vehicle that could not only “see” around itself, but understand the rules and hazards urban driving. Teller shows video of the “Urban Challenge” finals, with his car waiting patiently at an intersection for another car to pull out –“no honking or obscenities,” he notes. Someday, believes Teller, such a vehicle could help reduce U.S.
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Ken Korane of Machine Design Magazine talks with Paul Kling of IMS Schneider Electric Motion about hybrid motion technology, a combination of servo and stepper technologies creating a new drive system with linear force applications.
Hosted by: Ken Korane Videography by: Terry Knight Edited by: Terry Knight