Robotics

If AI is considered an umbrella term for machines mimicking how humans might work and reach conclusions, this is perhaps most visibly obvious with robotics, which is physically trying to reproduce the work of a human. The term robot is in and of itself a generic term that encompasses a lot of nuances, much like the term AI. ML is considered as powerful as it is because of the ability of machines to learn from past actions and behaviors. In that sense, perhaps they are considered more advanced than the underlying tech that powers robotics, but we felt it wasn’t fair to exclude robotics from AI because if a robot can make a meal, make a part for a car, or assist with surgery, it’s intelligent enough to be considered in the realm of AI.

The heart of innovations in this space will also come from ML being used in combination with robotics so that it can learn from the past. In Chapter 3, we briefly touched on the idea of Boston Dynamics robot dogs not using ML...