MIT's New Robot Explorers Calculate Risk
Daring Bands of Robot Explorers for Ocean, Space and Earth Source: MIT Algorithm Breakthrough by MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Scientists MIT and WHOI scientists have created a new algorithm that enables marine robots to take calculated risks on whether to research unknown, vast regions in the ocean worthy of scientific exploration. It's an algorithm that enables robots to calculate risk versus opportunity. UAV Explorers They are autonomous underwater vehicles (UAV's). The robots are very expensive and are designed to explore new worlds. This new algorithm technology lets the robots calculate if the potential reward of going into dangerous geographies is worth the risk. According to MIT and WHOI scientists, the algorithm is the first to enable "risk-bounded adaptive sampling." It is the robot determining if the potential is worth the risk. The project was supported by NASA. It may also be used by robots in...