Robot security guards
The University of Lincoln is working on a multi-million pound project to create robots which will learn how to interact and work in the real world and potentially work as security guards and carers.
Professor: Robots will learn to understand the space they are in
The scientist in charge of a project to develop the software to control robots to work alongside humans in security or care home situations says the devices learn about their surroundings. Professor Tom Duckett explains how the robots build up a picture of the buildings they are operating inside:
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