Probably the best place to start with the notion of artificially intelligent machines, is to get some perspective on exactly what comprises intelligence, or other similar concepts like awareness or se

1918 Enigma The German Enigma is surely the best-known mechanical cipher machine. Invented in 1918, it was developed as a commercial and military encipherment system. Enigma

The Turing Test does illustrate one thing further than the ability of modern machines to trick us into various things. The test shows just how important the quality and depth of information provided t

Earlier walking robots had a more serious side: to discover more about the human brain. Shakey, for example, emerged from the Stanford Research Institute (now SRIs artificial intelligence centre) in 1

Perhaps the most prominent of recent developments have been the emergence of the computerized pet as a viable concept. The trend started only a few years ago with those obnoxious little tamagotchi toy

From all of the research, projects and general progress mentioned above, youre probably wondering what stops the unification of all the work so far into a coherent plastic pal whos fun to be with. Wha

Humanoid robots could also take robotics back to the factory floor in the 21st century. Theres a very pragmatic engineering reason to build humanoid robots, and thats because most of our environment h

Although it may be hard to tell from the explosion in chip speeds in the past year, an end to Moores Law is in sight. Manufacturing chips economically at 0.1 microns and below is going to be a challen