Robots Use AI to Learn from Their Mistakes

One thing robots traditionally have been unable to do is learn from their mistakes. They'll follow their programming over and over and not adapt to new situations or correct errors. That could all change soon thanks to a team of Leeds University scientists, who are using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to teach robots to conduct trial-and-error problem-solving. If a robotic arm can't grab its intended object in a confined or cluttered space, it has to plan a sequence of moves to reach its target. The processing power required to make that plan is often so great that the robot arm will freeze for a few minutes.