Shannon Bohle's project “Curiosity AI” was a winner in a White House Challenge for Artificial Intelligence. Specifically she won second place for “AI Concept Exploration” in the DoD/US Army’s international 2011 Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge, including a check for $3,000, an engraved trophy, a ribbon, and a medallion from the DoD / US Army for “Simulation, Training & Research.”
The Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge is "an open, global Challenge to the world for the best of the best implementations as demonstrated in a virtual environment. The Challenge is an annual event led by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory - Simulation & Training Technology Center. The event is conducted to explore innovative and interactive solutions in virtual environments. The criteria are intentionally unbounded to encourage creative results."
Curiosity AI explores how artificial intelligence can communicate R&D concepts to be used in our future exploration of Mars. Curiosity AI focuses on a human controlling one AI which then controls many other AIs. Specifically, it proposes the use of a UAV flying hovercraft such as the Embla UAV. A UAV hovercraft like this would be capable of speeds of 50 miles per hour or more and would not limited by difficult terrain and could also navigate into caves on Mars and the Moon. The videos depicting a futuristic Mars Embla swarm were published in February (in a new media format on YouTube), and a presentation given at the IEEE Oregon Virtual Worlds Symposium on March 11, and submitted (as part of a larger project) for an AI contest in December of 2010.
Curiosity Scientist claims to not be afraid of IBM's Watson:
Curiosity Scientist behaves as an AI emissary agent, commanding a swarm of expert machines:
Curiosity Scientist performs in-situ data analysis and calculations from NASA's Mars Data Archive:
Curiosity Scientist shows emotional responses, gestures, actions in response to dialogue:
Curiosity Scientist performs federated searches across military databases based on natural language commands:
Satellite data communications:
Rover performs simulated spectroscopy to detect chemicals in Mars soil:
About the project
How to control the robots
In terms of defense applications, the project simulates how one human could operate many drones, including swarms. According to Tim Owings, deputy project manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office, “Right now, it takes two Soldiers to operate an unmanned aircraft,” he said. “We want to take that to one-to-one and even to one-to-four. We will need higher levels of autonomy in our unmanned aircraft systems if an operator controls multiple vehicles” (March 24, 2011). Shannon also had a chance to demonstrate the project and be on a panel discussing “The Future of AI” at the 2011 Defense Gametech Conference in Orlando and the 2011 Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds at National Defense University in Washington, DC.
Serious Games Background:
* Nature Publishing Group, & NASA JPL — Second Life: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Archivist_Llewellynjavascript:void(0)
* Tech@State — http://tech.state.gov/profile/ShannonBohle
Following the Challenge, Bohle, chaired/organized/co-sponsored the National Robotics Week IEEE events in Second Life. She delivered a hands-on tutorial on the Artificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML) during National Robotics Week. Her robotic design also won Honorable Mention in the international Gogbot 2010 Singularity Art & Design Show held in the Netherlands (below):
Bohle's commentary about "Curiosity AI" can be heard on the "The Mark Johnson Show" (WDEV FM 96.1 and AM 550) (Part 1, Part 2) in an episode called, "Researcher discusses virtual worlds, artificial intelligence and Mars exploration."
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