Robotics Applications

Robotic Surgery Demonstration (10 miutes)
Watch the demonstration in youtube and write the responses in your exercise books.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NZLpWrJGgk&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
a) What are some of the social and ethical issues that can arise from using such technology

b) What are some of the viable solution to any problems arisng from using the system?

Artficial Intelligence (15 minutes)
. Go to Ai Artificial Intelligence at http://www.a-i.com/
· Explore the site. Talk to Alan, Hal and MyBot. Find out about AI research.
. Write down anything new learnt in your exercise books and be ready to share the same to others.

Digital Actors (10 mins)
. Define digital actors
. Watch the following in youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuitbK5kO90&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fF2pAsaaiw&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
a) Write down some of your concerns and issues associated with the use of digital actors
b) What are some of the main problesm and solutions to digital actors?

Image Matrics? ?(7 mins)
Watch this next you tube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiX5d3rC6o&feature=related
Share your understanding and concerns of what image matrics is.

Homework
Virtual Actors
-What is your definition of virtual actors?
-Go to the site Emotive Virtual Actors:
http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/experiments/emotive-actors/ . Play around on it and then share what you learned about how special effects animator might use virtual actors to produce a scene or part of a scene.

Internet Notes PPT
http://stpaulsitgs.wikispaces.com/3.4+Internet

Further Readings
Man Vs Machine http://whyfiles.org/040chess/index.html

http://ib2012-itgs.wikispaces.com/Robotics,+Artificial+Intelligence+and+Expert+Systems
http://ict-patana.wikispaces.com/AI+and+Expert+Systems

http://ict-patana.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+Expert+Systems

http://pac-itgs.wikispaces.com/Artificial+Intelligence+and+Expert+Systems

Expert Systems (HL only)

Make brief notes on Expert systems.
-What is an expert system? Give examples of expert systems application in all Strand 2 topics.
-What is the difference between an Expert System and AI? and How are they related?
-The terms below relate to expert systems. Describe each terminology briefly

a) knowledge base
b) Inference engine
c) Knowledge engineer
d) Expert system shells

Discuss the following in pair
- what is difference between facts and knowledge
- Describe the main components of a rule based expert system.
- What is meant by the term fuzzy logic, giving an example to support your meaning?
- Describe the roles of the groups of people who would be required for an expert system

Try out the following expert system.
http://easydiagnosis.com/
Discuss the answer for the following question in pairs
-What kinds of human jobs are most likely to be eliminated because of expert systems?
-What kinds of new jobs will be created because of expert systems?

Resources
http://year12ipt.ash.com/untitled-7.html
http://pac-itgs.wikispaces.com/Artificial+Intelligence+and+Expert+Systems
http://easydiagnosis.com/
http://www.expertise2go.com/webesie/car/
http://www.mcgoo.com.au/SailsWeb/index.html
http://year12ipt.ash.com/index.html

Summary Notes of Expert
http://library.thinkquest.org/11534/expert.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/29483/fuzzy_index.shtml
https://ict-patana.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+Expert+Systems
Knowledge Base
https://ict-patana.wikispaces.com/collection+and+creation+of+a+knowledge+base?f=print
Inference Engine
https://ict-patana.wikispaces.com/AI+and+Expert+Systems
Fuzzy logic
http://library.thinkquest.org/29483/fuzzy_index.shtml

ITGS Robotics Activities (HL Only)

Expert system and AI applications; Attempt the following activities in the links below
Expert system programs
http://www.exsys.com/demomain.html

Natural Language Program Answering Questions
-Try to ask question and see the responses
http://start.csail.mit.edu/

Can the computer Quess correctly
Think of an item and answer 20 questions to see if the computer can guess it.
http://www.20q.net/

Translation Programs
-What are the limitations of using translation program? Where does AI come in?
-Tryout trnaslations below and see the translation in the other languages
http://translate.google.com/#

Teach baby Rose
-Try teaching baby Rose somethings and see her responses
http://teachrose.com/rose/src/talk.php

Artificial intelligence extended activities: Study the following "artificial Artist" information in the links below
http://www.scinetphotos.com/aaron.html
http://www.kurzweilcyberart.com/poetry/rkcp_overview.php
http://www.gustavodiazjerez.com/fractmus_download.html
http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/cope/Emily-howell.htm

Internet Research Activities (HL/SL)

Research and make brief individual notes on the following. Ensure that the IT terminologies are used correctly.

Web Browsers
- Describe the main features of a web browsers e.g bookmarks.
- How do you add functionality to a web browser? e.g plug-in

Data driven website
- Give examples of data driven websites and explain how they are different from the other websites.(e.g PHP)

Website management
- Describe in detail the process involved in creating a website to the final stage of hosting.e.g What software can be used, how do you get domains, how do you host the website and how is the website uploaded.

Web 1.0, Web 2.0, web 3.0 and Web 4.0 and web 5.0
- Distinguish between each of the about briefly.
http://www.slideshare.net/mstrickland/the-evolution-of-web-30

- Define each term listed here: wikis, blogs, micro-blogs, RDF(resource description framework), RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, mashups,forums, social bookmarking, online collaborative applications, podcasts, photocasts, vidcasts, social networking sites, templates, tagging, viral marketing, webcasts, widgets, virtual worlds and learning environments.

- Describe atleast one Web 2.0 tools and Web 3.0 tools that is applied in the 6 application scenarios.
Example: Scenario: Politics and Government
Web 2.0: Social networks like facebooks used by politicians to share their policies
Web 3.0: Intelligent social networks shares the views of the polician independently based on their previous contributions.

Further notes writing
- What are web database? Give examples of web database you know.
- Describe the different online marketing technolgies available
- Describe what a content management system is. an examples is Moodle
- Distinguish with examples between push and pull technologies
- Describe the following E-commerce technologies; B2B, B2C and C2C
- Describe the different online payment services; e.g Paypall
- Outline the different internet threats and the diffrent security measures/solutions that can be used

ALICE VS ELIZA: Who is Intelligent? (HL Only)

Discuss the responses for the question below in pairs and attempt to compare ALICE and ELIZA intelligence (20 Minutes)
1. Explain what Turing Test is? Is the Turing Test a valid test of intelligence? Why or why not?

2. What/Who is ELIZA?

3. Discuss the impact ELIZA had on the area of entertainment?

4. Go to this site and talk with ELIZA.

http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html

5. What/Who is A.L.I.C.E?

6. Have a chat with ALICE. Click on the link below.

http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=f5d922d97e345aa1

DESIGN A ROBOT ONLINE (Individual Task)
Visit the site below and to design a unique online robot that can perform some of the tasks possible or as outlined
(Read the pre-activities provided before you start designing)
http://www.mos.org/robot/index.html