Matthias Scheutz and his team roboter "Cindy". © Tufts University
With his appointment as Principal Scientist, the AIT and Tufts University Boston have established a transatlantic research cooperation in order to position themselves as leaders in the industrial automation and digitisation. After all, nowadays not only people and companies, but also machines and even entire production and industrial plants are networked. They communicate with each other and respond to changing conditions in real time. The aim is to optimise production, usage and performance and to conserve resources as well as the environment while remaining competitive at the same time. However, the prerequisite for this is that the robots are no longer just pure working machines, but that humans and machines now interact with each other and work together as a team.
In an interview conducted by the "Der Standard" he talks about his research and about his goal of making robots good team players.
Print: "Denn sie wissen, was sie warum tun" ; 4.11.2020, p.34
Online: " Kognitionsforscher: Roboter müssen soziale Normen verstehen" ; 14.11.2020
www.derstandard.at/story/2000121462686/kognitionsforscher-roboter-muessen-soziale-normen-verstehen
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About Matthias Scheutz
He is Professor of Computer and Cognitive Sciences at Tufts University, where he heads the Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory. His research focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive modelling with a focus on robotics and the application of AI to robots. For several years he has been developing flexible and powerful algorithms as sustainable solutions for an optimal interaction of robots with humans.
Matthias.Scheutz(at)tufts.edu
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