automated and emerging tech (AI and robotics) (paper 1)

• sensors take measurements of their environment • if change noticed data is sent to microprocessor • microprocessor converts data from analogue to digital • data is compared to set instructions • the actuators make a physical change to the environment • like closing a door, turning on a light or alarm

a system that operates without human intervention by using programmed commands and feeedback control

• indsutry • agriculture • transport

• canned food must be at a certain temp and pressure before they can be cooled and deemed safe • temp of cans are measured by infra-red sensors and pressure by pressure sensors • if conditions are not correct heaters will be turned on and pressure up or down

with the large number of cans being produced every single one must not have any harmful bacteria in

• humidity sensors • pH sensors • moisure sensors • all ensure that the crops are grown and stored in optimum conditions • microprocessors will process all readings and cause acutators to turn on sprinklers, heaters or to open vents

• proximity sensors in self-driving cars • automatically apply the breaks if a car gets too close to another

• foctory equipment • robotic vacuum cleaners • agricultural robots • medical robots

• have a mechanical structure or framework • contain eletrical components • they are programmable • have sensors, microprocessors and actuators for movement

• a childs toy robotic animal • drones

• robots can lift heavier / larger items • reduces the danger risk to work staff • robots are more accurate to reduce faults in production • robots don’t require breaks • despite initial costs, robots don’t need wages

artificial inteligence

the development of computer systems capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence.

• Collection of data • Rules for using the data – these rules may be programmed into a program, or the program may discover the rules • The ability to reason • The ability to learn or adapt (machine learning)

something which simulates a human expert

an interface

• a knowledge base • a rule base • an inference engine • an interface

the information they know about certain things

rules about certain things which they observe and can make desicions from

allows it is apply new rules when coming across something new

machine learning

it allows computers to learn from data and improve their performance on specific tasks without being explicitly programmed

• Machine learning is where a program automatically learns by creating its own rules / adapting its own processes/data. • Training data is fed into the system so that it can learn to identify certain rules. • The larger the training data set, the more accurate the system will become

• machine learning • expert systems