Skills for physical artificial intelligence

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Synthesizing robots via physical artificial intelligence is a multidisciplinary challenge for future robotics research. An education methodology is needed for researchers to develop a combination of skills in physical artificial intelligence.

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Fig. 1: PAI is the theory and practice of synthesizing nature-like intelligent robotic systems.
Fig. 2: The five main disciplines of PAI.

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  1. Materials and Technology Center of Robotics, Empa — Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland

    Aslan Miriyev & Mirko Kovač

  2. Aerial Robotics Lab, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    Aslan Miriyev & Mirko Kovač

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Miriyev, A., Kovač, M. Skills for physical artificial intelligence. Nat Mach Intell 2, 658–660 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-00258-y

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