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Shakey Ever After? Questioning Tacit Assumptions in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

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Shakey the robot was a milestone of autonomous robots and artificial intelligence. Its design principles have dominated research until now. Tacit philosophical and architectural assumptions have impoverished the space of research topics and methods. I point out ways to overcome this impasse with sideglances to other scientific fields.

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  1. It is also questionable whether such optimization of known technology is beneficial for industries. Brooks (https://rodneybrooks.com/the-end-of-moores-law/) criticizes the circuit industry for not thinking about new concepts of computer architectures.

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Kirsch, A. Shakey Ever After? Questioning Tacit Assumptions in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Künstl Intell 33, 423–428 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-019-00626-w

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