The term "artificial intelligence" has been an oxymoron for years in computer science circles. Computers and robots excel in narrowly-defined tasks in a controlled environment; think of how new cars are largely assembled and spray painted by robots. This article describes how a research robot at Stanford University is designed to learn to perform common tasks in environments like the kitchen and living room of a normal home. He doesn't look like much, but he can learn on the job! Significant progress has been made in Japan toward robots designed to serve and care for the aged. Korea is working on robots to help children learn to read. Intelligent robots will be in your future. How they will be integrated or excluded from domains like schools and hospitals will be a big question within the next fifteen years.
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