{"id":90856,"date":"2019-05-17T12:04:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/helping-robots-remember-hyperdimensional-computing-theory-could-change-the-way-ai-works"},"modified":"2019-05-17T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:04:24","slug":"helping-robots-remember-hyperdimensional-computing-theory-could-change-the-way-ai-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/helping-robots-remember-hyperdimensional-computing-theory-could-change-the-way-ai-works","title":{"rendered":"Helping robots remember: Hyperdimensional computing theory could change the way AI works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UCAJi0ZFaZ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Houston Astros\u2019 Jos\u00e9 Altuve steps up to the plate on a 3\u20132 count, studies the pitcher and the situation, gets the go-ahead from third base, tracks the ball\u2019s release, swings \u2026 and gets a single up the middle. Just another trip to the plate for the three-time American League batting champion.<\/p>\n<p>Could a robot get a hit in the same situation? Not likely.<\/p>\n<p>Altuve has honed natural reflexes, years of experience, knowledge of the pitcher\u2019s tendencies, and an understanding of the trajectories of various pitches. What he sees, hears, and feels seamlessly combines with his brain and <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/muscle+memory\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">muscle memory<\/a> to time the swing that produces the hit. The robot, on the other hand, needs to use a linkage system to slowly coordinate data from its sensors with its motor capabilities. And it can\u2019t remember a thing. Strike three!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2019-05-robots-hyperdimensional-theory-ai.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Astros\u2019 Jos\u00e9 Altuve steps up to the plate on a 3\u20132 count, studies the pitcher and the situation, gets the go-ahead from third base, tracks the ball\u2019s release, swings \u2026 and gets a single up the middle. Just another trip to the plate for the three-time American League batting champion. Could a robot [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}