The Impact of SHAKEY the Robot on the Mars Rovers
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Channel: Computer History Museum · 2017 · Science & Technology
SHAKEY, the first robot with artificial intelligence, had an important impact on autonomous vehicles. In this video, Mars Curiosity Rover lead driver Matt Heverly describes how SHAKEY's Shortest Path Algorithm is used by the Mars rovers to autonomously navigate the Martian surface. Matt also describes the important role he plays in directing the rover from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. SHAKEY was honored with the 174th IEEE Milestone. This video was excerpted from this Milestone's Feb. 16, 2017 dedication at the Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, California. A 5-minute overview of SHAKEY is here: https://youtu.be/7bsEN8mwUB8 The entire Milestone dedication event is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5obziVGbn6M A website that includes photos, links to all the videos, and other interesting info is here: http://www.ShakeyMilestone.com/
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