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The RoboCup Robot Challenges

Created in 1997, RoboCup is an annual tournament composed of several robotic competitions including soccer, rescue, and tasks around the home. The competitions allow teams to not only have fun, but assist in the development of the fields of robotics ... Read more
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Bioloid: Highly Configurable Robot

Since being released a couple years ago, the Bioloid hobbyist robot has quickly grown in popularity due to its incredible versatility. Available in several kits of varying complexity, the robot is capable of being programmed and physically configured to ... Read more
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AI Yet to Master Boardgame 'Go'

The Chinese game of Go has proven to be a tough challenge to those in the artificial intelligence field.  Advanced AI has been developed for many other games, with perhaps the most famous being chess. However, Go is in ... Read more

Annual Turing Test Challenges

There are presently two major chatterbot contests which utilize the Turing Test as the determinant - the bot which most closely comes to passing (or does pass) the Turing Test is deemed the winner. These two contests, the Loebner Prize ... Read more

Mind Reading Devices Going Mainstream

Some interesting new mind-reading headsets are finding their way to market.  The devices relay the electrical signals within the wearer's brain to a computer, which then can use the information to control such things as characters in video games, medical ... Read more

About Synthetic Thought
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Synthetic Thought was created by Robert Riley to provide information on next-generation technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and genetic engineering.

The site is not only aimed at individuals with a passing curiosity, but is also intended to assist students, engineers and others in the development of next-generation technologies (see the ever-growing Open Learning area).

When I'm not working on Synthetic Thought or my software development site, I offer the following contract or direct-hire services near Chandler, AZ (Resumepdf_button):

  • Embedded systems development
  • Systems programming (Win32, Linux, C/C++)
  • Mobile application development (C/C++, C#)
  • Enterprise software development (ASP.NET, C#)

If you have comments, want to publicize an online tutorial, book or project, or are interested in Robert's software development services, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
 
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