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This class of robots is called “MDS” – mobile/dexterous/social. The purpose of the robots is to support research and education goals in human-robot interaction, teaming, and social learning.
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This paper gives an overview of the unconventional usage of A* and Finite State Machines (FSMs) in the game F.E.A.R.. The FSM for characters has only three states, and they used A* to plan sequences of actions as well as to plan paths. The emphasis is demonstrating how the planning system improved the process of developing character behaviors.
Written by Jeff Orkin – Monolith Productions / M.I.T. Media Lab, Cognitive Machines Group.
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MIT report suggests people from different cultures use their brains differently to solve the same visual perceptual tasks. Psychological research has established that American culture, which values the individual, emphasizes the independence of objects from their contexts, while East Asian societies emphasize the collective and the contextual interdependence of objects.

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