Shakey ever after? Questioning tacit assumptions in robotics and artificial intelligence

Alexandra Kirsch (1, 2, 3, 4)

1 Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence
2 Intelligent Autonomous Systems
3 Institute for Advanced Studies
4 Independent Scientist

Shakey the robot was a milestone of autonomous robots and artificial intelligence. Its design principles have dominated research until now. Tacit philosophical and architectural assumptions have impoverished the space of research topics and methods. I point out ways to overcome this impasse with sideglances to other scientific fields.

Domaines: Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]

Alexandra Kirsch. Shakey ever after? Questioning tacit assumptions in robotics and artificial intelligence. KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, 2019, ⟨10.1007/s13218-019-00626-w⟩. ⟨hal-02304182⟩