{"id":13463,"date":"2012-10-24T19:06:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T19:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=13463"},"modified":"2025-01-29T17:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:05:18","slug":"smart-robotic-drones-advance-science-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/10\/smart-robotic-drones-advance-science-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Robotic Drones Advance Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Colin Poitras<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chengyu Cao sees a day in the not-so-distant future when intelligent robots will be working alongside humans on a wide range of important tasks from advancing science, to performing deep sea rescues, to monitoring our natural habitats<a href=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drones2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13499 img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"drones2\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drones2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 249px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 249\/267;\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bold leap from the pre-programmed factory robots and remote-controlled drones we are most familiar with today. Cao, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and his research team are creating a new generation of smart machines \u2013 devices that are fully autonomous and capable of navigating their way through our complex world unassisted.<\/p>\n<p>These machines will not only be able to travel untethered from one point to another in space and perform tasks; they will be able to \u201cthink\u201d on their own using artificial intelligence to adjust to unforeseen obstacles and situations in their environment \u2013 a tree, a building, a sudden gust of wind or change in tidal current \u2013 without human interface.<\/p>\n<p>It is the stuff of which science fiction movies are made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story, and watch the exciting video,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/blog\/2012\/10\/smart-robotic-drones-advance-science\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Chengyu Cao sees a day in the not-so-distant future when intelligent robots will be working alongside humans on a wide range of important tasks, from advancing science, to performing deep sea rescues, to monitoring our natural habitats.  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