Today, once more I learned that:
There are machines all around us, performing all kinds of tasks. Below are three interesting examples of their versatility.
Solution to Problem # 4, Drilling square holes, posted on 2016-03-06
The question was: How would you construct a tool to drill square holes? The solution can be found in the following drawing. See also the amazing video in reference # 1 below.
Update on AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol
Just as we could expect, AlphaGo did it again, and won also the third game against Lee Sedol. There are still two more games to go, but the 3-0 lead that AlphaGo already has is of course sufficient to win the match. See the following images and reference #2 below.
A robot I would not mind having as my partner
Here comes a perfect example of how advanced robots are today. It is the US company Boston Dynamics that has developed Atlas. How about teaming up AlphaGo and Atlas, thus forming the ultimate Go player? See the following photo and another fantastic video in reference #3 below.
… That’s what I learned in school!