宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 faculty Joe Oakes and Zafer Hatahet.
IBM has awarded $5,000 to 约瑟夫·奥克斯, senior instructor and program chair in Information Sciences and Technology at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校. The 2017 教师 Award in the cognitive computing category will support advancing autonomous pet design in a senior-level course.
Building on the success of Hasbro Interactive’s robotic cat, the project seeks to improve the level of object recognition, 声音检测, and command obedience. Through upgraded sensors and a small computer that facilitates lightweight 机载处理, the pet’s behavior and functionality will be enhanced using IBM’s Watson analytics services on the Bluemix cloud platform. This enables the project to leverage modern cloud computing capabilities while keeping the robot processing lean and power efficient.
The IBM 教师 Award will be used to fund enhanced software and hardware 发展, 机载处理, artificial intelligence, and biomechanical engineering capabilities.
The goal of the project is to create a robotic pet that positively impacts the well being of seniors and residents with disabilities in the community surrounding 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 and beyond.
IBM学院奖 are a competitive worldwide program to foster collaboration between researchers at leading universities worldwide and those in IBM research, 发展, and services organizations as well as promote courseware and curriculum innovation to stimulate growth in disciplines and geographies that are strategic to IBM.
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宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校, formerly the Ogontz campus, offers baccalaureate degrees in 18 majors at its suburban location just north of Philadelphia. 将近一半的人,000 students complete all four years at 阿宾顿, with opportunities in undergraduate research, the Schreyer honors program, NCAA Division III athletics and more. Students can start the first two years of more than 160 Penn State majors at 阿宾顿 and complete their degrees at University Park or another campus. 狮门, the campus' first residence hall, opened in August.
