The BUAP showcased the humanoid Arthur, a robot with a variety of facial expressions capable of seeing and hearing
Adda Avendaño
Advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the creation of autonomous, industrial, and humanoid robots were presented by Dr. David Eduardo Pinto Avendaño, Director of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), during the keynote lecture “The Robotic Family.”
At the 2nd Summer School on Cognitive, Computational Sciences, and Natural Language Processing, organized by the Center for Research in Computing (CIC), Dr. Pinto highlighted that AI is now directly applied through virtual assistants, video games, smartphones, and other devices, creating a new way of life.
He explained that, in the field of computing, AI focuses on developing systems capable of performing tasks that require human-like intelligence inspired by human cognitive and learning abilities. This involves programs and algorithms that can think, learn, and make decisions autonomously.
AI intersects with various disciplines such as philosophy, mathematics, probability and statistics, economics, neuroscience, psychology, computational engineering, control theory, and linguistics, among others. Although these fields may seem unrelated, they converge in this technology to address complex problem-solving.
In the lobby of the School of Computing Auditorium, the conference venue, prototypes created by BUAP students were showcased, including humanoids like Bioloid Premium, R2D2, and BB-8, as well as Arthur, a cutting-edge device capable of seeing, hearing, and displaying a range of facial expressions.
Throughout the scientific week, topics such as couple psychology, dreams, challenges in medical technology, methods for explaining language models, data ecosystems in medicine, cognitive neuroscience in mathematics learning, ethics, and artificial intelligence, among others, were presented by experts in the field.
Workshops on Python, robot simulation in Matlab, Natural Language Processing (NLP), deep art, quantum machine learning, algorithms for video game generation, semantic segmentation with deep learning, non-literal language in NLP, and reinforcement learning were conducted in the “Adolfo Guzmán Arenas” room and other CIC classrooms.
The Acting Director of CIC, Francisco Hiram Calvo Castro, along with Iván Mosso and Francisco Gutiérrez, Academic Deputy Director and Graduate Director of ESCom, respectively, noted that the 2nd Summer School is a joint effort by students from the Cognitive Sciences, Computational Sciences, and CIC-IEEE Robotics Laboratories.
Gaceta Politécnica #1815. (August 31st, 2024). IPN Imagen Institucional: Read the full magazine in Spanish here.
