DARPA issues BAA for advanced robotic translator
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 07:31
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the procurement of research leading to an advanced robotic device capable of performing as a translator between humans who speak different languages, while also responding to a set number of visual cues, and is able to "listen" to communications, whether they be auditory or written and to respond with some degree of artificial intelligence. In short, DARPA wants a robot that would be some sort of combination between C-3P0, the robot from Lost in Space, and maybe the computer from Star Trek, (though it's not quite asking for the sentient android DATA, just yet.)
