Updated: Monday, January 26 2015, 08:11 PM CST

There is a fun side to Artificial Intelligence. At today's Artificial Intelligence Open House in Austin we got to see robots that had learned to play soccer against each other.

But AI has its more serious side: for example in the area of search and rescue. Brittany Duncan, from Texas A&M University, was at the AI Open House showing off a search and rescue drone quad-copter. She says a smarter drone can handle the flying while the pilot focuses on the search. "It's kind of like you're driving down the road looking for a doughnut shop," she says. "Well it's easier to have your passenger look for the doughnut shop than it is for you to look for it yourself while you're driving."

And this same artificial intelligence can be adapted to other tasks. Pascal Bercher, from Ulm University in Germany says AI can add to the user's ability to do a task, for instance product knowledge to help someone trying to install their home theater. He adds, "The user doesn't even need to fully understand the system. He does not need the compatibility of certain cables and all the different parts of the devices."

That's the kind of stuff the crowd at the AI Open House wanted to hear. If robots are going to keep getting smarter and faster-- we want them on our team.

By Fred Cantu

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