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The Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition ((IHMC )) is a not-for-profit research institute of the State University System of Florida, with locations in Pensacola and Ocala, Florida. IHMC scientists and engineers investigate a broad range of topics related to building technological systems aimed at amplifying and extending human cognitive, physical and perceptual capacities. These include artificial intelligence, robotics, human-centered computing, agile and distributed computing and many related areas.〔"Manning up: IHMC Explores the Intersection of Man and Machine." January 2013. AUVSI Magazine.〕〔Hamilton, Scott. "Thinking Outside the Box at the IHMC". Computer , January 2001. (Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press).〕 ==History== 1990—IHMC is founded as a research institute by Dr. Kenneth M. Ford and Dr. Alberto Cañas on the campus of the University of West Florida, growing primarily out of the computer science and psychology departments.〔Kenneth M. Ford, et al. "Coordinating Behavior of Distributed Systems," AI Magazine, Summer 2010. Also: State University System of Florida, Board of Governors; online publication.〕 2004—The Florida Legislature, under the K-20 Education Code, establishes IHMC as an independent, statewide research institute.〔Florida Statute 1004.447.〕 IHMC maintains affiliations with several Florida universities.〔State University System of Florida, Board of Governors. Online publication.〕 2007—IHMC is recognized by the U.S. Economic Development Administration for the institute's impact on downtown Pensacola.〔U.S. Economic Development Administration / U.S. Department of Commerce; online publication.〕 2008—IHMC director becomes chairman of the NASA Advisory Council. 2010—IHMC opens a new research facility in downtown Ocala in central Florida.〔Barnett, Cynthia. "Human, Machine Research Institute Joins Ocala's Downtown". Florida Trend. Summer 2010.〕 2013—A team from IHMC competes in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge, placing first in the Virtual Robotics Challenge and second in the DRC Trials.〔Davis, Brett. "Robots Open Doors and Drive Cars and Chop Through Walls And..." Unmanned Systems Magazine, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, September 2013. Also: Markoff, John. "Japanese Team Dominates Competition to Create Generation of Rescue Robots". New York Times. Dec. 22, 2013. Also: "Robotics Challenge Teams to Compete for $2 Million Top Prize." AUVSI News. Mar 5, 2015.〕〔"Team IHMC's Lessons Learned from the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials". Journal of Field Robotics. March 2015.〕 2014—An IHMC robot sets a new land-speed record for legged robots.〔Ackerman, Evan. "This Is What DARPA's Robot Ostrich Will Look Like". IEEE Spectrum. Nov. 14, 2011. Also: "IHMC robot sets world speed record," IHMC website.〕 Also that year, DARPA awards IHMC scientists a $3 million grant to research Big Mechanisms, using computers to analyze vast amounts of research and identify underlying mechanisms in complex systems.〔“Big Mechanisms Seeks the ‘Whys’ Hidden in Big Data.” DARPA website, Feb. 20, 2014. Also: Cohen, Paul R. “DARPA’s Big Mechanisms Program.” DARPA online publication.〕 2015—IHMC's team of robotics scientists places second and is awarded $1 million in the final round of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. The competition pitted bipedal robots from 23 teams from around the world on a course that emulated a disaster area where humans could not safely go. The robots had to drive a car, open a door, turn a valve, throw a switch, cut a hole in a wall, walk over rubble and climb stairs.〔Time Magazine, June 8, 2015. "The Iron Man Challenge." Also, The New York Times, June 6, 2015. Also, DARPA website (theroboticschallenge.org ).〕 Also this year, IHMC breaks ground on a 30,000-square-foot building in downtown Pensacola, with expanded laboratories, research areas and offices.〔"IHMC breaks ground on new 30,000-square-foot-building." Pensacola News Journal. (Feb. 9, 2015).〕 Also this year, IHMC senior research scientist Jerry Pratt is named to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.〔Florida Inventors Hall of Fame web page. http://www.floridainvents.org〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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