Artificial intelligence, machine learning, human-robot interaction, robot vision and automatic motor skills acquisition are among the areas of expertise of Hani Ben Amor, an associate professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, part of the Fulton Schools. His recent work includes helping to create an AI athlete — a robot that is more autonomous than other kinds of robots and is demonstrating an ability to win at table tennis over many humans. Amor says that skill raises the possibility of developing such robots that are capable of helping humans with important endeavors such as search and rescue operations and the development of prosthetic devices for humans.

See also: ASU Researcher Creates AI Athlete That’s Here to Help Humanity, Newswise, May 13