Published February 5, 2020
An article in Digital Trends on the DARPA’s research to train military robots with human brain waves features a real-life strategy game designed by UB engineers in which players must use resources to build units and defeat enemies, manipulating large numbers of agents on-screen to complete their mission objectives.
“The purpose of the University at Buffalo’s new gaming project isn’t to make players more machine-like,” according to the article.“Just the opposite, in fact. It’s all about trying to make machines that think more like humans.”
The article quotes Souma Chowdhury, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and lead investigator on the project. “We’re trying to recruit [participants] who have strong gaming experience,” said Chowdhury. “I’m not a computer gamer at all. But many of our students are into games like crazy.”
