Okyay Kaynak is a graduate of University of Birmingham, UK (B.Sc. 1969, Ph.D. 1972). He is a Fellow of IEEE and holds UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. He has hold longterm (near to or more than a year) Visiting Professor/Scholar positions at various institutions in Japan, Germany, U.S. and Singapore. His current research interests are in the fields of intelligent control and mechatronics. He has authored three books and edited five and authored or co-authored more than 350 papers that have appeared in various journals and conference proceedings.
Abstract The last decade of the last millennium is characterized by what might be called the intelligent systems revolution, as a result of which, it is now possible to have man-made systems that exhibit ability to reason, learn from experience and make rational decisions without human intervention. Prof. Zadeh has coined the word MIQ (machine intelligence quotient) to describe a measure of intelligence of man-made systems. In this perspective, an intelligent system can be defined as a system that has a high MIQ. In the presentation the state-of-art reached in intelligent systems is overviewed with examples and a perspective on the future is given. The reasons behind the slow pace of developments are discussed. The talk closes with a consideration of the possible research directions in mechatronics and robotics as driving forces behind intelligent systems.