engineering

Xiaoyi (robot)

Xiaoyi (robot) is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Xiaoyi (robot) rather than just read about it. In short: Xiaoyi is a Chinese AI-powered robotic medical doctor developed by the iFlyTek, an AI company headquartered in China. The robot is developed to function as an assistant to human doctors to improve efficiency in the future treatments as in competition to IBM's Watson, Amazon's Echo and Google's DeepMind Health.

Key takeaways

Xiaoyi (robot) belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Xiaoyi (robot) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Xiaoyi (robot) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Xiaoyi is a Chinese AI-powered robotic medical doctor developed by the iFlyTek, an AI company headquartered in China. The robot is developed to function as an assistant to human doctors to improve efficiency in the future treatments as in competition to IBM's Watson, Amazon's Echo and Google's DeepMind Health. Xiaoyi is known to be the first robot in the world which makes history by passing the China's National Medical Licensing Examination, the first assessment of its kind for any would-be doctor practicing in the country.

Overview Chinese robot's name ‘Xiaoyi’ that means "Little Doctor" became the first AI robot to pass the Medical Licensing Exam, developed by iFlyTek in collaboration with Tsinghua University. As per the Beijing News, it is clearly stated that before in the practice round, Xiaoyi hardly attained 100 out of 600 points in China's medical licensing exam which was quite unsatisfactory for the developers as the passing were 360 points. Xiaoyi prepared again, thus by thoroughly going through the dozens of medical textbooks’ materials, two million medical records and furthermore reviewed 400,000 articles in order to develop the kind of a reasoning ability needed to become a doctor. The robot took a fraction of allotted time required to complete the test when attempted real test, passing with a score of 456 which was 96 points higher than the passing marks afterwards. Xiaoyi's development is a part of great efforts by China in accelerating the AI application in consumer electronics, healthcare and many other industries. An artificial intelligence-enabled robot can automatically capture and analyze the patient's information and can make initial diagnostics. Liu Qingfeng, chairman of iFlytek, said, "We will officially launch the robot in March 2018. It is not meant to replace doctors. Instead, it is to promote better people-machine cooperation so as to boost efficiency."

References

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Xiaoyi (robot)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Xiaoyi (robot) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Xiaoyi (robot) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Xiaoyi (robot) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Xiaoyi (robot)

In research: Xiaoyi (robot) appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Xiaoyi (robot) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Xiaoyi (robot) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2000 robots, Bipedal humanoid robots, Medical robots, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Xiaoyi (robot) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Xiaoyi (robot) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Xiaoyi (robot) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Xiaoyi (robot) in simple terms?

Why does Xiaoyi (robot) matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Xiaoyi (robot)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Xiaoyi (robot).