ROBODAILY

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GMV achieves important breakthroughs in robotics systems and autonomy
Mar 04, 2019 (SPX)
The SRC's first activities have focused on the design, manufacture and testing of five common robotic-building blocks for space-based operations. In the last an...
FedEx to test 'SameDay Bot' for local deliveries
Feb 27, 2019 (AFP)
FedEx said its robotic delivery carts, reminiscent of a large canister with wheels, will be tried out in its home city of Memphis, Tennessee later this year, pr...
Aquatic microorganism could inspire soft robots able to move fast in narrow spaces
Feb 25, 2019 (SPX)
However, on occasions, Euglena perform harmoniously coordinated, large amplitude cell body deformations, in a behaviour known as metaboly. Why these cells engag...
Robots track moving objects with unprecedented precision
Feb 20, 2019 (SPX)
In a paper being presented next week at the USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, the researchers show that robots using the system c...
Teaching AI systems to adapt to dynamic environments
Feb 18, 2019 (SPX)
However, AI systems aren't very good at adapting to constantly changing conditions commonly faced by troops in the real world - from reacting to an adversary's ...
Can we trust scientific discoveries made using machine learning?
Feb 18, 2019 (SPX)
Allen, associate professor of statistics, computer science and electrical and computer engineering at Rice and of pediatrics-neurology at Baylor College of Medi...
The first walking robot that moves without GPS
Feb 14, 2019 (SPX)
Their extraordinary navigation talent relies on two pieces of information: the heading measured using a sort of "celestial compass" to orient themselves using t...
Getting a grip on human-robot cooperation
Feb 14, 2019 (SPX)
The answer comes from the study entitled "On the choice of grasp type and location when handing over an object", published in Science Robotics by a research tea...
Pope talks AI ethics with Microsoft head Smith
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
"In the wrong hands, every instrument can become a weapon if the organisational power of humanity cannot keep up with the technology itself," Microsoft head Bra...
Trump orders government to prioritize artificial intelligence
Feb 12, 2019 (AFP)
The American AI Initiative executive order calls for the administration to "devote the full resources of the federal government" to help fuel AI innovation. "Am...
IBM says AI debate loss is still a win
Feb 12, 2019 (AFP)
In the first live, public debate before a large, in-person and online audience, the declared winner was Harish Natarajan, who holds the record for most debate c...
Programming autonomous machines ahead of time promotes selfless decision-making
Feb 12, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers from the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, the Army's Institute for Creative Technologies and Northeastern Un...
Trumps orders government to prioritize artificial intelligence
Feb 11, 2019 (AFP)
The American AI Initiative executive order calls for the administration to "devote the full resources of the federal government" to help fuel AI innovation. "Am...
Psychology: Robot saved, people take the hit
Feb 11, 2019 (SPX)
A team led by Sari Nijssen of Radboud University in Nijmegen in the Netherlands and Markus Paulus, Professor of Developmental Psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-U...
A reconfigurable soft actuator
Feb 05, 2019 (SPX)
Nature has developed far more sophisticated forms of movement - or actuation - that can perform complex functions more directly and with soft components. For ex...
Most people overlook artificial intelligence despite flawless advice
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
"The U.S. Army continues to push the modernization of its forces, with notable efforts including the development of smartphone-based software for real-time info...
Building Trusted Human-Machine Partnerships
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
At present, autonomous systems cannot provide real-time feedback when changing conditions such as weather or lighting cause their competency to fluctuate. The m...
Engineers build a soft robotics perception system inspired by humans
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers' ultimate goal is to build a system that can predict a robot's movements and internal state without relying on external sensors, much like human...
A step closer to self-aware machines
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
Humans can also learn by revisiting past experiences and reflecting on what went right or wrong. While humans and animals acquire and adapt their self-image ove...
Engineers program marine robots to take calculated risks
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
But what if the reward for traversing such places was worth the risk? MIT engineers have now developed an algorithm that lets AUVs weigh the risks and potential...
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