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Interview with a robot: AI revolution hits human resources

Apr 27, 2018 (AFP)

Now imagine that your interviewer is a robot named Vera. Russian startup Stafory co-founder Alexei Kostarev says Robot Vera, which his company developed, is dri...

Transparent eel-like soft robot can swim silently underwater

Apr 26, 2018 (SPX)

The team, which includes researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley, details their work in the April 25 issue of Science Robotics. Researchers say the bot is...

Face recognition for galaxies: Artificial intelligence brings new tools to astronomy

Apr 24, 2018 (SPX)

In a new study, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal and available online, researchers used computer simulations of galaxy formation to train a dee...

For heavy lifting, use exoskeletons with caution

Apr 23, 2018 (SPX)

That's the finding of a study in which researchers tested a commercially available exoskeleton - a mechanical arm attached to a harness - that's typically worn ...

Researchers design 'soft' robots that can move on their own

Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)

Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering, said potential applications range from surgery and rehabilitation to search and rescue ...

A robot by NTU Singapore autonomously assembles an IKEA chair

Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)

Designed by Assistant Professor Pham Quang Cuong and his team from NTU's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the robot comprises a 3D camera and two...

Two robots are better than one for NIST's 5G antenna measurement research

Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)

NIST's new Large Antenna Positioning System (LAPS) has two robotic arms designed to position "smart" or adaptable antennas, which can be mounted on base station...

Want computers to see better in the real world? Train them in a virtual reality

Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)

The research team published their findings in IEEE/CAA Journal of Autmatica Sinica, a joint publication of the IEEE and the Chinese Association of Automation. F...

Visual recognition: Seeing the world through the eyes of rodents

Apr 05, 2018 (SPX)

A new study from the International School for Advanced Studies - SISSA, published in the journal Current Biology, shows that rodents also use advanced and diver...

Russia's Robot FEDOR to Be the First to Fly to Space on Board New Spacecraft

Apr 04, 2018 (Sputnik)

It will be a modernized version of the humanoid robot FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) that is expected to be the first to fly to outer ...

Make way for the mini flying machines

Mar 23, 2018 (SPX)

The researchers will present their work at the 255th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS, the world's largest scientific...

How accurate is your AI

Mar 23, 2018 (SPX)

Brown's paper, published in Molecular Informatics, deconstructs the utilization of AI and analyzes the nature of the statistics used to report an AI program's a...

Tokyo Tech's six-legged robots get closer to nature

Mar 13, 2018 (SPX)

In the natural world, many species can walk over slopes and irregular surfaces, reaching places inaccessible even to the most advanced rover robots. It remains ...

Researchers find algorithm for large-scale brain simulations

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

The human brain is an organ of incredible complexity, composed of 100 billion interconnected nerve cells. However, even with the help of the most powerful super...

Novel 3-D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuators

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

That's about to change. Inspired by our bodies' sensory capabilities, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and ...

Don't want to lose a finger? Let a robot give a hand

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

In an effort to minimize injury and let carpenters focus on design and other bigger-picture tasks, a team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligenc...

UTSA researchers want to teach computers to learn like humans

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

"Cognitive learning is all about teaching computers to learn without having to explicitly program them," Rad said. "In this study, we're presenting an entirely ...

Robotic spiders and bees: The rise of bioinspired microrobots

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

But what will these kinds of robots be used for and is it something we should be worried? Dr Mostafa Nabawy is the Microsystems Research Theme Leader at The Uni...

Modified, 3D-printable alloy shows promise for flexible electronics, soft robots

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

The advance by a team within the college's Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute paves the way toward the 3D printing of tall, complicated st...

Beware of replicating sexism in AI, experts warn

Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)

"We're all very aware the machines will learn the same bias as those who coded them," Emma McGuiguan, in charge of technology at consultants Accenture, said at ...