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Not Your Grandpa's Robot: Russian Robot 'FEDOR' May Become Self-Learning
Dec 13, 2017 (Sputnik)
Humanoid robot F.E.D.O.R., may become self-learning in the future. "It is interesting to develop the system from the point of view of self-learning, when it has...
Robots foresee future with automated visualized predictions
Dec 12, 2017 (SPX)
Using this technology, called visual foresight, the robots can predict what their cameras will see if they perform a particular sequence of movements. These rob...
Tokyo airport to be 'scattered' with robots for 2020 Olympics
Dec 12, 2017 (AFP)
Among the seven robots on show was a fluffy cat mascot that can carry out simultaneous interpretation in four different languages. Visitors speak into a furry m...
'Grinch bots' may steal Christmas by snatching up prized toys
Dec 08, 2017 (AFP)
The bots -- yes, the same kinds of automated programs that spread political propaganda and manipulate opinion on social media -- can use superfast technology to...
Speedy cockroaches help researchers train robots to walk
Dec 08, 2017 (UPI)
The latest research -- published this week in the journal Frontiers in Zoology -- shows a mid-speed change in the biomechanics of a cockroach's gait characteriz...
Helping hands guide robots as they learn
Dec 06, 2017 (SPX)
Rice engineer Marcia O'Malley and graduate student Dylan Losey have refined their method to train robots by applying gentle physical feedback to machines while ...
Robot learning improves student engagement
Dec 05, 2017 (SPX)
Stationed around the class, each robot has a mounted video screen controlled by the remote user that lets the student pan around the room to see and talk with t...
Lockheed Martin autonomous driving system tops 55,000M in extended test
Dec 04, 2017 (SPX)
"The testing was conducted by Soldiers and Lockheed Martin personnel over several months at two major military installations in a variety of mission scenarios,"...
With 'material robotics,' intelligent products won't even look like robots
Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)
In an invited perspective paper published in Science Robotics, Oregon State University researcher Yi?it Menguc and three co-authors argue against looking at rob...
Amazon brings Alexa from the home to the office in a new AI push
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
"Alexa for Business brings the Alexa you know and love into the workplace to help all types of workers to be more productive and organized on both personal and ...
Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm with their minds
Nov 29, 2017 (SPX)
The research, published in Nature Communications, details changes that take place in both sides of the brain used to control the amputated limb and the remainin...
Toyota showcases humanoid robot that mirrors user
Nov 29, 2017 (AFP)
The T-HR3 can be controlled by a wearable system that allows users to operate the entire robot in real-time by simply moving their own limbs. It is one of the m...
Cheap origami-inspired muscles are both soft and strong
Nov 28, 2017 (SPX)
Now, researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have created origami-insp...
Facebook trains artificial intelligence to spot suicidal signs
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
Software will look for clues in posts or even in videos being streamed at Facebook Live, then fire off reports to human reviewers and speed up alerts to respond...
New technology makes artificial intelligence more private and portable
Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)
New deep-learning AI software produced with that technology is compact enough to fit on mobile computer chips for use in everything from smartphones to industri...
Speedy collision detector could make robots better human assistants
Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)
A team of engineers, led by Michael Yip, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and member of the Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego, wil...
New Challenges Await Competitors in NASA's 25th Annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Nov 21, 2017 (SPX)
The mission is not for the faint-hearted, nor will it be taking place on another world or with actual oxygen limitations. Instead, it is the newly designed NASA...
Calls mount for action on 'killer robots' after UN talks
Nov 17, 2017 (AFP)
The United Nations was wrapping up an initial five days of discussions on weapons systems that can identify and destroy targets without human control, which exp...
Cars and speakers: Baidu speeds up AI progress
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
Baidu will collaborate with bus manufacturer King Long to develop and produce the first model of a fully autonomous mini-bus, Baidu CEO Robin Li said during the...
FORTIS K-SRD exoskeleton could help soldiers cover inclined terrain quickly
Nov 15, 2017 (SPX)
Cost of transport measures energy consumed in ambulatory tasks such as walking and climbing stairs. The study demonstrated that all participants conserved energ...
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