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Robots debate future of humans at Hong Kong tech show
Jul 12, 2017 (AFP)
Artificial intelligence is the dominant theme at this year's sprawling RISE tech conference at the city's harbourfront convention centre, but the live robot exc...
Human pose estimation for care robots using deep learning
Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)
When evaluating a person's condition, while an initial estimation of the pose (standing, sitting, fallen, etc.) is useful, most methods to date have utilized im...
Three European firms join in robot ship project
Jul 11, 2017 (AFP)
French offshore services company Bourbon said it had signed up with Automated Ships Ltd. (ASL) of Britain in a scheme with Norway tech firm Kongsberg Maritime t...
Government Agencies Turn to Private Sector for Help Adopting Intelligent Technologies
Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)
This should be of particular interest to those of us working in the commercial satellite industry as we work to continually improve the security of access to gr...
Pizza bytes! Pakistan enchanted by first robot waitresses
Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)
Rabia, Annie and Jennie greet customers and bring them their pies at Pizza.com, where owner Osama Jafari -- who built the prototypes himself -- says the respons...
Scientists design robot to aid visually impaired schoolchildren
Jul 03, 2017 (UPI)
Lead researcher Alexandre Foucqueteau, a student at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, named the robot Cellulo. The miniature robot scoots a...
Developing New Approaches to Celestial Threats Using AI
Jul 03, 2017 (SPX)
Asteroid Day is June 30th, the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact, when a space rock, approximately 120 ft wide detonated in the sky, the largest impact in...
South Korea develops self-propelled howitzer
Jun 29, 2017 (UPI)
According to the Yonhap news agency, the weapon features an advanced GPS device and automated fire control for enhanced shoot-and-scoot capability. The number o...
Moisture-responsive 'robots' crawl with no external power source
Jun 28, 2017 (SPX)
"The development of smart materials such as moisture-responsive graphene oxide is of great importance to automation and robotics," said Yong-Lai Zhang of Jilin ...
AI Will Prepare Robots for the Unknown
Jun 26, 2017 (JPL)
A new article in the journal Science: Robotics offers an overview of how A.I. has been used to make discoveries on space missions. The article, co-authored by S...
Personalized exoskeletons are taking support one step farther
Jun 26, 2017 (SPX)
Exoskeletons can help enhance human abilities, for example by allowing people to lift greater weight or expend less energy during rehabilitation. Yet, because e...
Numenta demonstrates machine intelligence algorithm for real-time anomaly detection
Jun 22, 2017 (SPX)
Neuroscience and machine intelligence researchers at Numenta Inc. have demonstrated how a novel anomaly detection algorithm, based on their theory of how the br...
Snake robot could help maintain space station, explore moon
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
The research is being funded by the European Space Agency, which is intent on establishing an international settlement on the moon. ESA scientists suggest lava ...
Learning with light: New system allows optical 'deep learning'
Jun 16, 2017 (SPX)
But the computations these systems must carry out are highly complex and demanding, even for the most powerful computers. Now, a team of researchers at MIT and ...
Facebook gives bots ability to negotiate, compromise
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
The new technology pushes forward the ability to create bots "that can reason, converse and negotiate, all key steps in building a personalized digital assistan...
Autonomous machines edge towards greater independence
Jun 12, 2017 (SPX)
In a study published in EPJ B, Agustin Bilen and Pablo Kaluza from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina show that these smart systems can evolve aut...
AI 'good for the world'... says ultra-lifelike robot
Jun 08, 2017 (AFP)
The humanoid robot, created by Hanson robotics, is the main attraction at a UN-hosted conference in Geneva this week on how artificial intelligence can be used ...
AI gets so-so grade in Chinese university entrance exam
Jun 08, 2017 (AFP)
The artificial intelligence machine -- a tall black box containing 11 servers placed in the centre of a test room -- took two versions of the exam on Wednesday ...
Tactile sensor gives robots new capabilities
Jun 07, 2017 (SPX)
Now, by mounting GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, two MIT teams have given robots greater sensitivity and dexterity. The researchers presented ...
Apple wants to rock the market with HomePod, faces challenges
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
Apple unveiled its long-awaited HomePod at its annual developers conference taking place this week in the heart of Silicon Valley, enticing lovers of its produc...
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