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Physiological signals could be the key to 'emotionally intelligent' AI

Researchers integrate biological signals with gold-standard machine learning methods to enable emotionally intelligent speech dialog systems.

March 31, 2022 Read more

Exoskeletons with personalize-your-own settings

To transform human mobility, exoskeletons need to interact seamlessly with their user, providing the right level of assistance at the right time to cooperate with our muscles as we move. To help achieve this, researchers gave users direct control to customize the behavior of an ankle exoskeleton.

March 30, 2022 Read more

The process and development of space intelligent robot technology

A new paper summarizes the key technologies of space intelligent robots for space station, on-orbit maintenance and large space structure.

March 30, 2022 Read more

How to 'detox' potentially offensive language from an AI

Researchers demonstrate that artificial intelligence language systems also learn human concepts of 'good' and 'bad'.

March 30, 2022 Read more

Silicone raspberry used to train harvesting robots (w/video)

Farmers know all too well that raspberries are a difficult fruit to harvest - and that's reflected in their price tag. But what if robots, equipped with advanced actuators and sensors, could lend a helping hand?

March 30, 2022 Read more

How eye imaging technology could help robots and cars see better

Researchers are applying lessons learned from decades of perfecting eye-imaging technologies to tomorrow's autonomous systems sensor technologies.

March 29, 2022 Read more

Brain-inspired and out-of-the-cloud: new approaches to AI

The new HYBRAIN project is aiming at a computer system inspired by how our brain works. Ultrafast and extremely energy-efficient.

March 28, 2022 Read more

Better forecasts of wind gusts with AI

Researchers use statistics and AI methods to correct systematic errors of weather models.

March 28, 2022 Read more

Smart glove to train young surgeons

A glove is being trialled at a hospital that gives surgical trainees instant and accurate feedback. Researchers say the gloves could also be used by musicians and artists.

March 26, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence and robotics uncover hidden signatures of Parkinson's disease

Researchers unveil a new platform for discovering cellular signatures of disease that integrates robotic systems for studying patient cells with artificial intelligence methods for image analysis.

March 25, 2022 Read more

How to investigate when a robot causes an accident - and why it's important that we do

Robot accidents are becoming a concern for two reasons. First, the increase in the number of robots will naturally see a rise in the number of accidents they're involved in. Second, we're getting better at building more complex robots.

March 24, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence to bring museum specimens to the masses

Scientists are using cutting-edge artificial intelligence to help extract complex information from large collections of museum specimens.

March 24, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence based on 'competing' enzymes

How do living cells compute? What do calculation and computing actually mean in nature? Would it be possible to create artificial intelligence in this way, based on a set of chemical reactions?

March 24, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence tool may help predict heart attacks

Investigators have created an artificial intelligence-enabled tool that may make it easier to predict if a person will have a heart attack.

March 23, 2022 Read more

Engineers develop a 'magnetic tentacle robot' to pass into the narrow tubes of the lung

Engineers and scientists have developed proof of concept for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs - to take tissue samples or deliver cancer therapy.

March 22, 2022 Read more

'Off label' use of imaging databases could lead to bias in AI algorithms, study finds

New study highlights the problems that can arise when data published for one task are used to train algorithms for a different one.

March 22, 2022 Read more

Robotic exoskeleton uses machine learning to help users stand up

Researchers have used a combination of lightweight material engineering and artificial intelligence to create an exoskeleton robot that could help people with mobility impairments. An important element of the new device is technology that allows the skeleton to effectively guess the intentions of the user.

March 22, 2022 Read more

Identifying toxic materials in water with machine learning

New research can quickly identify toxins from oil sands and tailing ponds.

March 21, 2022 Read more