Songs that make robots cry
Machine learning writes songs that elicits emotions from its listeners.
Posted: Mar 9th, 2017
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Artificial intelligence in quantum systems, too
Scientists use quantum simulators to imitate life, natural selection, learning and memory.
Posted: Mar 7th, 2017
Read moreRobot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently
Robotics researchers have developed an algorithm that lets robots ask for clarification when they're not sure what a person wants.
Posted: Mar 6th, 2017
Read moreSix-legged robots faster than nature-inspired gait (w/video)
Researchers revealed that there is in fact a faster way for robots to locomote on flat ground, provided they don't have the adhesive pads used by insects to climb walls and ceilings.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2017
Read moreGround-breaking robotic arms that could transform your weekly food shop
Robotics researchers have developed versatile robotic grippers to pick thousands of supermarket items.
Posted: Feb 16th, 2017
Read moreIn pursuit of artificial intelligence with a human mind (w/video)
Getting to the heart of human-like action with robots and computer models.
Posted: Feb 14th, 2017
Read moreNow you can 'build your own' bio-bot
Researchers have been developing a class of walking 'bio-bots' powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical and optical pulses. Now, they are sharing the recipe for the current generation of bio-bots.
Posted: Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreTransparent gel-based robots can catch and release live fish (w/video)
Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection.
Posted: Feb 1st, 2017
Read moreEngineers create artificial skin that 'feels' temperature changes
A team of engineers and scientists have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism similar to the one used by the organ that allows pit vipers to sense their prey.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2017
Read more'Knitted muscles' provide power
Researchers have coated normal fabric with an electroactive material, and in this way given it the ability to actuate in the same way as muscle fibres.
Posted: Jan 26th, 2017
Read moreSwarm of underwater robots mimics ocean life
Underwater robots offer scientists an extraordinary new tool to study ocean currents and the tiny creatures they transport. Swarms of these underwater robots helped answer some basic questions about the most abundant life forms in the ocean - plankton.
Posted: Jan 24th, 2017
Read moreMaking A.I. systems that see the world as humans do
Researchers have developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard intelligence test. This work is an important step toward making artificial intelligence systems that see and understand the world as humans do.
Posted: Jan 19th, 2017
Read moreNew AI ethics initiative
Fund establishes a global initiative to advance artificial intelligence research for the public good.
Posted: Jan 10th, 2017
Read moreHow to control the unknown: Novel method for robotic manipulation
Observer-based adaptive optimal control for unknown singularly perturbed nonlinear systems with input constraints.
Posted: Jan 10th, 2017
Read moreA hardware-based modeling approach for real world collaborative multi-robot tasks
A ground-breaking research reveals new findings in the emerging field of a multi-robot cooperative system design from its experimental side.
Posted: Dec 22nd, 2016
Read moreMimicking biological movements with soft robots
Designing a soft robot to move organically - to bend like a finger or twist like a wrist - has always been a process of trial and error. Now, researchers have developed a method to automatically design soft actuators based on the desired movement.
Posted: Dec 20th, 2016
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