'Fake' data helps robots learn the ropes faster (w/video)
A way to expand training data sets for manipulation tasks improves the performance of robots by 40% or more.
Jun 29th, 2022
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Tough new robots will aim to think and act for themselves in the most hazardous places on Earth - and beyond
Experts are combining expertise in 'hot-robotics' and AI to make a new generation of robots to work in harsh hotspots.
Jun 27th, 2022
Read moreThird and fourth robotic arms feel like a part of the user's own body
Researchers have developed supernumerary robotic arms operated by the user's foot movements in a virtual environment. It has shown that users can feel the supernumerary robotic arms as a part of their own body.
Jun 27th, 2022
Read moreFlawed AI makes robots racist, sexist
A robot operating with a popular internet-based artificial intelligence system consistently gravitates to men over women, white people over people of color, and jumps to conclusions about peoples' jobs after a glance at their face.
Jun 26th, 2022
Read moreMachine learning meets fingers, hands and elbows for enhanced robotic therapy
A new AI platform's advanced musculoskeletal models could speed up the development of prosthetics and post-injury rehab.
Jun 25th, 2022
Read moreStudy provides insights into blockchain vulnerabilities
The study resulted in a report that provides holistic analysis that's available to anyone considering blockchains for important matters so they can better understand the potential vulnerabilities within these systems.
Jun 25th, 2022
Read moreEngineers devise a recipe for improving any autonomous robotic system (w/video)
A new general-purpose optimizer can speed up the design of walking robots, self-driving vehicles, and other autonomous systems.
Jun 23rd, 2022
Read moreAre babies the key to the next generation of artificial intelligence?
New research proposes a new direction to overcome limitations of machine learning.
Jun 23rd, 2022
Read moreCan robotics help us achieve sustainable development?
An international team of scientists have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Jun 22nd, 2022
Read moreRobotic fireflies take flight (w/video)
Inspired by fireflies, researchers create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication.
Jun 21st, 2022
Read moreOrigami millirobots bring health care closer to precision drug delivery
Mechanical engineers create multifunctional wireless robots to maximize health outcomes and minimize invasiveness of procedures.
Jun 15th, 2022
Read moreShape-shifting drone flies and dives to seek aquatic environmental clues (w/video)
A new 'dual robot' drone can both fly through air and land on water to collect samples and monitor water quality.
Jun 14th, 2022
Read moreScientists craft living human skin for robots (w/video)
In not-at-all-creepy news, scientists have made living human skin for robots, and they say it's a bit 'sweaty'.
Jun 9th, 2022
Read moreResearchers study society's readiness for AI ethical decision making
A research team has studied how humans react to the introduction of AI decision making. Specifically, they explored the question, 'is society ready for AI ethical decision making?' by studying human interaction with autonomous cars.
Jun 3rd, 2022
Read moreCreating artificial intelligence that acts more human by 'knowing that it knows'
A research group has taken a big step towards creating a neural network with metamemory through a computer-based evolution experiment.
Jun 2nd, 2022
Read moreWhen AI is the inventor - who gets the patent?
It's not surprising these days to see new inventions that either incorporate or have benefitted from artificial intelligence (AI) in some way, but what about inventions dreamt up by AI - do we award a patent to a machine?
May 31st, 2022
Read moreTaking the strain out of parking in busy cities with AI technology
Scientists are developing artificial intelligence that steers drivers towards parking spaces in busy city centres and helps keep pollution down.
May 30th, 2022
Read moreAgriculture smart tech opens possibility of food cyber attacks
Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural production but international researchers warn this digital-age phenomenon could reap a crop of another kind - cybersecurity attacks.
May 27th, 2022
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