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Self-driving cars may soon be able to make moral and ethical decisions as humans do

New study demonstrating that human ethical decisions can be implemented into machines has strong implications for managing the moral dilemmas autonomous cars may face on the road.

Jul 5th, 2017

Smart quadcopters find their way without human help or GPS (w/video)

Milestone series of tests have quadcopters slaloming through woodlands, swerving around obstacles in a hangar, and reporting back to their starting point all by themselves.

Jul 3rd, 2017

Robot designed to improve attention in people with acquired brain injury (w/video)

Improving the autonomy and care of dependent people with acquired brain injury is the scientific and technological challenge of a new research project.

Jun 28th, 2017

The advent of intelligent robots and their role in society

Engineers to develop integrative studies course focusing on the interdisciplinary nature of robots and ethics.

Jun 22nd, 2017

Astronauts to get help from snake robots

Researchers are looking into how a snake robot might carry out maintenance work on the International Space Station (ISS), study comets, and explore the possibility of living and working in lava tunnels on the Moon.

Jun 21st, 2017

Research project to explore how artificial intelligence impacts behavioural change

The 'Smart Robots for Health Communication' project is a joint research initiative designed to introduce social robotics and artificial intelligence into clinical health care.

Jun 20th, 2017

Robot uses deep learning and big data to write and play its own music (w/video)

A marimba-playing robot with four arms and eight sticks is writing and playing its own compositions. The pieces are generated using artificial intelligence and deep learning.

Jun 14th, 2017

Self-learning robot hands

Researchers present new system that learns how to grasp objects.

Jun 8th, 2017

Giving robots a sense of touch (w/video)

GelSight technology lets robots gauge objects' hardness and manipulate small tools.

Jun 5th, 2017

Meet the most nimble-fingered robot ever built (w/video)

Researchers have a built a robot that can pick up and move unfamiliar, real-world objects with a 99 percent success rate.

Jun 2nd, 2017

A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environments

Engineers are using soft robotics technology to make light, flexible gloves that allow users to feel tactile feedback when they interact with virtual reality environments. The researchers used the gloves to realistically simulate the tactile feeling of playing a virtual piano keyboard.