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To err is algorithm: Algorithm fallibility and economic organisation
Algorithmic fails
Dig below the surface of some of today’s biggest tech controversies and you are likely to find an algorithm misfiring:[1]
YouTube advertising controversy: The algorithm place...
18 May 2017, by
Juan Mateos-Garcia
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234
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Trik Embedded Platform, with Roman Luchin
In this episode, Audrow Nash and Christina Brester conduct interviews at the 2016 International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation conference in Moscow, Russia. They speak with Roman...
13 May 2017, by
Audrow Nash and Christina Brester
Teaching robots to teach other robots
Most robots are programmed using one of two methods: learning from demonstration, in which they watch a task being done and then replicate it, or via motion-planning techniques like optimization or sa...
10 May 2017, by
CSAIL MIT
Smart Grasping System available on ROS Development Studio
Would you like to make a robot to grasp something, but you think that is impossible to you just because you can’t buy a robot arm? I’m here to tell that you can definitely achieve this without buy...
10 May 2017, by
Ruben Alves
Programming your NAO robot for human interaction
Today we are looking at how to program your NAO Robot for Human Interaction. Watch the video and follow the steps below to get interactive with your robot pal!
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09 May 2017, by
Philip English
Machine Learning with OpenAI Gym on ROS Development Studio
Imagine how easy it would be to learn skating, if only it doesn’t hurt everytime you fall. Unfortunately, we, humans, don’t have that option. Robots, however, can now “learn” their skills o...
08 May 2017, by
Ricardo Téllez
Are gestures the future of robotic control?
A few decades ago, touchscreens were impressive, yet clunky pieces of technology reserved for applications that did little more than show off that touchscreens were possible. Today’s touchscreens ar...
29 April 2017, by
Anna Johansson
Engineering highly adaptable robots requires new tools for new rules
Northwestern University mechanical engineering professor Todd Murphey and his team are engineering robots that one might say could make robotic assistance as seamless as "humanly" possible. With suppo...
13 April 2017, by
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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230
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bots_alive, with Bradley Knox
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Bradley Knox, founder of bots_alive. Knox speaks about an add-on to a Hexbug, a six-legged robotic toy, that makes the bot behave more like a character. They di...
18 March 2017, by
Audrow Nash
Choreographing automated cars could save time, money and lives
If you take humans out of the driving seat, could traffic jams, accidents and high fuel bills become a thing of the past? As cars become more automated and connected, attention is turning to how to be...
15 March 2017, by
Horizon Magazine
Developing ROS programs for the Sphero robot
You probably know the Sphero robot. It is a small robot with the shape of a ball. In case that you have one, you must know that it is possible to control it using ROS, by installing in your computer t...
13 March 2017, by
Ricardo Téllez
Split-second decisions: Navigating the fine line between man and machine
Today’s self-driving car isn’t exactly autonomous – the driver has to be able to take over in a pinch, and therein lies the roadblock researchers are trying to overcome. Automated cars are hurtl...
13 March 2017, by
Horizon Magazine
Programming for robotics: Introduction to ROS
This handy video-tutorial course gives an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS), including many of the available tools that are commonly used in robotics. With the help of different example...
07 March 2017, by
Péter Fankhauser
Mind control: Correcting robot mistakes using EEG brain signals
For robots to do what we want, they need to understand us. Too often, this means having to meet them halfway: teaching them the intricacies of human language, for example, or giving them explicit comm...
06 March 2017, by
CSAIL MIT
Putting data in the hands of doctors
Computer scientist Regina Barzilay is working with MIT students and medical doctors in an ambitious bid to revolutionize cancer care. She is relying on a tool largely unrecognized in the oncology wor...
17 February 2017, by
MIT News
Python programming your NAO robot
These videos aim to teach you how to begin programming your NAO with Python. The NAO can be programmed using several programming languages, including C++, MATLAB, JAVA, LabVIEW and Python. Instead of...
09 February 2017, by
Philip English
Technical challenges in machine ethics
Machine ethics offers an alternative solution for artificial intelligence (AI) safety governance. In order to mitigate risks in human-robot interactions, robots will have to comply with humanity’s e...
08 February 2017, by
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
Why artificial intelligence could be key to future-proofing the grid
A recent Conversation piece pointed out that the British electricity mix in 2016 was the cleanest in 60 years, with record capacity from renewable energy, mainly from wind and solar power. But one pro...
03 February 2017, by
Valentin Robu
Building character AI through machine learning
Modern character AI could be better.
I’m unaware of any NPCs or electronic toy characters that can sustain an illusion of life over more than an hour. They suffer from predictability, simplicity, a...
01 February 2017, by
Brad Knox
The infrastructure of life part 1: Safety
Part 1: Autonomous Systems and Safety
We all rely on machines. All aspects of modern life, from transport to energy, work to welfare, play to politics depend on a complex infrastructure of physical...
26 January 2017, by
Alan Winfield
Robotics, maths, python: A fledgling computer scientist’s guide to inverse kinematics
So – you’ve built a robot arm. Now you’ve got to figure out how to control the thing. This was the situation I found myself in a few months ago, during my Masters project, and it’s a problem c...
13 January 2017, by
Alistair Wick
Celebrating 9 Years of ROS
This year marks the occasion of ROS turning 9 years old! Over the years, ROS has grown into a strong world-wide community. It’s a community with a large variety of interests: from academic research...
28 December 2016, by
Open Source Robotics Foundation
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224
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Speech-Controlled Wheelchair, with Vladimir Stanovov
In this episode, Christina Brester interviews Vladimir Stanovov, PhD student and researcher at the Siberian State Aerospace University (Krasnoyarsk, Russia). Stanovov speaks about a speech-controlled ...
23 December 2016, by
Christina Brester
Assistive robot operated via a brain-computer interface
Research and development of robotic assistive technologies has gained tremendous momentum in the last decade due to several factors such as the maturity level reached by several technologies, the adva...
16 November 2016, by
Filippo Arrichiello
Automation should complement professional expertise, not replace it
Will your next doctor be an app? A cost-cutting NHS wants more patients to act as “self-carers,” with some technologized assistance. A series of flowcharts and phone trees might tell parents whose...
19 October 2016, by
Frank Pasquale
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218
podcast
RSS 2016 Posters, with Gangyuan Jing, Rico Jonschkowski, Matthew Gombolay and Dorsa Sadigh
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews several researchers presenting their work at the Robotics Science and Systems (RSS) 2016 conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan....
03 October 2016, by
Audrow Nash
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215
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Human 2.0: Exoskeletons and Orthoses, with Hugh Herr
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Hugh Herr, Director of the Biomechatronics Group at MIT. Herr talks about the accident that led to the amputation of both of his legs below the knee and how th...
20 August 2016, by
Audrow Nash
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213
podcast
Physics-Based Optimization for Robot Control, with Emo Todorov
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Emo Todorov, Director of Movement Control Laboratory at the University of Washington, about a physics-based optimization method for controlling robots. Todorov ...
23 July 2016, by
Audrow Nash
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212
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Self-Driving Cars: From Research to Road, with Karl Iagnemma
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Karl Iagnemma, a Principal Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the CEO of nuTonomy, about autonomous vehicles in urban env...
09 July 2016, by
Audrow Nash
Raffaello D’Andrea at TED2016: Novel flying machines and swarms of tiny flying robots
Last week Raffaello D'Andrea, professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and founder of Verity Studios, demonstrated a whole series of novel flying machines live on stage at T...
22 February 2016, by
Robohub Editors
