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Tech would use drones and insect biobots to map disaster areas | Science Daily
Alex Kirkpatrick
17 Nov 2016
Researchers have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large, unfamiliar areas -- such as ...
Wireless brain implant allows “locked-in” woman to communicate | Scientific American
Alex Kirkpatrick
17 Nov 2016
SAN DIEGO—A wireless brain-computer-interface (BCI) device that decodes brain waves has enabled a woman paralyzed by locked-in syndrome to communicate from the comfort of her home, researchers annou...
ROOBO and Nuance to deliver conversational AI robots globally | Business Wire
Alex Kirkpatrick
16 Nov 2016
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that ROOBO will be leveraging the Nuance Mix NLU development platform, which provides voice and natural language (NLU) capabilities, to creat...
U-M offers open-access automated cars to advance driverless research | University of Michigan News
Alex Kirkpatrick
16 Nov 2016
ANN ARBOR—New University of Michigan research vehicles will be open testbeds for academic and industry researchers to rapidly test self-driving and connected vehicle technologies at a world-class pr...
Paralysed Iraq war veteran walks for the first time in eight years thanks to pair of robotic legs | SWNS
Alex Kirkpatrick
15 Nov 2016
A paralysed war veteran has walked for the first time in eight years thanks to a pair of £50,000 robotic legs. Now the 34-year-old needs the public’s help to raise the money needed to pay for the s...
Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers | The Conversation
Alex Kirkpatrick
15 Nov 2016
Robots are increasingly being used to teach students in the classroom for a number of subjects across science, maths and language. But our research shows that while students enjoy learning with robots...
Berkeley’s 3D Robotics launches construction drone service | San Francisco Chronicle
Alex Kirkpatrick
12 Nov 2016
Berkeley’s 3D Robotics, a top consumer drone maker until a recent slump, hopes to rebuild its business by aiming at the construction industry...
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The hover camera could change your travel photos | Architectural Digest
Alex Kirkpatrick
12 Nov 2016
Thanks to facial recognition technology, this new easy-to-use drone camera can follow you around automatically...
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The future of artificial intelligence and cybernetics | MIT Technology Review
Alex Kirkpatrick
10 Nov 2016
In this article excerpt, a British researcher discusses why AI and cybernetics are moving beyond the realm of science fiction—but warns that the technologies also raise significant ethical questions...
Meet the woman working to make delivery-by-drone a reality | Fortune
Alex Kirkpatrick
10 Nov 2016
As the co-founder and chief executive of CyPhy Works, a startup that builds unmanned aerial vehicles, Helen Greiner believes drones are the solution to hypothetical situations like this one. In Septem...
Experts release new roadmap for US robotics | ZDNet
Kassie Perlongo
10 Nov 2016
"The message is clear: the US must invest in robotics in order to keep up with fierce international competition."
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How a robot could be grandma’s new carer | The Guardian
Kassie Perlongo
10 Nov 2016
With an ageing population and care costs rising, robots and smart homes may be a solution. But would you want a plastic dog to look after your loved ones?
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Not human: Major news outlets are using AI to cover the 2016 elections | Futurism
Alex Kirkpatrick
09 Nov 2016
While many fear that robots will take over human jobs—that our future will be one dominated by artificial intelligence—the truth is that many robot systems are already operating in a number of fie...
Someone made a real existential butter robot from ‘Rick and Morty’ | Inverse
Alex Kirkpatrick
09 Nov 2016
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The interdimensional romp Rick and Morty goes to some dark, heavy places, but one of the most heartbreaking, yet morbidly hilarious, characters on the sh...
Ibrahim Volkan Isler: Robotic Data Gathering in the Wild | CMU RI Seminar
John Payne
06 Nov 2016
Link to video of presentation on YouTubeMobile robots equipped with various sensors can gather data at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales and resolution. Over the years, our group has developed...
Medical robotic systems market to reach US $13.6 Bn by the end of 2018 due to growing geriatric population | SBWire
Alex Kirkpatrick
04 Nov 2016
Transparency Market Research has recently published a research report about the global medical robotic systems market. This research report, titled "Medical Robotic Systems Market - Global Industry An...
Why Robots Must Learn to Tell Us “No” | Scientific American
Alex Kirkpatrick
04 Nov 2016
Don’t worry about disobedient machines. Devious human masters and misunderstood commands are the real threat...
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RIPPA Demonstrating Autonomous Crop Interaction | ACFR
John Payne
04 Nov 2016
Link to video on YouTubeThis video shows the RIPPA robot working on several commercial vegetable farms around Australia. Various experimental autonomous crop interaction tasks are demonstrated includi...
New US Robotics Roadmap calls for increased regulations, education and research | Phys.Org
Alex Kirkpatrick
03 Nov 2016
A new U.S. Robotics Roadmap released Oct. 31 calls for better policy frameworks to safely integrate new technologies, such as self-driving cars and commercial drones, into everyday life. The document ...
Robotic bricklayer Fastbrick Robotics wins innovation award | The West Australian
Alex Kirkpatrick
03 Nov 2016
Robotic brick laying company Fastbrick Robotics has taken out the WA Innovator of the Year gong, with the company praised for its “creativity and commercial insight”...
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The secret to small drone obstacle avoidance is to just crash into stuff | IEEE Spectrum
Alex Kirkpatrick
01 Nov 2016
At the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab, where they’ve been working very, very hard at getting quadrotors to fly through windows without running into them, Yash Mulgaonkar, Luis Guerrero-Bon...
Release date announced for robot chef which can cook any meal and wash up after itself | The Telegraph
Alex Kirkpatrick
01 Nov 2016
Imagine a robot chef that can make any dish you ask for - and then does all the washing up too. Moley is releasing a robot which does just this in 2018, and it will have unlimited access to chefs and ...
Kostas Alexis: Autonomous Exploration and Inspection using Aerial Robots | CMU RI Seminar
John Payne
29 Oct 2016
Link to video of seminar on YouTube“The capacity of aerial robots to autonomously explore, inspect and map their environment is key to many applications. This talk will overview and discuss a set of...
FEDOR robot helper russia cosmonaut space push ups | Inverse
Alex Kirkpatrick
29 Oct 2016
A robot buddy is set to team up with Russian cosmonauts on outer space adventures by the year 2021. FEDOR, which stands for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, is a humanoid robot design...
Consortium secures record fusion robotics deal | World Nuclear News
Alex Kirkpatrick
29 Oct 2016
A consortium of Airbus Safran Launchers, Nuvia and Cegelec CEM - all companies of the Vinci group - is to develop a remote handling system for the Iter project under the largest fusion energy robotics...
Uber has quietly launched its own ‘Uber for trucking’ marketplace called Uber Freight | Business Insider
Kassie Perlongo
27 Oct 2016
"Uber has already mastered moving people and food around cities. Now it's getting into the long-haul business with a new division called Uber Freight.
The plan builds on Uber's acquisition of Otto,...
The need for diversity in robotics | Wall Street Journal
Alex Kirkpatrick
26 Oct 2016
Maja Matarić, Professor and Vice Dean at the University of Southern California, and Cynthia Breazeal, Co-Director at the Center for Future Storytelling, discuss the need for diversity in robotics wit...
Agricultural Tech Investment Rises to Record $25 Billion | Bloomberg
John Payne
26 Oct 2016
Link to article“Real-time data analytics, sensors and robots are raising the prospect of the “next green revolution” and are spurring start ups, according to the report released Tuesday by Bosto...
How swarm technology could help fight cancer | CNN (video)
Kassie Perlongo
26 Oct 2016
"Nick Glass meets Sabine Hauert, an engineer using swarm technology to build smarter robots and fight cancer."
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A.I. Inspiration: The Science Fiction That Frames Discussion | The New York Times
Kassie Perlongo
25 Oct 2016
"A look at the movies and novels that inform discussions of real-life artificial intelligence and weapons."
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The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own | The New York Times
Kassie Perlongo
25 Oct 2016
"The weapons, in the Pentagon’s vision, would be less like the Terminator and more like the comic-book superhero Iron Man, Mr. Work said in an interview.
“There’s so much fear out there about k...
Singapore to launch first trial of driverless buses in Jurong West | Channel News Asia
Alex Kirkpatrick
25 Oct 2016
SINGAPORE: Driverless buses may soon ply the roads of Singapore, under a new trial to test out such buses for commutes between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and CleanTech Park, and possibly e...
Schiaparelli: Mars probe ‘crash site identified’ | BBC News
Alex Kirkpatrick
21 Oct 2016
The gouge in the ground likely made by Europe's Schiaparelli probe as it hit the surface of Mars on Wednesday has been imaged by an American satellite. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has ident...
Tesla Will Make Its Cars Fully Self-Driving, but Not Turn the System On Yet | New York Times
Alex Kirkpatrick
21 Oct 2016
Tesla Motors said on Wednesday that it would equip all of its new vehicles with technology that enables fully autonomous driving, but would not activate the system until it undergoes further testing.....
Sam Harris: Can we build AI without losing control over it? | TED
John Payne
21 Oct 2016
Link to video of TED Talk on YouTube“Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superh...
NREC 20th Anniversary: Dr. Daniel L. Schmoldt, National Program Leader, NIFA/USDA | CMU Robotics
John Payne
21 Oct 2016
Link to video of presentation on YouTube
“Daniel Schmoldt completed his academic training in 1987 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in mathematics, computer science, and fores...
