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Robot mussels help measure the effects of climate change | Engadget
Alex Kirkpatrick
19 Oct 2016
The mussels you see on the shoreline might not just be soaking up some rays... they could be key to studying climate change. An research team haspublished data from robotic mussels whose sensors have ...
Paralysed man with implant feels touch | Nature
Alex Kirkpatrick
19 Oct 2016
A brain implant that is wired to a robotic arm has allowed a paralysed man to feel touch on the arm's fingers...
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Deep Driving: A revolutionary AI technique is about to transform the self-driving car | MIT Technology Review
Alex Kirkpatrick
18 Oct 2016
Driving on complicated, ever-changing streets involves perception and decision-making skills that are inherently uncertain. An artificial-intelligence technology called deep learning is being used to ...
How much heat does the ocean trap? Robots find out | Scientific American
Alex Kirkpatrick
18 Oct 2016
A fleet of robots, trolling the oceans and measuring their heat content, has revolutionized scientists’ ability to study how climate change is affecting the seas...
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Korea, US to develop disaster-response robot tech | The Korea Herald
Alex Kirkpatrick
18 Oct 2016
South Korea and the United States will join hands to develop robotic technologies for disaster response and invest US$ 6 million over the next three years, according to the Trade Ministry on Oct. 18.
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Royal Navy to explore artificial intelligence use in battle threat assessment | Computer Business Review
Alex Kirkpatrick
18 Oct 2016
Britain’s Royal Navy is to use artificial intelligence situational awareness software to help humans assess threats in a maritime combat system demonstrator.
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Give a 3D printer artificial intelligence, and this is what you’ll get | Yahoo Tech
Alex Kirkpatrick
17 Oct 2016
A London-based startup has combined some of today’s most disruptive technologies in a bid to change the way we’ll build the future. By retrofitting industrial robots with 3D printing guns and arti...
Meet Big-i, world’s first personalized family robot to help you around the home | The TechNews
Alex Kirkpatrick
16 Oct 2016
Texas-based NXROBO has developed a natural interaction robot that can be the home assistance you always wanted. Dubbed Big-i, this distant relative of R2-D2 comes with mobility, voice programming, ...
Anki’s Cozmo robot is the new, adorable face of artificial intelligence | The Verge
Alex Kirkpatrick
15 Oct 2016
...The $180 bot, which starts shipping on October 16th, is powered by AI, and the end result is aWALL-E-inspired personality more akin to a clever pet than a do-everything personal assistant.
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All eyes on the red planet as ESA’s lander prepares to hurtle towards Mars | The Guardian
Alex Kirkpatrick
14 Oct 2016
The Schiaparelli probe is set to begin a dramatic descent to the surface of Mars. Will it enter the history books as the first successful Mars landing for Europe?
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SA robotics firm takes on NASA Mars challenge | ITWeb
Alex Kirkpatrick
14 Oct 2016
Johannesburg-based tech start-up Ryonic Robotics has been selected to take part in the qualification rounds of the NASA Space Robotics Centennial Challenge.
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Market grows for ‘regtech’, or AI for regulation | Financial Times
Alex Kirkpatrick
14 Oct 2016
Hedge fund managers beware, someone is watching you. Or rather, something is watching you. A new artificial intelligence system can monitor traders, learn their behaviour patterns and raise the alarm ...
This robot can do more push-ups because it sweats | IEEE Spectrum
Alex Kirkpatrick
14 Oct 2016
Robots, especially dynamic robots like humanoids that place near-constant high torque demands on their motors, generate enough heat that it regularly becomes a major constraint on their performance.
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The blind have high hopes for self-driving cars | MIT Technology Review
Kassie Perlongo
13 Oct 2016
"Advocates for the visually impaired are talking to companies and legislators about developing vehicles they will be able to drive independently."
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Will jobs exist in 2050? | The Guardian
Kassie Perlongo
13 Oct 2016
"There’s no question that technology is drastically changing the way we work, but what will the job market look like by 2050?"
Robohub's Sabine Hauert is quoted in the article, saying many of the...
AVC 2016: Classic Autonomous Vehicle Competition | SparkFun Electronics
John Payne
13 Oct 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBr71Dww_-k&feature=youtu.be
“This year's Classic AVC was bigger and better than ever! We made a lot of new additions to the track this year, including multiple tr...
The White House sizes up the future of artificial intelligence | Popular Science
Alex Kirkpatrick
12 Oct 2016
Today, the White House released two reports about artificial intelligence: "Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence" and "The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Stra...
DeepMind’s AI has learned to navigate the Tube using memory | New Scientist
Alex Kirkpatrick
12 Oct 2016
DeepMind’s latest AI has a “working memory” so that it can learn how to solve tasks for itself – such as how best to get from A to B on the London tube network.
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The Frontiers Issue The Future of AI | Wired
Kassie Perlongo
12 Oct 2016
President and WIRED guest editor Barack Obama discusses the future of artificial intelligence with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito.
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Stefanie Tellex: Learning Models of Language, Action and Perception for HRC | CMU RI Seminar
John Payne
10 Oct 2016
Link to video of seminar on YouTube
Abstract: “Robots can act as a force multiplier for people, whether a robot assisting an astronaut with a repair on the International Space station, a UAV taki...
Umamaheswar Duvvuri, MD: Surgical robotics – past, present and future | CMU RI Seminar
John Payne
03 Oct 2016
Link to video of seminar on YouTube
Abstract: “The advent of robotic systems to medicine has revolutionized the practice of surgery. Most recently, several novel robotic surgical systems have bee...
Tesla drivers wake up to a serious upgrade | Bloomberg
Kassie Perlongo
22 Sep 2016
"I’m creeping up the east side of Manhattan on one of the worst days imaginable to be driving in the city. It’s rush hour, it’s been raining, President Barack Obama is about to address the Unite...
Victor Scheinman, assembly line robot inventor, dies at 73 | The New York Times
Kassie Perlongo
22 Sep 2016
Victor Scheinman, who overcame his boyhood nightmares about a science-fiction movie humanoid to build the first successful electrically powered, computer-controlled industrial robot, died on Tuesday i...
Artificial intelligence software is booming. But why now? | The New York Times
Kassie Perlongo
20 Sep 2016
"This is the year artificial intelligence came into its own for mainstream businesses, at least as a marketing feature.
On Sunday, Salesforce.com, which sells online software for sales and marketing,...
Do no harm, don’t discriminate: official guidance issued on robot ethics | The Guardian
Kassie Perlongo
20 Sep 2016
Isaac Asimov gave us the basic rules of good robot behaviour: don’t harm humans, obey orders and protect yourself. Now the British Standards Institute has issued a more official version aimed at hel...
Brenna D. Argall: Human Autonomy through Robotics Autonomy | CMU RI Seminar
John Payne
20 Sep 2016
Video of seminar on YouTube
“It is a paradox that often the more severe a person's motor impairment, the more challenging it is for them to operate the very assistive machines which might enhance...
Autopilot cited in death of Chinese Tesla driver | The New York Times
Kassie Perlongo
15 Sep 2016
Tesla Motors came under renewed questioning about the safety of its Autopilot technology after news emerged on Wednesday of a fatal crash in China that may have occurred while the automated driver-ass...
Uber starts self-driving car pickups in Pittsburgh | TechCrunch
John Payne
15 Sep 2016
"Beginning today, a select group of Pittsburgh Uber users will get a surprise the next time they request a pickup: the option to ride in a self-driving car. The announcement comes a year-and-a-half af...
Surgeons use robot to operate inside eye in world first
Kassie Perlongo
14 Sep 2016
Surgeons normally attempt this by slowing their pulse and timing movements between heart beats, but the robot could make it much easier. Experts said the robot could enable new, high-precision procedu...
The Head of CMU’s Robotics Lab Says Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Not Even Close’
Kassie Perlongo
06 Sep 2016
A conversation on rebuilding after Uber gutted the top lab.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Japan to develop 3-D maps for self-driving cars- Nikkei Asian Review
Kassie Perlongo
06 Sep 2016
TOKYO -- A joint venture in Japan will begin creating high-definition 3-D maps for self-driving cars in September as part of a government effort to haSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
No Sailors Needed: Robot Sailboats Scour the Oceans for Data
Kassie Perlongo
06 Sep 2016
Richard Jenkins created Saildrone’s autonomous boats to assess fish populations, study the oceans and more, but his grander vision concerns climate change.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Drive.ai uses deep learning to teach self-driving cars – and to give them a voice
Kassie Perlongo
02 Sep 2016
Startup Drive.ai is revealing its product and strategy for the first time, and the autonomous driving tech company is looking not only to create the best..See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Baidu and Nvidia to Build Artificial Intelligence Platform for Self-Driving Cars
Kassie Perlongo
02 Sep 2016
Baidu and Nvidia will use artificial intelligence to develop a self-driving car computing platform that uses cloud-based 3D maps.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
How Tech Giants Are Devising Real Ethics for Artificial Intelligence
Andra Keay
02 Sep 2016
Four people involved in the creation of an industry partnership say its intent will be clear: to ensure that A.I. research is focused on things that will benefit people, not hurt them.The Robot Launch...
Robot Tractor Draws Crowds on Debut at Iowa Farm Show
Andra Keay
01 Sep 2016
As Detroit car makers and Silicon Valley tech giants vie to bring driverless cars to U.S. roads, one of the world’s largest tractor makers is looking to do the same down on the farm.The Robot La...
