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Weaponized drones: Connecticut bill would allow police to use lethal force from above | NBC News
Alex Kirkpatrick
27 Apr 2017
Imagine this scenario: A terror suspect is holding hostages in a public space. A police-operated drone with a camera swoops in to assess the situation and determines he is armed and dangerous.
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Uber fights to keep Google self-driving car lawsuit from going to trial | Forbes
Alex Kirkpatrick
27 Apr 2017
Attorneys for Uber worked Thursday morning to convince a federal judge that a case brought by rival Waymo over the alleged theft of trade secrets from the company should be dealt with in arbitration a...
Robots taught to work alongside humans by giving high fives | New Scientist
Alex Kirkpatrick
27 Apr 2017
A robotic arm is sublime at stacking boxes on a production line, but workplace robots struggle with social niceties. Now researchers are teaching robots the right way to act in social situations in th...
Robot assaulted by drunk man helps arrest him | The Independent
Alex Kirkpatrick
26 Apr 2017
A US man has been arrested for allegedly knocking over a security robot while drunk. The incident took place in a car park in Mountain View, California. The autonomous robot, called K5, suffered a num...
Machine learning requires careful stewardship | Royal Society
Alex Kirkpatrick
26 Apr 2017
The many potential social and economic benefits from advances in AI-based technologies depend entirely on the environment in which these technologies evolve, says the Royal Society. According to a new...
No longer a dream: Silicon Valley takes on the flying car | The New York Times
Kassie Perlongo
26 Apr 2017
"This isn’t science fiction. A number of start-ups as well as big aerospacefirms are trying to build personal aircraft you could fly around town."
By: John Markoff
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Now you can ride in a Google self-driving car | NBC News
Alex Kirkpatrick
25 Apr 2017
After eight years of testing, Waymo is ready to go public: Google's autonomous vehicle spin-off is offering families in the Phoenix area the chance to try out its self-driving cars as part of a new pi...
Eight ways machine learning is already in your life | BBC
Kassie Perlongo
25 Apr 2017
Many people are unsure about exactly what machine learning is. But the reality is that it is already part of everyday life. Robohub President Sabine Hauert writes for BBC news.
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Apple documents offer first look at the tech giant’s self-driving-car technology | Business Insider
Alex Kirkpatrick
24 Apr 2017
Apple has developed an "Automated System" for self-driving cars, and the company is planning to put staffers through a training program to operate the vehicles ahead of testing on California roads.
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With Neuralink, Elon Musk promises human-to-human telepathy. Don’t believe it. | MIT Tech Review
Alex Kirkpatrick
24 Apr 2017
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, by way of blogger and cartoonist Tim Urban, has revealed in a 36,400-word illustrated explainer the thinking behind his new company Neuralink and its mission to use...
Driverless cars trial set for UK motorways in 2019 | BBC News
Alex Kirkpatrick
24 Apr 2017
A consortium of British companies has unveiled a plan to test driverless cars on UK roads and motorways in 2019. The Driven group also plans to try out a fleet of autonomous vehicles between London an...
Drones used for first time in major search at Grand Canyon | ABC News
Alex Kirkpatrick
21 Apr 2017
The desperate effort this week to find two hikers who disappeared at the bottom of the Grand Canyon represented the National Park Service's most extensive use yet of drones in a search-and-rescue miss...
Drones listen in on bats to reveal their in-flight secrets | New Scientist
Alex Kirkpatrick
21 Apr 2017
Bat-detecting drones could help us find out what the animals get up to when flying. Ultrasonic detectors on drones in the air and on the water are listening in on bat calls, in the hope of discovering...
Chris Urmson: Perspectives on Self-Driving Cars | Yata Memorial Lecture in Robotics, CMU
John Payne
20 Apr 2017
Link to video on YouTubeAbstract: “Self-driving vehicles will save millions of lives, make cities more liveable, save resources, and transform transportation to be more accessible and enjoyable for ...
Apple just revealed how its iPhone-recycling robot ‘Liam’ works | Business Insider
Alex Kirkpatrick
20 Apr 2017
One of Apple's biggest launches last year wasn't a new iPhone or Mac: It was Liam, a robot that takes apart iPhones so their components can be recycled. On Wednesday, Apple revealed many new details a...
Tesla customers sue over dangerous and non functioning Autopilot software | Forbes
Alex Kirkpatrick
20 Apr 2017
The suit filed on April 19 in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, by three Tesla owners says the company knowingly sold them vehicles with “Enhanced Autopilot” driving technology that...
Three-dimensional printing of transparent fused silica glass | Nature
Kassie Perlongo
20 Apr 2017
3D printing with liquid glass? "A new approach, described in Nature, uses UV light to cure a polymer that’s been loaded with glass nanoparticles—so-called liquid glass—one layer at time, before ...
Facebook’s sci-fi plan for typing with your mind and hearing with your skin | MIT Tech Review
Kassie Perlongo
20 Apr 2017
Inside the mysterious Building 8, the social network is working on far-out communication technologies.
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Lawmakers push bill authorizing robot deliveries | SF Gate
Alex Kirkpatrick
19 Apr 2017
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of state lawmakers tried to persuade a Senate committee Tuesday to approve a bill that would allow delivery robots to traverse Wisconsin sidewalks and crosswalks. The mea...
Robotic cheetah created | Science Daily
Alex Kirkpatrick
19 Apr 2017
Engineers have developed a prototype cheetah robot. They have constructed a scaled-down robotic version of the fastest land animal in the world, with a view to replicating its movements. Relatively sp...
Uber’s problems deepen as executive behind self-driving cars joins exodus | The Telegraph
Alex Kirkpatrick
18 Apr 2017
Uber has lost yet another executive after a vice president whose remit included the self-driving car division resigned in a blow to the company, which is currently fighting a high-profile lawsuit with...
In America’s Cup waters, a robot takes on an invasion of lionfish | New York Times
Alex Kirkpatrick
18 Apr 2017
The America’s Cup is a technology race as much as a sailboat race. Make a breakthrough in design — be it a winged keel or, in this era of hydrofoiling, a better daggerboard — and your chances of...
Toyota launches rehabilitation robot rental service | PC Magazine
Alex Kirkpatrick
13 Apr 2017
Toyota is facing up to a growing problem in its home market of Japan. The population is growing increasingly old and the birth rate is dropping, meaning the market for cars will inevitably shrink. But...
This drone is on a mission to rid your city of dog poop | Singularity Hub
Alex Kirkpatrick
13 Apr 2017
Nothing ruins a pleasant afternoon stroll down your neighborhood sidewalk or favorite city street like stepping in dog poop. Even if you don’t step in it, having to look down to make sure you’re a...
New technology may help self-driving cars see better | Fortune
Alex Kirkpatrick
13 Apr 2017
Twenty-two year old Stanford dropout Austin Russell started working on self driving car technology before he was old enough to drive. Nearly seven years later, Russell believes that his creation, a sm...
Ohmni home robot makes video chats feel like they’re IRL | CNN
Alex Kirkpatrick
12 Apr 2017
OhmniLabs wants to make video chatting with family and friends easier -- by bringing in a robot. The Silicon Valley robotics startup is launching Ohmni, a home robot designed to make video chatting wi...
Robots to deliver Yelp Eat24 dinners in two SF neighborhoods | SF Gate
Alex Kirkpatrick
12 Apr 2017
A robot slightly smaller than a shopping cart rolled down a Potrero Hill sidewalk, halting at a stop sign before crossing the street. It came to another corner with a traffic light, and waited for it ...
Robot volleyball machine helps Japan team practise attacks | New Scientist
Alex Kirkpatrick
12 Apr 2017
To perfect their attacks, some of Japan’s top volleyball players are training against a robot that can mimic the tactics of opposing teams. The Japanese Volleyball Association’s “block machine...
The robot regulator: UK watchdog reveals use of machine learning | IPE
Alex Kirkpatrick
11 Apr 2017
The UK’s Pensions Regulator (TPR) has built a machine-learning tool to help it focus on pension schemes most at risk of breaching its guidelines. Peter Jackson, head of data at TPR, outlined on a go...
Did you catch that? Robot’s speed of light communication could protect you from danger | Science Daily
Alex Kirkpatrick
11 Apr 2017
If you were monitoring a security camera and saw someone set down a backpack and walk away, you might pay special attention -- especially if you had been alerted to watch that particular person. Accor...
A newfangled traffic light built for humans and robots | Wired
Alex Kirkpatrick
11 Apr 2017
The traffic light’s three colored circles work hard, managing the flow of traffic around the world. Evgeny Arinin acknowledges this, and admires the design for its enduring effectiveness. But the Ru...
Disney wants to add soft-body humanoid robots to its theme parks | Nerdist
Alex Kirkpatrick
10 Apr 2017
Some day in the near future, Disney’s theme parks could put out the “cease all motor functions” command to shut down its army of robots for the night. And while we’re a long way from Westworld...
Revolution AI: Waterloo veterans putting artificial intelligence to the test in the real world | Financial Post
Alex Kirkpatrick
10 Apr 2017
Not every AI venture is a startup. There's a sizable community of entrepreneurs getting ahead in the AI game. Waterloo, Ont, is home to a burgeoning population of robotics/AI companies, many of which ...
FarmBot in Education | John G. Wells of Virginia Tech
John Payne
09 Apr 2017
Link to video on YouTube“Learn how you can implement FarmBot at your school in this interview with Associate Professor of Technology Education at Virginia Tech: John G. Wells, Ph.D.”...
Sergey Levine: Deep Robotic Learning | CMU RI Seminar
John Payne
08 Apr 2017
Link to video on YouTubeAbstract: “Deep learning methods have provided us with remarkably powerful, flexible, and robust solutions in a wide range of passive perception areas: computer vision, speec...
Self-driving cars will only work when we accept autonomy is a myth | The Guardian
Alex Kirkpatrick
07 Apr 2017
The crash of an Uber Volvo in Tempe, Arizona has dragged a regulatory spotlight back onto self-driving cars. The Uber car, in driverless mode, crashed into a Honda that was turning left, ending up on ...
