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    Biowatch: Biometric Identification Using Veins, with Matthias Vanoni

    In this episode, MeiXing Dong interviews Matthias Vanoni, co-founder and CEO of Biowatch. Vanoni speaks about Biowatch, a wrist-veins biometric reader that functions as a security solution for mobile ...
    05 August 2017, by

    Automatic image retouching system
    The data captured by today’s digital cameras is often treated as the raw material of a final image. Before uploading pictures to social networking sites, even casual cellphone photographers might sp...
    03 August 2017, by

    Artificial skin could allow robots to feel like we do
    Artificial skin with post-human sensing capabilities, and a better understanding of skin tissue, could pave the way for robots that can feel, smart-transplants and even cyborgs....
    02 August 2017, by

    Somersault simulation for jumping robots
    In recent years engineers have been developing new technologies to enable robots and humans to move faster and jump higher. Soft, elastic materials store energy in these devices, which, if released ca...
    28 July 2017, by

    Folding robots: No battery, no wires, no problem
    The traditional Japanese art of origami transforms a simple sheet of paper into complex, three-dimensional shapes through a very specific pattern of folds, creases, and crimps. Folding robots based on...
    26 July 2017, by

    Reshaping computer-aided design
    Almost every object we use is developed with computer-aided design (CAD). Ironically, while CAD programs are good for creating designs, using them is actually very difficult and time-consuming if you...
    24 July 2017, by



    Artificial intelligence suggests recipes based on food photos
    There are few things social media users love more than flooding their feeds with photos of food. Yet we seldom use these images for much more than a quick scroll on our cellphones. Researchers from MI...
    20 July 2017, by

    Bringing neural networks to cellphones
    In recent years, the best-performing artificial-intelligence systems — in areas such as autonomous driving, speech recognition, computer vision, and automatic translation — have come courtesy of s...
    19 July 2017, by
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    Midwest Speech and Language Days 2017 Posters, with Michael White, Dmitriy Dligach and Denis Newman-Griffiths

    In this episode, MeiXing Dong conducts interviews at the 2017 Midwest Speech and Language Days workshop in Chicago. She talks with Michael White of Ohio State University about question interpretation ...
    08 July 2017, by

    Talking Machines: Bias variance dilemma for humans and the arm farm, with Jeff Dean
    In episode four of season three Neil introduces us to the ideas behind the bias variance dilemma (and how how we can think about it in our daily lives). Plus, we answer a listener question about how t...
    03 July 2017, by

    The Robotarium: A remotely accessible swarm robotics research testbed
    When developing algorithms for coordinating the behaviors of swarms of robots it is crucial that the algorithms are actually deployed and tested on real hardware platforms. Unfortunately, building and...
    29 June 2017, by , , , , , and

    Spider webs as computers
    Spiders are truly amazing creatures. They have evolved over more than 200 million years and can be found in almost every corner of our planet. They are one of the most successful animals. Not less imp...
    27 June 2017, by

    Robots offer the elderly a helping hand
    by Helen Massy-Beresford Low birth rates and higher life expectancies mean that those over 65 years old now will account for 28.7 % of Europe’s population by 2080, according to Eurostat, the EU...
    20 June 2017, by

    From drinking straws to robots
    By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer At the beginning of the decade, George Whitesides helped rewrite the rules of what a machine could be with the development of biologically inspired “soft rob...
    16 June 2017, by

    Meet the labs of NCCR Robotics: Dillenbourg Lab
    Prof. Pierre Dillenbourg and the team from the Computer-Human Interaction in Learning and Instruction (CHILI) Lab, explain how they are building robots to use in the classrooms of tomorrow. It is CH...
    16 June 2017, by

    New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: Co4Robots
    In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje...
    09 June 2017, by

    Finally! Google sells Boston Dynamics to SoftBank
    In a long-awaited transaction, The New York Times Dealbook announced that SoftBank was buying Boston Dynamics from Alphabet (Google). Also included in the deal is the Japanese startup Schaft. Acquisit...
    09 June 2017, by

    Mori: A modular origami robot
    The fields of modular and origami robotics have become increasingly popular in recent years, with both approaches presenting particular benefits, as well as limitations, to the end user. Christoph Bel...
    08 June 2017, by

    Localization uncertainty-aware exploration planning
    Autonomous exploration and reliable mapping of unknown environments corresponds to a major challenge for mobile robotic systems. For many important application domains, such as industrial inspection o...
    06 June 2017, by , and

    Looking at new trends in Distributed Robotics Systems and Society
    It isn’t a secret that distributed robotic systems are starting to revolutionize many applications from targeted material delivery (e.g., Amazon Robotics) to precision farming. Assisted by technolog...
    06 June 2017, by

    Giving robots a sense of touch
    Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact...
    05 June 2017, by

    The Uncanny Valley of human-robot interactions
    The device named “Spark” flew high above the man on stage with his hands waving in the direction of the flying object. In a demonstration of DJI’s newest drone, the audience marveled at the Cok...
    02 June 2017, by

    Wearable system helps visually impaired users navigate
    Computer scientists have been working for decades on automatic navigation systems to aid the visually impaired, but it’s been difficult to come up with anything as reliable and easy to use as the wh...
    02 June 2017, by

    Researcher to develop bio-inspired ‘smart’ knee for prosthetics
    A researcher at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is developing a bio-inspired ‘smart’ knee joint for prosthetic lower limbs. Dr Appolinaire Etoundi, based at Bristol Robotics La...
    01 June 2017, by

    New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: BADGER
    In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje...
    26 May 2017, by

    Finding the right morphology to simplify control for soft robotics
    The way animals move has yet to be matched by robotic systems. This is because biological systems exploit compliant mechanisms in ways their robotic cousins do not. However, recent advances in soft ro...
    23 May 2017, by

    What has twenty years of RoboCup taught us?
    In 1985, a twenty-two year old Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion. Twelve years later, he was defeated by the only player capable of challenging the grandmaster, IBM’s Deep Blu...
    23 May 2017, by

    New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: An.Dy
    In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje...
    19 May 2017, by

    Watch this omnicopter fetch a ball
    We have developed a computationally efficient trajectory generator for six degrees-of-freedom multirotor vehicles, i.e. vehicles that can independently control their position and attitude. The traject...
    17 May 2017, by

    Meet the labs of NCCR Robotics: Paik Lab
    Meet the NCCR Robotics Paik Lab (RRL, EPFL) - headed by Professor Jamie Paik, the lab is dedicated to creating interactive robotic systems using cutting edge manufacturing techniques. The lab speciali...
    15 May 2017, by

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