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Tag: ROBOTRY/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Machine learning that works like a dream
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba develop a machine-learning algorithm for automatically classifying the sleep stages of lab mice. Combining two techniques, they achieve 96.6% accuracy, which may help accelerate sleep research
Molecular eraser enables better data storage and computers for AI
New discovery for atomic-scale circuits brings closer the potential to eliminate a gigatonne of carbon emissions while increasing data capacities for ultra-efficient computers
UBC research highlights need to safeguard drones and robotic cars against cyber attacks
Robotic vehicles like Amazon delivery drones or Mars rovers can be hacked more easily than people may think, new research from the University of British Columbia suggests. The researchers, based at UBC’s faculty of applied science, designed three types of…
Artificial intelligence-based algorithm for intensive care of traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant global cause of mortality and morbidity with an increasing incidence, especially in low-and-middle income countries. The most severe TBIs are treated in intensive care units (ICU), but in spite of the proper and…
Startup developing AI for TB detection; secures federal business innovation grant
Diascopic LLC secures NIH SBIR grant to bring to market their diagnostic platform that incorporates artificial intelligence for digital TB detection
Earthquakes, chickens, and bugs, oh my!
New big data algorithms improve earthquake detection; monitor livestock health and agricultural pests
Startup developing AI for TB detection; secures federal business innovation grant
Diascopic LLC secures NIH SBIR grant to bring to market their diagnostic platform that incorporates artificial intelligence for digital TB detection
Earthquakes, chickens, and bugs, oh my!
New big data algorithms improve earthquake detection; monitor livestock health and agricultural pests
Floating nurseries and robotic fleet deliver coral babies to damaged parts of Great Barrier Reef
Coral experts have scaled up their advanced technological approach to restoring baby corals on damaged areas of the Great Barrier Reef, using large inflatable ‘coral nurseries’ to help grow coral babies and a robotic ‘LarvalBoat’ to help disperse them back…
Drag can lift birds to new heights, Stanford researchers find
Future aerial design may owe a nod of thanks to five parrotlets flapping around in an instrumented flight chamber at Stanford University. They revealed that counter to conventional understanding of how animals and planes fly, the birds can utilize drag…
Department of Energy announces $80 million for new grid modernization lab call projects
This news release, issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on November 6, announces projects funded through the Grid Modernization Initiative’s 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call to help improve the resiliency and reliability of our nation’s energy infrastructure. DOE’s…
Drag can lift birds to new heights, Stanford researchers find
Future aerial design may owe a nod of thanks to five parrotlets flapping around in an instrumented flight chamber at Stanford University. They revealed that counter to conventional understanding of how animals and planes fly, the birds can utilize drag…
Neuroscientists develop models to identify internal states of the brain
How singing fruit flies reveal the inner workings of their brains
Skoltech team wins ‘Best Demo Award’ at ACM Siggraph Asia 2019 Conference
A recent demonstration of the SwarmCloak technology, a novel system for landing a fleet of flying robots onto the human arm using light-sensitive landing pads, won the Best Demo Award at the ACM Siggraph Asia 2019 conference in Brisbane, Australia.…
Department of Energy announces $80 million for new grid modernization lab call projects
This news release, issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on November 6, announces projects funded through the Grid Modernization Initiative’s 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call to help improve the resiliency and reliability of our nation’s energy infrastructure. DOE’s…
Neuroscientists develop models to identify internal states of the brain
How singing fruit flies reveal the inner workings of their brains
Skoltech team wins ‘Best Demo Award’ at ACM Siggraph Asia 2019 Conference
A recent demonstration of the SwarmCloak technology, a novel system for landing a fleet of flying robots onto the human arm using light-sensitive landing pads, won the Best Demo Award at the ACM Siggraph Asia 2019 conference in Brisbane, Australia.…
NUS researchers create new metallic material for flexible soft robots
‘Origami robots’ are state-of-the-art soft and flexible robots that are being tested for use in various applications including drug delivery in human bodies, search and rescue missions in disaster environments and humanoid robotic arms. Because these robots need to be…
Using Artificial Intelligence to determine whether immunotherapy is working
Researchers use AI with routine CT scans to predict how well lung cancer patients will respond to expensive treatment based off changes in texture patterns inside and outside the tumor.
Human-machine interaction enables highly accurate decision-making systems to be created
Including experts from various areas in machine learning projects is essential for increasing the precision of results, highlighted Alexandre Falcão, of UNICAMP, in a lecture given at FAPESP Week France
How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies
Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help
Rise of the bots: Stevens team completes first census of Wikipedia bots
Stevens researchers complete first detailed analysis of encyclopedia’s 1,601 bots, and how they help — and hinder — human users
New algorithms train AI to avoid specific bad behaviors
Stanford and UMass Amherst develop a new way to help machine-learning designers build AI with safeguards against specific, undesirable outcomes such as racial and gender bias
Scientists help soldiers figure out what robots know
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Nov. 21, 2019) -An Army-led research team developed new algorithms and filled in knowledge gaps about how robots contribute to teams and what robots know about their environment and teammates. Dr. Kristin Schaefer-Lay, an engineer with…
Exposing office distractions and effects on worker productivity
Dataset links stress, interruptions and performance
New machine learning algorithms offer safety and fairness guarantees
UMass Amherst and Stanford team designs new framework for fairer, safer algorithms
Bot can beat humans in multiplayer hidden-role games
Using deductive reasoning, the bot identifies friend or foe to ensure victory over humans in certain online games.
Soft skin-like robots you can put in your pocket
Stretchable skin-like robots that can be rolled up and put in your pocket have been developed by a University of Bristol team using a new way of embedding artificial muscles and electrical adhesion into soft materials. This new advance, published…
UTA multidisciplinary project aims to improve transportation for older adults
Improving transportation for older adults
FAPESP Week highlights research in cooperation with France
Scientists from France and São Paulo State will attend a symposium to be held on Nov. 21-27 in Lyon and Paris to discuss topics at the knowledge frontier
First AI Week kicks off at Tel Aviv University
Weeklong conference features workshops, seminars and a hackathon addressing the industry’s hottest topics
FAPESP Week highlights research in cooperation with France
Scientists from France and São Paulo State will attend a symposium to be held on Nov. 21-27 in Lyon and Paris to discuss topics at the knowledge frontier
First AI Week kicks off at Tel Aviv University
Weeklong conference features workshops, seminars and a hackathon addressing the industry’s hottest topics
Alexander von Humboldt Professorships for Artificial Intelligence coming
Two researchers from abroad have been selected to receive Germany’s most valuable international research award in 2020 and make the move to Erlangen-Nuremberg and Munich.
King’s College AI-Longevity Hub launched via support of Biogerontology Research Foundation
The UK’s first AI for Longevity hub — the Longevity AI Consortium — is launched at King’s College London with the strategic and financial support of the Biogerontology Research Foundation and Deep Knowledge Ventures
Bees ‘surf’ atop water
When stuck in water, bees create a wave and hydrofoil atop it, according to a new study
Alexander von Humboldt Professorships for Artificial Intelligence coming
Two researchers from abroad have been selected to receive Germany’s most valuable international research award in 2020 and make the move to Erlangen-Nuremberg and Munich.
King’s College AI-Longevity Hub launched via support of Biogerontology Research Foundation
The UK’s first AI for Longevity hub — the Longevity AI Consortium — is launched at King’s College London with the strategic and financial support of the Biogerontology Research Foundation and Deep Knowledge Ventures
Bees ‘surf’ atop water
When stuck in water, bees create a wave and hydrofoil atop it, according to a new study
AI could transform how we monitor the structural health of civil infrastructure
The University of Surrey and King’s College London have developed a new machine learning algorithm (AI) that could transform the way we monitor major infrastructure – such as dams and bridges. In a paper published by the journal Structural Health…
A better understanding of soft artificial muscles
Research sheds light on the underlying mechanics of soft filaments
Human-machine interactions: Bots are more successful if they impersonate humans
Study examines humans’ willingness to cooperate with bots
Human-machine interactions: Bots are more successful if they impersonate humans
Study examines humans’ willingness to cooperate with bots
New artificial intelligence system automatically evolves to evade internet censorship
Researchers at the University of Maryland developed a new tool based on genetic evolution that automatically learned to evade censorship in China, India and Kazakhstan
New artificial intelligence system automatically evolves to evade internet censorship
Researchers at the University of Maryland developed a new tool based on genetic evolution that automatically learned to evade censorship in China, India and Kazakhstan
Astronauts to test drive a lunar robot from the space station
Astronauts could one day remotely control Moon and Mars rovers from orbit
New research suggests robots appear more persuasive when pretending to be human
When bots disclose their non-human nature, their efficiency is compromised
Army researcher promotes cooperation between humans, autonomous machines
The trust between humans and autonomous machines is a top priority for Army researchers — as machines become integral to society, it is critical to understand the impact on human decision-making. Dr. Celso M. de Melo, a computer scientist from…
Preterm children have similar temperament to children who were institutionally deprived
Children who are born preterm or at very low birth weight have similar temperament difficulties as children who were institutionally deprived early in life Researchers have found that a child’s temperament is sensitive to experiences in the early stages of…