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Tag: ROBOTRY/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
An intelligent soft material that curls under pressure or expands when stretched (video)
Plants and animals can rapidly respond to changes in their environment, such as a Venus flytrap snapping shut when a fly touches it. However, replicating similar actions in soft robots requires complex mechanics and sensors. Now, researchers reporting in ACS…
Scientists begin building highly accurate digital twin of our planet
To become climate neutral by 2050, the European Union launched two ambitious programmes: “Green Deal” and “DigitalStrategy”. As a key component of their successful implementation, climate scientists and computer scientists launched the “Destination Earth” initiative, which will start in mid-?2021…
Pushing computing to the edge by rethinking microchips’ design
Responding to artificial intelligence’s exploding demands on computer networks, Princeton University researchers in recent years have radically increased the speed and slashed the energy use of specialized AI systems. Now, the researchers have moved their innovation closer to widespread use…
Nonconscious brain modulation to remove fears, increase confidence
Researchers release large dataset on machine learning-based brain training
Lehigh’s Motee featured in int’l virtual conference on control, instrumentation and automation
MechE professor addreses the 7th International Conference on Control, Instrumentation and Automation, hosted by University of Tabriz
Army awards grants to seven academic teams
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — The U.S. Army awarded grants to seven academic teams across scientific disciplines to advance basic science research and enable the development of technologies critical to national defense. The teams will research topics in human agent-teaming,…
The appearance of robots affects our perception of the morality of their decisions
Moralities of Intelligent Machines is a project that investigates people’s attitudes towards moral choices made by artificial intelligence.
The appearance of robots affects our perception of the morality of their decisions
Moralities of Intelligent Machines is a project that investigates people’s attitudes towards moral choices made by artificial intelligence. In the latest study completed under the project, study participants read short narratives where either a robot, a somewhat humanoid robot known…
Researchers develop speedier network analysis for a range of computer hardware
The advance could boost recommendation algorithms and internet search.
Rice’s Yingyan Lin receives NSF CAREER Award
Engineer recognized for advances in ubiquitous on-device intelligence and green AI
Twist-n-Sync: Skoltech scientists use smartphone gyroscopes to sync time across devices
Skoltech researchers have designed a software-based algorithm for synchronizing time across smartphones that can be used in practical tasks requiring simultaneous measurements. This algorithm can essentially help turn several devices into a full-fledged network of sensors. The paper was published…
Artificial intelligence predicts nonlinear ultrafast dynamics in optics
Researchers at Tampere University have successfully used artificial intelligence to predict nonlinear dynamics that take place when ultrashort light pulses interact with matter. This novel solution can be used for efficient and fast numerical modelling, for example, in imaging, manufacturing…
What impact will robots and autonomous systems have on urban ecosystems?
The University of Leeds has coordinated a study with 170 experts from 35 countries, including E.T.S. Agronomic Engineering lecturer Luis Perez Urrestarazu. The study conclusions have just been published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution . The researchers highlighted…
How likely are consumers to adopt artificial intelligence for banking advice?
A new study published in Economic Inquiry is the first to assess the willingness of consumers to adopt advisory services in the banking sector that are based on artificial intelligence (AI). Investigators examined whether the likelihood that consumers adopt AI…
GW receives funding to develop AI systems to help people with health problems drive safely
New partnership hopes to detect and predict health abnormalities in drivers
Deep learning may help doctors choose better lung cancer treatments
MALVERN, Pa. — Doctors and healthcare workers may one day use a machine learning model, called deep learning, to guide their treatment decisions for lung cancer patients, according to a team of Penn State Great Valley researchers. In a study,…
Artificial intelligence may help achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Scientists from the Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence, or DaSCI (University of Granada), together with the private company Ferrovial and the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, highlight the need for unified, accessible, and open data in…
Study: Preschoolers with higher cardiorespiratory fitness do better on cognitive tests
Study in 4-6 year olds finds fitness-cognition link
AI may mistake chess discussions as racist talk
PITTSBURGH–“The Queen’s Gambit,” the recent TV mini-series about a chess master, may have stirred increased interest in chess, but a word to the wise: social media talk about game-piece colors could lead to misunderstandings, at least for hate-speech detection software.…
AI tool aims to help doctors, patients better prepare for surgery
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new tool using an artificial intelligence platform may help doctors better prepare patients for surgery. Mohammad Rahman, a Purdue University associate professor of management, and his team developed the tool to help improve health care…
Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a dog’s nose
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. A miniaturized detector can analyze trace molecules to mimic the process
Skoltech’s recent achievement takes us one step closer to Mars
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE) and the Skoltech Digital Agriculture Laboratory and their collaborators from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables processing images from…
Credit card-sized soft pumps power wearable artificial muscles
Robotic clothing that is entirely soft and could help people to move more easily is a step closer to reality thanks to the development of a new flexible and lightweight power system for soft robotics. The discovery by a team…
This robot doesn’t need any electronics
Walking quadruped is controlled and powered by pressurized air
Identifying “ugly ducklings” to catch skin cancer earlier
Deep learning-based system enables dermatologist-level identification of suspicious skin lesions from smartphone photos, allowing better screening
Army researchers expand study of ethics, artificial intelligence
ADELPHI, Md. — The Army of the future will involve humans and autonomous machines working together to accomplish the mission. According to Army researchers, this vision will only succeed if artificial intelligence is perceived to be ethical. Researchers, based at…
Event to showcase the future of sensor technology
LOWELL, Mass. – Researchers and entrepreneurs developing sensor technologies for use in a variety of applications will share their expertise and experiences during a free event presented by UMass Lowell on Wednesday, March 3 at noon. The virtual program “Next…
A machine-learning approach to finding treatment options for Covid-19
When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, doctors and researchers rushed to find effective treatments.
Citizens versus the internet
The Internet has revolutionized our lives – whether in terms of working, finding information or entertainment, connecting with others, or shopping.
Algorithm that performs as accurately as dermatologists
A study has now been presented that boosts the evidence for using AI solutions in skin cancer diagnostics. With an algorithm they devised themselves, scientists at the University of Gothenburg show the capacity of technology to perform at the same…
Artificial emotional intelligence: a safer, smarter future with 5G and emotion recognition
Researchers introduce a 5G-enabled, AI-based emotion detection system and discuss its operation, applications, and potential security issues
Three UH engineers named to National Academy of Inventors
Hien Nguyen, Jeffrey Rimer and Gangbing song elected to senior member class of 2021
UMass Amherst team helps demonstrate spontaneous quantum error correction
New research tackles a central challenge of powerful quantum computing
Silicon chip provides low cost solution to help machines see the world clearly
Researchers in Southampton and San Francisco have developed the first compact 3D LiDAR imaging system that can match and exceed the performance and accuracy of most advanced, mechanical systems currently used. 3D LiDAR can provide accurate imaging and mapping for…
New AI-based tools enable quantum computers to ‘self-tune’ for unparalleled results
Developed by Q-CTRL, automated closed-loop hardware optimization improves performance autonomously in major step towards software abstraction
CONCERT project: designing configurable collaborative robot to help workers
Researchers will develop configurable robots in order to preserve workers health in workplaces. Cobots will be validated in a construction scenario. Coordinated by IIT, CONCERT will last 3 years and has received 3 million euro by the European Union
A language learning system that pays attention — more efficiently than ever before
MIT researchers’ new hardware and software system streamlines state-of-the-art sentence analysis
Collective worm and robot ‘blobs’ protect individuals, swarm together
Individually, California blackworms live an unremarkable life eating microorganisms in ponds and serving as tropical fish food for aquarium enthusiasts. But together, tens, hundreds, or thousands of the centimeter-long creatures can collaborate to form a “worm blob,” a shape-shifting living…
Training the next generation of innovative leaders in business and digital transformation
EINST4INE project launch
Federal COVID-19 response taps UCI Health methods for delivering monoclonal antibody therapy
UCI Health treatment method to be shared with healthcare systems nationwide
How humans can build better teamwork with robots
As human interaction with robots and artificial intelligence increases exponentially in areas like healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, space exploration, defense technologies, information about how humans and autonomous systems work within teams remains scarce. Recent findings from human systems engineering research demonstrate…
AI researchers ask: What’s going on inside the black box?
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Assistant Professor Peter Koo and collaborator Matt Ploenzke reported a way to train machines to predict the function of DNA sequences. They used “neural nets”, a type of artificial intelligence (AI) typically used to classify…
Geisinger researchers find AI can predict death risk
Algorithm using echocardiogram videos of the heart outperforms other predictors of mortality
New AI tool can thwart coronavirus mutations
USC researchers have developed a new method to counter emergent mutations of the coronavirus and hasten vaccine development to stop the pathogen responsible for killing thousands of people and ruining the economy. Using artificial intelligence (AI), the research team at…
UTSA and Dell partner to spur innovation in cybersecurity and data science
(SAN ANTONIO, February 4, 2020) – The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) received a technology grant via special discounts from Dell Technologies to support advanced technologies and a new research infrastructure platform at the university. Through the substantial…
Machine-learning model helps determine protein structures
New technique reveals many possible conformations that a protein may take
Free, online course brings together 20 global experts in the field of ethical AI
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 – The Governance Lab ( The GovLab ), NYU Tandon School of Engineering , Global AI Ethics Consortium ( GAIEC ), Center for Responsible AI @ NYU ( R/AI ), and Technical University…
Wellcome grants €1.3M to RCSI to develop prognostic blood test for psychotic disorders
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has received a €1.3 million grant from Wellcome to further develop a blood test that can predict whether a person is likely to develop a psychotic disorder years later. The researchers had previously…
DECIDER to improve diagnostics and treatment of ovarian cancer with the help of AI
The European Union has funded a project to improve personalized treatments for ovarian cancer with nearly 15 million euros for five years