Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fear
Sporting a trendy brown bob, a humanoid robot named Erica chats to a man in front of stunned audience members in Madrid.
Robotics
Oct 6, 2018
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News tagged with intelligent robotics
3-D models from cheap video cameras
Hannes Ovrén shows in his doctoral thesis in computer vision at Linköping University how 3-D models can be created from video films recorded with simple body- or robot-mounted cameras. The research opens new possibilities ...
Engineering
Sep 4, 2018
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Robots as tools and partners in rehabilitation
In future decades, the need for effective strategies for medical rehabilitation will increase significantly, because patients' rate of survival after diseases with severe functional deficits, such as a stroke, will increase. ...
Robotics
Aug 17, 2018
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A robotic hand can juggle a cube—with lots of training
How long does it take a robotic hand to learn to juggle a cube?
Robotics
Aug 1, 2018
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Start-up behind self-driving robots raises $114M
San Diego's Brain Corp, the maker of self-driving technology used in supermarket floor cleaning robots, said that it has raised $114 million in a third round of venture capital funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund.
Business
Jul 19, 2018
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ECOSTRESS launches to space station on SpaceX mission
An Earth science instrument built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and experiments investigating cellular biology and artificial intelligence, are among the research heading to the International ...
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2018
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We must ensure new food retail technologies are not barriers to better health
Imagine a world where smart pantries sense when you are running out of your favourite food and order more of it, without you lifting a finger. Where intelligent robots roam your grocery store, ever at your service. Where ...
Other
Jun 14, 2018
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Tesla's problem: overestimating automation, underestimating humans
Tesla was hoping to produce 5,000 new Model 3 electric cars each week in 2018. So far, it has failed to manufacture even half that number. Questioned on the matter, the company's CEO, Elon Musk, claimed that "excessive automation ...
Business
May 3, 2018
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China's JD.com looks to Silicon Valley center for innovation
Self-driving delivery vehicles that are polite to pedestrians? Faster and more precise robotic arms? JD.com, the largest challenger to Alibaba's e-commerce empire in China, is investing in technology to speed up warehouse ...
Business
Apr 29, 2018
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Robots that can learn like humans
Researchers say that artificial intelligence (AI) is now superior to human intelligence in supervised learning using vast amounts of labeled data to perform specific tasks. However, it is considered difficult to realize human-like ...
Robotics
Apr 9, 2018
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