AlphaGo, in context
I had a chance to talk to several people about the recent AlphaGo matches with Ke Jie and others. In particular, most of the coverage was a mix of popular science + PR so the most common questions I’ve...
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We Could Build an Artificial Brain Right Now
Brain-inspired computing is having a moment. Artificial neural network algorithms like deep learning, which are very loosely based on the way the human brain operates, now allow digital computers to...
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Full Robosteam ahead: Showtime in Helsinki!
At Robosteam, all steam around robots materializes. It will be a magic gathering of innovative, intelligent machines that walk, roll, fly, work, or talk. You don’t want to miss it! Globally, robotics...
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Watch: Ray Kurzweil Predicts When We’ll Be Able to Program Matter
Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, thinker, and futurist famous for forecasting the pace of technology and predicting the world of tomorrow. In this video, Kurzweil predicts when he thinks we’ll get...
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Paris Disagreement: Donald Trump's Triumph of Stupidity
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other G-7 leaders did all they could to convince Trump to remain part of the Paris Agreement. But he didn't listen. Instead, he evoked deep-seated nationalism and...
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How to Digitize a Rat Brain
While AI designers are creating powerful machines that can beat humans at many complex cognitive endeavors, they’re still envious of the human brain’s facility with certain seemingly simple tasks: such...
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Building a Self-Balancing Robot Made Easy
Not only has [Joop Brokking] built an easy to make balancing robot but he’s produced an excellent set of plans and software for anyone else who wants to make one too. Self-balancers are a milestone in...
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An IBM Breakthrough Ensures Silicon Will Keep Shrinking
The limits of silicon have not been reached quite yet. Today, an IBM-led group of researchers have detailed a breakthrough transistor design, one that will enable processors to continue their Moore’s...
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Robot Uses Evil Alter Ego to Learn Reliable Grasping
You know what’s really tedious and boring? Teaching robots to grasp a whole bunch of different kinds of objects. This is why roboticists have started to turn to AI strategies like self-supervised...
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Looking at new trends in Distributed Robotics Systems and Society
by Research-Innovation Learn June 6, 2017 It isn’t a secret that distributed robotic systems are starting to revolutionize many applications from targeted material delivery (e.g., Amazon Robotics) to...
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Want to Know Who is Doing What When You’re Not Home? Ask Lighthouse
When I last spoke with former autonomous vehicle researcher Alex Teichman, he was busy making a company out of a little computer vision system he and a fellow autonomous car researcher had hacked...
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Using machine vision for 3-D printing
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering have developed machine vision technology that can autonomously identify and sort metal 3-D printing powder types with an accuracy of...
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A Cheaper, Easier Resistance Standard on a Chip
Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Gaithersburg, Md.) and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., have deposited a graphene film on silicon carbide to...
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A Rocket-Propelled Miniature Robot for Planetary Exploration
In terms of overall bang for your buck, solid-fuel rockets are pretty great: They’re dead simple, very reliable, and offer respectable efficiency in a very small form factor, as long as you’re prepared...
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AI will be able to beat us at everything by 2060, say experts
Enjoy beating robots while you still can. There is a 50 per cent chance that machines will outperform humans in all tasks within 45 years, according to a survey of more than 350 artificial intelligence...
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A Retro Car Stereo With Arduino Inside
For some car enthusiasts whose passions run towards older vehicles, only originality will do. [Darkspr1te] for instance has an RA28 Toyota Celica from the mid 1970s for which he has gone to great...
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How to design and build your own robot
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Robotics Institute researchers have developed a simplified interactive design tool that lets you design and make your own customized legged or wheeled robot, using a...
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DARPA wants to give you a glimpse inside the AI brain
Does the thought of giving Siri more power unsettle you? What about self-driving cars — do you feel uneasy about letting a computer take the wheel? If you answered yes, you're not alone. As AI systems...
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Engineers design drones that can stay aloft for five days
In the event of a natural disaster that disrupts phone and Internet systems over a wide area, autonomous aircraft could potentially hover over affected regions, carrying communications payloads that...
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