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March 7, 2017

How to Build a Bio-Bot: Researchers Share Design and Development of Biological Machines

Feb. 19, 2017 — Creating tiny muscle-powered robots that can walk or swim by themselves -- or better yet, when prompted -- is more complicated than it ... read more

GameSpace Offers a Playable Visualization of 16,000 Videogames

Feb. 14, 2017 — Finding information about videogames can now be a game in itself, thanks to researchers. They created GameSpace, a playable visualization of 16,000 videogames grouped according to common features and ... read more

Human Intuition Added to Planning Algorithms

Feb. 7, 2017 — Researchers are trying to improve automated planners by giving them the benefit of human intuition. By encoding the strategies of high-performing human planners in a machine-readable form, they were ... read more

Watching Computers Think

Feb. 6, 2017 — Neural networks are commonly used today to analyze complex data -- for instance to find clues to illnesses in genetic information. Ultimately, though, no one knows how these networks actually work ... read more

Wearable AI System Can Detect a Conversation's Tone

Feb. 1, 2017 — Scientists have developed an artificially intelligent, wearable system that can predict if a conversation is happy, sad, or neutral based on a person's speech patterns and vitals. Coupled with ... read more

Transparent Gel-Based Robots Can Catch and Release Live Fish

Feb. 1, 2017 — Engineers have fabricated transparent, gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The bots can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, ... read more

Surgical Eye Robot Performs Precision-Injection in Patient With Retinal Vein Occlusion

Jan. 26, 2017 — Surgeons have operated on a patient with retinal vein occlusion using a surgical robot. Operated by an eye surgeon, the robot uses a needle of barely 0.03 millimeter to inject a thrombolytic drug ... read more

Model Driverless Car Regulations After Drug Approval Process, AI Ethics Experts Argue

Jan. 26, 2017 — Autonomous systems -- like driverless cars -- perform tasks that previously could only be performed by humans. In a new article, artificial intelligence ethics experts argue that current safety ... read more

Deep Learning Algorithm Does as Well as Dermatologists in Identifying Skin Cancer

Jan. 25, 2017 — In hopes of creating better access to medical care, researchers have trained an algorithm to diagnose skin ... read more

Passing the Chemical Turing Test: Making Artificial and Real Cells Talk

Jan. 25, 2017 — The classic Turing test evaluates a machine's ability to mimic human behavior and intelligence. To pass, a computer must fool the tester into thinking it is human -- typically through the use of ... read more

Swarm of Underwater Robots Mimics Ocean Life

Jan. 24, 2017 — Underwater robots offer scientists an extraordinary new tool to study ocean currents and the tiny creatures they transport. Swarms of these underwater robots helped answer some basic questions about ... read more

Engineers Eat Away at Ms Pac-Man Score With Artificial Player

Jan. 23, 2017 — Using a novel approach for computing real-time game strategy, engineers have developed an artificial Ms. Pac-Man player that chomps the existing high score for computerized ... read more

Making AI Systems That See the World as Humans Do

Jan. 19, 2017 — An artificial intelligence system has been developed that performs at human levels on a standard intelligence ... read more

Trust Issues: Users More Gullible When They Customize Their Technology

Jan. 11, 2017 — Cheery robots may give people the creeps and serious robots may actually ease anxiety depending on how users perceive the robot's role in their lives, according to an international team of ... read more

Novel Hardware-Based Modeling Approach for Multi-Robot Tasks

Dec. 29, 2016 — Technological revolution means robots no longer are the song of the future. The Governor of the Bank of England predicts today that up to half of British workforce face redundancy in the imminent ... read more

The World's First Demonstration of Spintronics-Based Artificial Intelligence

Dec. 20, 2016 — Researchers have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated the basic operation of spintronics-based artificial ... read more

Astronauts to Get Help from Snake Robots

Dec. 20, 2016 — Researchers are looking into how a snake robot might carry out maintenance work on the International Space Station (ISS), study comets, and explore the possibility of living and working in lava ... read more

Mimicking Biological Movements With Soft Robots

Dec. 19, 2016 — Designing a soft robot to move organically -- to bend like a finger or twist like a wrist -- has always been a process of trial and error. Now, researchers have developed a method to automatically ... read more

Research Team Sets New Mark for 'Deep Learning'

Dec. 16, 2016 — Artificial intelligence and neuroscience experts have taken inspiration from the human brain in creating a new 'deep learning' method that enables computers to learn about the visual world ... read more

Mind-Controlled Toys: The Next Generation of Christmas Presents?

Dec. 15, 2016 — The next generation of toys could be controlled by the power of the mind, thanks to new ... read more
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