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A lecture series dealt with what life will be like when robots and artificial intelligences become common. We may be allowing machines to make life and death decisions, so it makes sense to think about what values we program into them.
May 9th, 2017
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An artificial intelligence image detection method has the potential to outperform PAP and HPV tests in screening for cervical cancer; Low-cost technique could be used in less-developed countries, where 80 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur.
Apr 24th, 2017
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AIs won't wake up and want to kill us but they might hurt us by accident.
Apr 11th, 2017
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A team of engineering researchers has made a fundamental advance in controlling so-called soft robots, using magnetic fields to remotely manipulate microparticle chains embedded in soft robotic devices.
Mar 29th, 2017
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New 3-D-printed device mimics the goldbug beetle, which changes color when prodded.
Mar 23rd, 2017
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Engineers have designed a microfluidic device they call a 'tree-on-a-chip', which mimics the pumping mechanism of trees and plants. Like its natural counterparts, the chip operates passively, requiring no moving parts or external pumps. It is able to pump water and sugars through the chip at a steady flow rate for several days.
Mar 20th, 2017
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New technique could protect robot teams' communication networks from malicious hackers.
Mar 17th, 2017
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Machine learning writes songs that elicits emotions from its listeners.
Mar 9th, 2017
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Scientists use quantum simulators to imitate life, natural selection, learning and memory.
Mar 7th, 2017
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Robotics researchers have developed an algorithm that lets robots ask for clarification when they're not sure what a person wants.
Mar 6th, 2017
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Researchers revealed that there is in fact a faster way for robots to locomote on flat ground, provided they don't have the adhesive pads used by insects to climb walls and ceilings.
Feb 17th, 2017
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Robotics researchers have developed versatile robotic grippers to pick thousands of supermarket items.
Feb 16th, 2017
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Getting to the heart of human-like action with robots and computer models.
Feb 14th, 2017
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Researchers have been developing a class of walking 'bio-bots' powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical and optical pulses. Now, they are sharing the recipe for the current generation of bio-bots.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection.
Feb 1st, 2017
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A team of engineers and scientists have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism similar to the one used by the organ that allows pit vipers to sense their prey.
Jan 30th, 2017
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Researchers have coated normal fabric with an electroactive material, and in this way given it the ability to actuate in the same way as muscle fibres.
Jan 26th, 2017
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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 the most abundant life forms in the ocean - plankton.
Jan 24th, 2017
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