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Reducing the data demands of smart machines

DARPA program seeks to reduce machine learning's dependence on labeled data by a million-fold for more efficient system development and adaptation.

July 12, 2018 Read more

Humans need not apply

Will automation, AI and robotics mean a jobless future, or will their productivity free us to innovate and explore? Is the impact of new technologies to be feared, or a chance to rethink the structure of our working lives and ensure a fairer future for all?

July 6, 2018 Read more

Rough terrain? No problem for beaver-inspired autonomous robot

Like the industrious rodent, the rover-like vehicle uses surroundings to build complex structures, overcome obstacles.

June 27, 2018 Read more

Closing the loop for robotic grasping

Roboticists have developed a faster and more accurate way for robots to grasp objects, including in cluttered and changing environments, which has the potential to improve their usefulness in both industrial and domestic settings.

June 25, 2018 Read more

New 'e-dermis' brings sense of touch, pain to prosthetic hands (w/video)

Electronic skin will enable amputees to perceive through prosthetic fingertips.

June 20, 2018 Read more

Robot bloodhound tracks odors on the ground

Researchers have developed a modern-day bloodhound - a robot that can rapidly detect odors from sources on the ground, such as footprints. The robot could even read a message written on the ground using odors as a barcode.

June 20, 2018 Read more

Controlling robots with brainwaves and hand gestures (w/video)

System enables people to correct robot mistakes on multi-choice problems.

June 20, 2018 Read more

Intelligent maps will help robots navigate in your home

New research suggests methods for enabling robots to better understand and become more aware of their surroundings, so that they can efficiently adapt their movements in a complex work space.

June 19, 2018 Read more

Researchers use machine learning to search science data

Researchers are developing innovative machine learning tools to pull contextual information from scientific datasets and automatically generate metadata tags for each file. Scientists can then search these files via a web-based search engine for scientific data.

June 19, 2018 Read more

Robots learn by checking in on team members

Innovative drone designs and software enables a team of drones to work together in a coordinated approach.

June 11, 2018 Read more

Future robots need no motors

Engineers invent world's first nickel-hydroxide actuating material that can be triggered by light, electricity, and other stimuli.

June 4, 2018 Read more

Researchers developed electronic skins that wirelessly activate fully soft robots

The novel skin-like electronic system is soft, thin, lightweight and can wirelessly activate soft robots through a simple lamination process.

June 1, 2018 Read more

Soft machines

Researchers develop a fast, low-voltage actuator for soft and wearable robotics.

May 21, 2018 Read more

Albatross robot takes flight

Autonomous glider can fly like an albatross, cruise like a sailboat.

May 17, 2018 Read more

No motor, no battery, no problem (w/video)

New robot concept uses responsive materials to swim through water.

May 15, 2018 Read more

The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off (w/video)

Engineers have for the first time cut the cord and added a brain, allowing their RoboFly to take its first independent flaps. This might be one small flap for a robot, but it's one giant leap for robot-kind.

May 15, 2018 Read more

First robotic system plays tic tac toe to improve task performance (w/video)

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of a robotic system that plays Tic Tac Toe with rehabilitation patients to improve real-life task performance.

May 4, 2018 Read more

New AI to develop self-learning robots for nuclear sites

Researchers have secured funding to develop artificial intelligence systems to enable self-learning robots to be deployed in place of humans to hazardous nuclear sites.

May 4, 2018 Read more