Artificial Intelligence News

Donovan LarsenApril 16, 2023

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It’s All in the Wrist: Energy-Efficient Robot Hand Learns How Not to Drop the Ball

Apr. 11, 2023 — Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects — and not drop them — using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its …

A Sowing, Pruning, and Harvesting Robot for SynecocultureTM Farming

Mar. 20, 2023 — Synecoculture, a new farming method, involves growing mixed plant species together in high density. However, it requires complex operation since varying species with different growing seasons and …

Mind-Control Robots a Reality?

Mar. 20, 2023 — Researchers have developed biosensor technology that will allow you to operate devices, such as robots and machines, solely through thought …

Resilient Bug-Sized Robots Keep Flying Even After Wing Damage

Mar. 15, 2023 — Researchers have developed resilient artificial muscles that can enable insect-scale aerial robots to effectively recover flight performance after suffering severe …

Mix-and-Match Kit Could Enable Astronauts to Build a Menagerie of Lunar Exploration Bots

Mar. 14, 2023 — The Walking Oligomeric Robotic Mobility System, or WORMS, is a reconfigurable, modular, multiagent robotics architecture for extreme lunar terrain mobility. The system could be used to assemble …

Robots Can Help Improve Mental Wellbeing at Work — As Long as They Look Right

Mar. 14, 2023 — Robots can be useful as mental wellbeing coaches in the workplace — but perception of their effectiveness depends in large part on what the robot looks …

Researcher Solves Nearly 60-Year-Old Game Theory Dilemma

Mar. 14, 2023 — A researcher has solved a nearly 60-year-old game theory dilemma called the wall pursuit game, with implications for better reasoning about autonomous systems such as driver-less …

Researchers Develop Soft Robot That Shifts from Land to Sea With Ease

Mar. 14, 2023 — Most animals can quickly transition from walking to jumping to crawling to swimming if needed without reconfiguring or making major adjustments. Most robots cannot. But researchers have now created …

Virtual Reality Games Can Be Used as a Tool in Personnel Assessment

Mar. 9, 2023 — Fast gamers are more intelligent: Intelligence can be predicted through virtual reality …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Reconstructs Motion Sequences of Humans and Animals

Mar. 8, 2023 — Imagine for a moment, that we are on a safari watching a giraffe graze. After looking away for a second, we then see the animal lower its head and sit down. But, we wonder, what happened in the …

Artificial Intelligence from a Psychologist’s Point of View

Mar. 1, 2023 — Researchers test cognitive abilities of the language model …

Will Future Computers Run on Human Brain Cells?

Feb. 28, 2023 — A ‘biocomputer’ powered by human brain cells could be developed within our lifetime, according to researchers who expect such technology to exponentially expand the capabilities of modern …

Tiny New Climbing Robot Was Inspired by Geckos and Inchworms

Feb. 27, 2023 — A tiny robot that could one day help doctors perform surgery was inspired by the incredible gripping ability of geckos and the efficient locomotion of …

Real or Fake Text? We Can Learn to Spot the Difference

Feb. 27, 2023 — While apprehensions about employment and schools dominate headlines, the truth is that the effects of large-scale language models such as ChatGPT will touch virtually every corner of our lives. These …

Robot Helps Students With Learning Disabilities Stay Focused

Feb. 21, 2023 — Engineering researchers are successfully using a robot to help keep children with learning disabilities focused on their …

Smash or Pass? This Computer Can Tell

Feb. 13, 2023 — Could an app tell if a first date is just not that into you? Engineers say the technology might not be far off. They trained a computer to identify the type of conversation two people were having …

Compact, Non-Mechanical 3D Lidar System Could Make Autonomous Driving Safer

Feb. 9, 2023 — A new system represents the first time that the capabilities of conventional beam-scanning lidar systems have been combined with those of a newer 3D approach known as flash lidar. The nonmechanical …

New AI Technology Could Change Game Prep for Super Bowl Teams

Feb. 9, 2023 — New artificial intelligence technology being developed by engineers could significantly cut down on the time and cost that goes into film study for Super Bowl-bound teams (and all NFL and college …

AI Can Predict the Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

Feb. 7, 2023 — Engineers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict if women with breast cancer would benefit from chemotherapy prior to …

AI-Powered FRIDA Robot Collaborates With Humans to Create Art

Feb. 7, 2023 — FRIDA, a robotic arm with a paintbrush taped to it, uses artificial intelligence to collaborate with humans on works of art. Ask FRIDA to paint a picture, and it gets to work putting brush to canvas. …

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