Machine learning & AI news
Robotics
Robot overcomes uncertainty to retrieve buried objects
For humans, finding a lost wallet buried under a pile of items is pretty straightforward—we simply remove things from the pile until we find the wallet. But for a robot, this task involves complex reasoning about the pile ...
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Automotive
Extra 'eye' movements are the key to better self-driving cars
Andrea Benucci and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science has developed a way to create artificial neural networks that learn to recognize objects faster and more accurately. The study, recently published in the ...
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Computer Sciences
An Android application checks how roasted coffee beans are
Coffee, one of the most popular and consumed drinks worldwide, is made from water and coffee beans. Coffee beans are the seeds of the Coffea plant, which is grown in several parts of central and South America, as well as ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Researchers use GPUs to evaluate human brain connectivity
A new GPU-based machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) can help scientists better understand and predict connectivity between different regions of the brain.
Jun 27, 2022
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Software
Using electric signals from human brains, new software can perform computerized image editing
Soon, computers could sense that users have a problem and come to the rescue. This is one of the possible implications of new research at University of Copenhagen and University of Helsinki.
Jun 24, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers develop a wearable textile exomuscle
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a wearable textile exomuscle that serves as an extra layer of muscles. They aim to use it to increase the upper body strength and endurance of people with restricted mobility.
Jun 24, 2022
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Computer Sciences
New algorithms track ships in harbors
The security of port areas involves monitoring at various levels. What kind of ships are coming in, are they perhaps guilty of illegal fishing, and what cargo do they carry? Security officers and harbor masters often can't ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Are babies the key to the next generation of artificial intelligence?
Babies can help unlock the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI), according to Trinity neuroscientists and colleagues who have just published new guiding principles for improving AI.
Jun 23, 2022
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Robotics
Robots learn to play with play dough
The inner child in many of us feels an overwhelming sense of joy when stumbling across a pile of the fluorescent, rubbery mixture of water, salt, and flour that put goo on the map: play dough. (Even if this happens rarely ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
Turning senses into media: Can we teach artificial intelligence to perceive?
Humans perceive the world through different senses: we see, feel, hear, taste and smell. The different senses with which we perceive are multiple channels of information, also known as multimodal. Does this mean that what ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Robotics
A deep learning framework to estimate the pose of robotic arms and predict their movements
As robots are gradually introduced into various real-world environments, developers and roboticists will need to ensure that they can safely operate around humans. In recent years, they have introduced various approaches ...
Jun 22, 2022 feature
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Machine learning & AI
Learning motifs and their hierarchies in atomic-resolution microscopy
National University of Singapore researchers have developed a machine-learning scheme that rapidly identifies previously unseen novel structures in disordered materials without human supervision. Their study was published ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Automotive
Researchers create artificial intelligence-aided railroad trespassing detection tool
A pair of Rutgers engineers have developed a tool aided by artificial intelligence to detect trespassing on railroad crossings and curb fatalities that have been increasing over the past decade.
Jun 22, 2022
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Computer Sciences
A neural autoencoder to enhance sensory neuroprostheses
New technologies have the potential to greatly simplify the lives of humans, including those of blind individuals. One of the most promising types of tools designed to assist the blind are visual prostheses.
Jun 21, 2022 feature
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