Robotics
Humans are able to find objects in their surroundings and detect some of their properties simply by touching them. While this skill is particularly valuable for blind individuals, it can also help people with no visual impairments ...
Robotics
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have recently developed a chance-constrained motion planning system that can be applied to high degree-of-freedom (DOF) robots under motion uncertainty ...
Computer Sciences
Researchers at Laboratório de Computação de Alto Desempenho (LCAD) of Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), in Brazil, have devised a novel strategy for correcting imperfections in occupancy grid maps by correcting ...
Robotics
Anyone with children knows that while controlling one child can be hard, controlling many at once can be nearly impossible. Getting swarms of robots to work collectively can be equally challenging, unless researchers carefully ...
Apr 24, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
The world of artificial intelligence (AI) has recently seen significant advancements in generative models, a type of machine-learning algorithm that "learns" patterns from sets of data in order to generate new, similar sets ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Computer Sciences
A small team of researchers from the U.S., the U.K. and France has taken a fresh look at the possibility of using stochastic rounding (SR) in certain computer applications to reduce stagnation. In their paper published in ...
Computer Sciences
Identifying a malfunction in the nation's power grid can be like trying to find a needle in an enormous haystack. Hundreds of thousands of interrelated sensors spread across the U.S. capture data on electric current, voltage, ...
Feb 24, 2022
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Computer Sciences
How should people make decisions when the outcomes of their choices are uncertain, and the uncertainty is described by probability theory?
Sep 18, 2020
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Robotics
Training interactive robots may one day be an easy job for everyone, even those without programming expertise. Roboticists are developing automated robots that can learn new tasks solely by observing humans. At home, you ...
Mar 6, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Markov decision processes are mathematical models used to determine the best courses of action when both current circumstances and future consequences are uncertain. They've had a huge range of applications—in natural-resource ...
Mar 21, 2017
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