Robotics
Robotic vehicles can optimize the flow of traffic in cities even when mixed in with vehicles driven by humans, thereby improving traffic efficiency, safety and energy consumption, my colleagues and I found.
Aug 1, 2024
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Robotics
At the top of many automation wish lists is a particularly time-consuming task: chores.
Aug 1, 2024
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Robotics
Four-legged animals are innately capable of agile and adaptable movements, which allow them to move on a wide range of terrains. Over the past decades, roboticists worldwide have been trying to effectively reproduce these ...
Machine learning & AI
The concept of reward is central in reinforcement learning and is also widely used in the natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences. Organisms learn behavior by interacting with their environment and observing the ...
Jun 28, 2024
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Robotics
As sub-symbolic AI, like deep learning, continues to advance, its limitations in safety and reliability are becoming more apparent. Verification and stability are crucial in safety-critical domains such as humanoid robotics, ...
Jun 25, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Both living creatures and AI-driven machines need to act quickly and adaptively in response to situations. In psychology and neuroscience, behavior can be categorized into two types—habitual (fast and simple but inflexible), ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Automotive
Imagine hailing a dynamic shuttle whenever you need to go somewhere—and arriving faster than if you had just driven yourself. That's the vision shared by Berkeley researchers: a world where environmentally friendly, energy-efficient ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Engineering
Safer, more efficient movements for factory workers and astronauts, and improved mobility for people with disabilities could someday become a more widespread reality, thanks to research published June 12 in the journal Nature.
Jun 12, 2024
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Robotics
Imagine a slime-like robot that can seamlessly change its shape to squeeze through narrow spaces, which could be deployed inside the human body to remove an unwanted item.
May 9, 2024
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Robotics
An international group of researchers has created a new approach to imitating human motion by combining central pattern generators (CPGs) and deep reinforcement learning (DRL). The method not only imitates walking and running ...
May 8, 2024
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