There is more than glory and $ 2 million prize money at stake: the competition could change the future
of robotics research.
Not exact matches
There hasn't been much
research into the longevity
of these advanced robots, the report says, and more
research would help people to better understand how to operate and interact with robots or
robotic systems «that are used over the course
of a decade or potentially longer.»
A recent Pew
Research Center survey
of scientists and other analysts showed a deep divide in opinions on the economic and employment implications
of robotics.
«Their basic thought is
robotics and A.I. are going to weave their way into more and more skills that used to be human skills,» says Lee Rainie, Pew's director
of internet, science, and technology
research.
This third facility will be near the University
of Michigan, where it will fund
research in artificial intelligence,
robotics, and materials science.
«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for
research, development, assembly and testing in the areas
of space exploration, aviation, rover /
robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.
Dr. Keng Siau, chair and professor
of business and information technology, writes in a new
research paper that retailers are replacing their salespeople with «AI,
robotics, and machine learning,» or, as Siau calls them, «sales machines.»
What can be said is this: Japan is one
of the top investors in the world in artificial intelligence
research, automation, and
robotics technology in order to maintain productivity.
Unlike China, Japan has a long history
of robotics and artificial intelligence
research which has largely gone undiscussed in the media.
Our
robotic spacecraft systems will collapse the cost
of access to the Moon, introduce a new commercial paradigm for government missions, democratize lunar
research and exploration, and blaze the trail for commercial space transportation and exploration beyond Earth's orbit.
Based on extensive and insightful
research, we offer
robotic solutions that improve the well - being
of users.
Subsidies have sparked an explosion in the number
of Chinese language
robotics corporations from 200 to round 815 in two years, in accordance with OFWeek, a Chinese robot trade news website and
research middle.
Therefore, replacing a lost limb with a
robotic prosthesis is the subject
of much
research, yet successful outcomes are rare.
Science
Robotics: original, peer - reviewed, science - or engineering - based
research articles that advance the field
of robotics and editor - commissioned reviews.
After conducting lots
of robotic pool cleaner
research, the Mirra emerged as the winner.
Science in the Obama years tilted the needle towards applied
research — from the launch
of the ambitious Precision Medicine Initiative to sequence the genomes
of one million people, to the creation
of a string
of institutes to foster
robotics and other innovative manufacturing technologies in partnership with private industry.
The event was mounted to educate members
of Congress and their staff about recent progress in
robotics and to communicate the need for continued support for
robotics research.
Meanwhile, collaborators at The Scripps
Research Institute screened millions
of chemical compounds, using
robotic technology to test each for their abilities to activate ATF6.
One
of Sony's goals in providing programmers with the tools to modify AIBO was to encourage academic institutions exploring artificial intelligence and
robotics to use the «dog» as a
research platform.
Using an electroencephalogram (EEG) to detect electrical activity in the brain, Emmanuelle Tognoli, Ph.D., co-principal investigator, associate
research professor in FAU's Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College
of Science, and an expert in electrophysiology and neural, behavioral, and cognitive sciences, will examine how the tactile information from the
robotic sensors is passed onto the brain to distinguish scenarios with successful or unsuccessful functional restoration
of the sense
of touch.
Working with
robotics company Boston Dynamics, based in Waltham, Mass., the researchers began developing the material as part
of the Chemical Robots program
of the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
«This
research is relevant to the role
of robotics and brain - machine interfaces as assistive devices, but also speaks to the ability
of the brain to learn to function in new ways.
A recent editorial describes the journal's goal to select the most groundbreaking advances in
robotics across applications, systems, and scales
of general interest to the
robotics and
research community.
It is located at the heart
of Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, in central Japan and houses eight
research centers which focus on areas including intelligent sensing,
robotics, agrotechnology, and optical information storage.
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Robotics publishes original science - or engineering - based
research articles that advance the field
of robotics.
«This
research is the first
of its kind in the fields
of artificial intelligence and
robotics, and will soon enable drones to fly autonomously and faster than ever, including in low - light environments,» says Prof. Davide Scaramuzza, Director
of the
Robotics and Perception Group at UZH.
As chief scientist for a voyage
of the
research vessel Endeavor, oceanographer Melissa Omand oversaw everything from the deployment
of robotic submarines to crew - member bunk assignments.
Interdisciplinary science is driving advances in marine and freshwater
research — progress largely due to the use and ability
of underwater
robotics to collect data from some
of the world's least hospitable regions, said scientists during a presentation at the American Association for the Advancement
of Science's Washington headquarters.
By using the
research ship and
robotic vehicles together, the NOC team were able to create a series
of detailed maps
of the site at different scales from tens
of kilometres down to a few millimetres.
President Obama's council will study «intellectual property issues, the application
of neuro - and
robotic sciences,... conflicts
of interest in scientific
research, and the intersection
of science and human rights.»
A litter
of robotic puppies exhibiting a form
of artificial curiosity is being put through kindergarten at Sony's
research and development lab in Paris, France.
«Playful curiosity is absolutely fundamental to learning in many animals,» says Steve Grand, founder
of UK
robotics research company Cyberlife R
research company Cyberlife
ResearchResearch.
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Robotics or other journals or policy issues
of interest to the
robotics community that are
of immediate importance.
Project lead Dr Nicola Bellotto, an expert on machine perception and human - centred
robotics from Lincoln's School
of Computer Science, said: «This project will build on our previous
research to create an interface that can be used to help people with visual impairments.
First, the
research team set up a
robotic microscope that simultaneously measures the nerve activity and behavior
of a worm in the virtual odor space.
The
research team, which includes Dr Oscar Martinez Mozos, a specialist in machine learning and quality
of life technologies, and Dr Grzegorz Cielniak, who works in mobile
robotics and machine perception, aim to develop a system that will recognise visual clues in the environment.
This
research was partly based on seafloor sampling at hydrothermal vent sites using the NOC maintained
robotic vehicle Isis, which was launched over the side
of the RRS James Cook.
For the Harvard Mars project, Ruvkun and colleagues (including former postdoc Michael Finney, co-founder
of MJ
Research, a major manufacturer
of PCR machines) are designing a small,
robotic PCR detector that would perform onsite amplification and sequencing
of any DNA present in extraterrestrial dirt.
The 4 - year - old institute consists
of six core
research areas focused on a wide range
of technologies, from cancer vaccines to
robotic bees that will pollinate plants.
This is an Atlas robot, one
of seven made by
robotics company Boston Dynamics to take part in the DARPA
Robotics Challenge, run by the US Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency.
«
Research has shown that if you have a robot that has many human - like features, then people might actually react negatively towards it,» agrees Kerstin Dautenhahn, a
robotics researcher at the University
of Hertfordshire in the UK, who calls Jules» copycat routine «very impressive».
Members
of the
research team held the device with adhesive pads during the test, but the eventual idea is to integrate the grippers into a
robotic arm or leg.
Science
Robotics will publish original, peer - reviewed, science - or engineering - based
research articles that advance the field
of robotics.
Valdivia y Alvarado and Youcef - Toumi benefited from a wealth
of data produced by previous
robotic fish
research.
Sixteen years later he is still there, having observed the development
of the foundation's
research first - hand, starting with
robotics and then moving on to focus on computers.
To promote advances in
research and development
of robotics for all environments by providing a central forum for communication
of the most exciting new discoveries.
I'm associate director
of research for the
robotics institute at Georgia Institute
of Technology in Atlanta.
The
research team is now starting to test the
robotic system in a large animal model
of short bowel syndrome.
In collaboration with doctoral candidate Paul Phamduy and NYU - Poly
research scholar Giovanni Polverino, Porfiri designed an experiment to examine the interplay
of visual cues and flow cues — changes in the water current as a result
of tail - beat frequency — in triggering a live golden shiner fish to either approach or ignore a
robotic fish.
These studies are the latest in a significant body
of research by Porfiri and collaborators utilizing robots, specifically
robotic fish, to impact collective animal behavior.