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Quality of AI can be Enhanced by Moving Beyond the Quantitative Approach

Two scientists have concluded in a study that has been published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence that artificial Intelligence engineers should borrow ideas and know-how from a wide range of social science domains, including those containing qualitative approaches, in order to minimize the potential harm of their designs and to better serve humanity as a whole.

12 Aug 2019

Successful Testing of Drones Transporting Supplies to Troops

In an attempt to discover advanced solutions to transport supplies for warfighters, the military and academia joined together and positively tested the use of drones delivering water and food to troops on land as well as at sea.

5 Aug 2019

Continental’s Technologies Used in Series Production for Robo-Taxis

Scientists and developers from technology company Continental, and based at in North America, Europe, and Asia, are working to produce established series production technologies ideal for use in robo-taxis.

31 Jul 2019

New Collaboration Explores Development of Robotic Manipulator for Space Stations

Olis Robotics, a company specializing in sophisticated mobile remote robotics software, has recently signed a new agreement with Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI).

24 Jul 2019

Nanodrone for Detecting Hazardous Gases in Emergencies

Scientists Santiago Marco and Javier Burgués from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have designed and built the Smelling Nano Aerial Vehicle (SNAV), a nanodrone that is capable of detecting hazardous gases in collapsed buildings due to explosions or earthquakes and locating victims in places that are not easy to access.

24 Jul 2019

Quanergy and Chery to Launch an Era of Autonomous Vehicles and Smart Cities

Quanergy Systems, Inc., a top provider of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and smart sensing solutions, reported a collaboration with Chery Automobile, one of the leading automotive manufacturers in China.

19 Jul 2019

New Drone with Two Propellers can Fly Twice as Long as Conventional Models

Flybotix, an EPFL startup, has created a new drone with just two propellers and a sophisticated stabilization system that enable it to fly two times longer than traditional models.

18 Jul 2019

New Method to Automatically Design AI-Powered Controller for Hybrid Drones

Hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are drones possessing the advantages of both multi-copters and fixed-wing planes.

18 Jul 2019

Drone Technology Can Help Understand the Effect of Climate Change on Rivers

An academic at Loughborough University is creating drone technology to determine the size of tiny, underwater sediments in an effort to understand how rivers are reacting to environmental drivers, including climate change.

16 Jul 2019

New Test Bench to Assess Impact of Collisions Between Drones and Aircraft

The sudden increase in the number of drones across the world has been accompanied by growing reports of close misses with commercial aircraft. In fact, in 2017, a Canadian passenger aircraft collided with a drone during landing, barely escaping catastrophic consequences. For aircraft, bird-strike tests are compulsory.

2 Jul 2019