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Arctoris Celebrates 5th Anniversary and Launches Its Expanded Robotic Platform Ulysses

Arctoris Ltd, an Oxford-based technology company operating a fully automated drug discovery platform, celebrated its 5th anniversary on the 4th of February. Over the past five years, Arctoris has grown from a technology startup to a globally operating company delivering integrated drug discovery projects with partners on three continents from its headquarters in Oxford and its Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore. On the occasion of its 5th anniversary, Arctoris unveiled its new and expanded, next-generation robotic platform, Ulysses.

From Arctoris Ltd 11 Feb 2021

Research Team Seeks to Make Self-Driving Cars Accessible to People with Cognitive Disabilities

A research team based at the University of Kansas School of Engineering is one of 10 semifinalists in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Inclusive Design Challenge, which seeks to make self-driving cars accessible to people with disabilities. The team won a $300,00 prize and will spend 18 months refining highly automated driving systems designed for people with cognitive disabilities.

3 Feb 2021

Segway Brings Commercially Deployable “Robo-Scooters” to Life

Segway-Ninebot, a global leader in micromobility, is bringing its newest and AI-powered scooter – the Bot Series – to shared scooter operators across the world.

1 Feb 2021

New Method can Help AI Find Safer Options More Quickly

According to a new study, a novel approach to reason about uncertainty may help artificial (AI) intelligence to identify safer options more quickly, for instance, in autonomous cars.

22 Jan 2021

Buffalo Automation to Exhibit First Fully Autonomous, AI-Driven Water Taxi Concept

Buffalo Automation, leaders in AI-powered autonomous water transport, predictive navigation, and maritime safety systems, today announced the demo of the world's first fully autonomous, AI-driven water taxi concept vessel in Knoxville on the Tennessee River. Greycraft opens the door for cities nationwide to adopt this ground-breaking alternative form of transportation.

18 Dec 2020

USC Researchers Design a System that Allows Robots to Learn Complicated Tasks

Imagine if robots could learn from watching demonstrations: you could show a domestic robot how to do routine chores or set a dinner table. In the workplace, you could train robots like new employees, showing them how to perform many duties. On the road, your self-driving car could learn how to drive safely by watching you drive around your neighborhood.

20 Nov 2020

SwRI Wins DARPA Contract to Test AI-Augmented Design Systems for Air Taxis

Southwest Research Institute has received a four-year, $7,239,342 contract from the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Re-search Project Agency (DARPA) to develop air taxi technology to test the design capabilities of artificial intelligence-augmented design systems. The project is part of DARPA's Symbiotic Design for Cyber Physical Systems program.

18 Nov 2020