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ANU Physicists Use Artificial Intelligence to Demonstrate Complex Experiments

Physicists are putting themselves out of a job, using artificial intelligence to run a complex experiment.

17 May 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Articulated Robot Motion for SLAM Using Small Depth Camera

Before a robot arm can reach into a tight space or pick up a delicate object, the robot needs to know precisely where its hand is. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have shown that a camera attached to the robot's hand can rapidly create a 3-D model of its environment and also locate the hand within that 3-D world.

17 May 2016

Researchers Help Non-Expert Users to Teach Robots Using Animal Training Techniques

Researchers at Washington State University are using ideas from animal training to help non-expert users teach robots how to do desired tasks.

17 May 2016

Flexible Exosuit Reduces Energy Cost during Loaded Walking

Harvard University researchers have invented a new flexible exosuit, which lowered the energy expenditure of walking while carrying heavy weight, according to the proof-of-principle study featured in the open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

16 May 2016

New Robotic Legs Could Help Patients Move Hands-Free

These legs are the only design available that allow people to move about ‘hands-free’. This means they can use their hands for the activities of daily life, like making a cup of tea while upright. The Kent study in the School of Engineering and Digital Arts (EDA), will examine the impact of these simple freedoms on the patient, both physically and mentally.

13 May 2016

Georgia Tech Professor Uses Artificial Intelligence to Offer Online Teaching Assistance

College of Computing Professor Ashok Goel teaches Knowledge Based Artificial Intelligence (KBAI) every semester. It’s a core requirement of Georgia Tech’s online master’s of science in computer science program.

10 May 2016

UW Scientists Develop Five-Fingered Robot Hand that Can Learn from Its Own Experience

Robots today can perform space missions, solve a Rubik’s cube, sort hospital medication and even make pancakes. But most can’t manage the simple act of grasping a pencil and spinning it around to get a solid grip.

10 May 2016

Autonomous Robots Battle it Out to Win MIT Contest

A revolution was taking place at MIT on Thursday evening. The battleground was set, the targets were marked, the munitions were stocked, but the soldiers here were none other than robots.

9 May 2016

Free-Standing Bipedal Robot Navigates Uneven Terrains

University of Michigan has a free-standing bipedal robot capable of walking down steep slopes, across a thin layer of snow, and over jagged and uneven ground. The feedback control algorithms of the robot can now be applied to assist other two-legged robots, including powered prosthetic legs to achieve similar capabilities.

9 May 2016