#429591 TALOS Humanoid Now Available from PAL ...

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Android

PAL Robotics hopes that within the next five years, TALOS will be working side by side with humans[Read more…]

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#429590 4 Ways Scientists Hope Nanobots Will ...

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Android

For most people the phrase “medical robot” probably brings to mind the ground-breaking da Vinci surgical system that has revolutionized minimally-invasive surgery. Either that or the 2-1B droid from Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back if you’re a sci-fi nerd.
But some of the most exciting progress in medical robotics is actually taking place at the micro and nano-scales. A recent review study in the journal Science Robotics highlights that materials and biomedical science have started to come together to […] Continue Reading…

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#429588 Robot uses social feedback to fetch ...

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Android

If someone asks you to hand them a wrench from a table full of different sized wrenches, you'd probably pause and ask, "which one?" Robotics researchers from Brown University have now developed an algorithm that lets robots do the same thing—ask for clarification when they're not sure what a person wants.[Read more…]

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#429583 This Week’s Awesome Stories From ...

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Android

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Facebook Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Help Prevent SuicideAlex Kantrowitz | BuzzFeed"Today, Facebook is introducing an important piece of that technology—a suicide-prevention feature that uses AI to identify posts indicating suicidal or harmful thoughts. The AI scans the posts and their associated comments, compares them to others that merited intervention, and, in some cases, passes them along to its community team for review."
ROBOTICS
Cobalt Robotics Introduces a (Mostly) Autonomous Mobile Security RobotEvan Ackerman | IEEE Spectrum"It [Cobalt's robot] can […] Continue Reading…

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#429582 Are We Ready for Cyborgs? The Tech Is on ...

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Android

Are we ready for cyborgs? More specifically, people with implants that enhance beyond the superficially cosmetic and into the realms of evolved beings?
Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo (Universidad de La Rioja), Eva Reinares-Lara (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) and Cristina Olarte-Pascual (Universidad de La Rioja), in cooperation with Professor Kiyoshi Murata, from Meiji University in Tokyo, believe society is ready for this melding of (hu)man and machine.
The Spanish academics’ report "Assessing the acceptance of technological implants (the cyborg): Evidences and challenges" has just […] Continue Reading…

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