#428103 At the World’s First Cybathlon, ...

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Android

The cyborg Olympics showcased robotic exoskeletons, brain-computer interfaces, and more[Read more…]

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#428097 5 Intriguing Uses for Artificial ...

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Android

Rather than leading to the violent downfall of humankind, artificial intelligence is helping people around the world do their jobs, including doctors who diagnose sepsis in patients and scientists who track endangered animals in the wild, experts said.[Read more…]

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#428071 Video Friday: One-Legged Hopper, Mini ...

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Android

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos[Read more…]

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#428053 Omnidirectional Mobile Robot Has Just ...

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Android

Spherical Induction Motor Eliminates Robot’s Mechanical Drive System
PITTSBURGH— More than a decade ago, Ralph Hollis invented the ballbot, an elegantly simple robot whose tall, thin body glides atop a sphere slightly smaller than a bowling ball. The latest version, called SIMbot, has an equally elegant motor with just one moving part: the ball.
The only other active moving part of the robot is the body itself.
The spherical induction motor (SIM) invented by Hollis, a research professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s […] Continue Reading…

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#428052 The Spooky Secret Behind Artificial ...

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Android

Neural networks work so well because they roughly reflect the structure of the underlying universe around us, new research suggests.
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