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Robots Could Replace Real Therapy Dogs

Dec. 10, 2020 — Robotic animals could be the 'pawfect' replacement for our real-life furry friends, a new study has ...

'The Robot Made Me Do It': Robots Encourage Risk-Taking Behavior in People

Dec. 11, 2020 — New research has shown robots can encourage humans to take greater risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if there was nothing to influence their behaviors. Increasing our ...

Getting the Right Grip: Designing Soft and Sensitive Robotic Fingers

Dec. 10, 2020 — To develop a more human-like robotic gripper, it is necessary to provide sensing capabilities to the fingers. However, conventional sensors compromise the mechanical properties of soft robots. Now, ...

Computer-Aided Creativity in Robot Design

Nov. 30, 2020 — RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms ...

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Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Develop New General Models in Ecology

Dec. 11, 2020 — The automation of scientific discoveries is here to stay. Among others, a machine-human cooperation found a hitherto unknown general model explaining ...

Artificial Visual System of Record-Low Energy Consumption for the Next Generation of AI

Dec. 11, 2020 — Researchers have built an ultralow-power consumption artificial visual system to mimic the human brain, which successfully performed data-intensive ...

Artificial Chemist 2.0: Quantum Dot R&D in Less Than an Hour

Dec. 11, 2020 — A new technology, called Artificial Chemist 2.0, allows users to go from requesting a custom quantum dot to completing the relevant R&D and beginning manufacturing in less than an hour. The tech is ...

Breakthrough Optical Sensor Mimics Human Eye, a Key Step Toward Better AI

Dec. 8, 2020 — Researchers are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye's ability to perceive changes in its visual ...

Unlocking the Secrets of Chemical Bonding With Machine Learning

Dec. 4, 2020 — Researchers have developed a Bayesian learning model of chemisorption, or Bayeschem for short, aiming to use artificial intelligence to unlock the nature of chemical bonding at catalyst ...

Shrinking Massive Neural Networks Used to Model Language

Dec. 1, 2020 — Deep learning neural networks can be massive, demanding major computing power. In a test of the 'lottery ticket hypothesis,' researchers have found leaner, more efficient subnetworks hidden within ...

More Skin-Like, Electronic Skin That Can Feel

Nov. 24, 2020 — A research team has developed a multimodal ion-electronic skin that distinguishes temperature from mechanical stimuli. This skin can detect various movements and is applicable in fields including ...

AI System Discovers Useful New Material

Nov. 24, 2020 — When the words 'artificial intelligence' (AI) come to mind, your first thoughts may be of super-smart computers, or robots that perform tasks without needing any help from humans. Now, a ...

AI Helps Scientists Understand Brain Activity Behind Thoughts

Nov. 24, 2020 — Researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that help them better understand the brain computations that underlie ...

Misinformation or Artifact: A New Way to Think About Machine Learning

Nov. 23, 2020 — Machine learning has delivered amazing results, but there also have been failures, ranging from the harmless to potentially deadly. New work suggests that common assumptions about the cause behind ...