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Ebbe Altberg needs about a paragraph to define human life: "What humans do is create spaces," the gregarious 51-year-old executive says, leaning back at a table...

For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program
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For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program

She is known as Xiaoice, and millions of young Chinese pick up their smartphones every day to exchange messages with her, drawn to her knowing sense of humor and...

Genomics Pioneer Jun Wang on His New AI Venture
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Genomics Pioneer Jun Wang on His New AI Venture

Jun Wang is one of China's most famous scientists.

Fau to Develop ­nmanned Marine Vehicles For Bridge Inspections
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Fau to Develop ­nmanned Marine Vehicles For Bridge Inspections

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have received a $187,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation to research and develop the use of unmanned...

Object Recognition For Robots
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Object Recognition For Robots

Researchers at MIT have developed a SLAM-aware monocular object recognition system that achieves stronger performance than classical object recognition systems...

Welcome to the AI Conspiracy: The 'canadian Mafia' Behind Tech's Latest Craze
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Welcome to the AI Conspiracy: The 'canadian Mafia' Behind Tech's Latest Craze

In the late '90s, Tomi Poutanen, a precocious computer whiz from Finland, hoped to do his dissertation on neural networks, a scientific method aimed at teaching...

Robotics and the Law: When Software Can Harm You
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Robotics and the Law: When Software Can Harm You

It is imperative that the law deal effectively with the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence, says Ryan Calo, assistant professor in the University of Washington...

Analyzing Galaxy Images with Ai: Astronomers Teach a Machine How to 'see'
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Analyzing Galaxy Images with Ai: Astronomers Teach a Machine How to 'see'

A team of astronomers and computer scientists at the University of Hertfordshire have taught a machine to analyze galaxy images with artificial intelligence.

Autonomous Taxis Would Deliver Significant Environmental and Economic Benefits
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Autonomous Taxis Would Deliver Significant Environmental and Economic Benefits

A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that a fleet of driverless taxis would be cost-effective and would greatly reduce per-mile greenhouse...

Meet Our Future Robosimian Heroes
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Meet Our Future Robosimian Heroes

Not all robots are built for war and destruction.

Machine Ethics: The Robot's Dilemma
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Machine Ethics: The Robot's Dilemma

In his 1942 short story 'Runaround', science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov introduced the Three Laws of Robotics—engineering safeguards and built-in ethical principles...

Engineers Develop Micro-Tentacles So Tiny Robots Can Handle Delicate Objects
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Engineers Develop Micro-Tentacles So Tiny Robots Can Handle Delicate Objects

A microrobotic tentacle developed by Iowa State University engineers may enable soft-robotic hands and fingers that allow small robots to safely handle delicate...

Humans Are Tech's Next Big Thing—and That Could Be Risky
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Humans Are Tech's Next Big Thing—and That Could Be Risky

Internet companies make billions of dollars by capturing one of the world's most precious commodities: your attention.

Google Didn't Lead the Self-Driving Vehicle Revolution. John Deere Did.
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Google Didn't Lead the Self-Driving Vehicle Revolution. John Deere Did.

Google has received tons of gushy press for its bubble-shaped self-driving car, though it's still years from the showroom floor.

The Moment I Decided Robots Were As Interesting As Humans
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The Moment I Decided Robots Were As Interesting As Humans

When I was little, I was enamored with the idea of being a pioneer; I was drawn to the thought that I could be the first to do something—be a trailblazer, the forerunner...

No One Questions Google's Ability to Innovate, So Why Do Its Moonshots Look Like Money Pits?
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No One Questions Google's Ability to Innovate, So Why Do Its Moonshots Look Like Money Pits?

Consider a question that we have been puzzling over at the World Economic Forum.

Will Your Self-Driving Car Be Programmed to Kill You?
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Will Your Self-Driving Car Be Programmed to Kill You?

An ethical puzzler commonly known as the Trolley Problem has been given a 21st-century adaption to address a modern obsession: autonomous vehicles.

Centimeter-Long Origami Robot
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Centimeter-Long Origami Robot

MIT researchers have developed a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and whose motion is controlled by external...

Robotics Competition Generated Groundbreaking Research
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Robotics Competition Generated Groundbreaking Research

The research, theory, and algorithms behind Team MIT's sixth-place finish in the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

Falls of the Robots: Disaster Droids Struggle to Stay ­pright
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Falls of the Robots: Disaster Droids Struggle to Stay ­pright

It's a scenario straight out of a Hollywood movie.
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