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Google Lunar Xprize: Testing Rovers on the Beach with Team Hakuto
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Google Lunar Xprize: Testing Rovers on the Beach with Team Hakuto

Before you blast off to the moon in search of $30 million offered as part of the Google Lunar XPrize—or the juicy $20 million grand prize for being the first to...

Microsoft in the Age of Satya Nadella
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Microsoft in the Age of Satya Nadella

On a campus notable for tight security and secret offices, Building 92 is a rare beacon of openness. Guests can enter without a Microsoft ID and browse corporate...

Computer Scientists Enhance Robotic Manufacturing
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Computer Scientists Enhance Robotic Manufacturing

Robotics manufacturers have begun experimenting with a new generation of "cobots" designed to work side-by-side with humans, and researchers help make these human...

'soft' Artificial Intelligence Is Suddenly Everywhere
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'soft' Artificial Intelligence Is Suddenly Everywhere


Software That Knows the Risks
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Software That Knows the Risks

Planning algorithms developed at MIT evaluate the probability of success for a plan, such as a travel route, and suggest low-risk alternatives.

Evolutionary Approaches to Big-Data Problems
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Evolutionary Approaches to Big-Data Problems

Una-May O'Reilly applies machine learning and evolutionary algorithms to tackle some of the world's biggest big-data challenges.

The Voice-Activated Video Game
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The Voice-Activated Video Game

When he was in grad school, the roboticist Daniel Wilson installed 150 binary sensors in his house.

Rosie or Jarvis: The Future of the Smart Home Is Still in the Air
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Rosie or Jarvis: The Future of the Smart Home Is Still in the Air

The tech industry once again can't decide: When it comes to the home of the future, will it have a centralized computer telling you when to mop floors, clean windows...

Death By Robot
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Death By Robot

Imagine it's a Sunday in the not-too-distant future.

Vision System for Household Robots
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Vision System for Household Robots

New algorithm could enable household robots to better identify objects in cluttered environments.

A Visit to the Corporate-Industrial Robotics Competition For Teenagers
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A Visit to the Corporate-Industrial Robotics Competition For Teenagers

Sometimes I think of school as an overlapping set of calendars.

How to Design the Fighter Cockpit of Tomorrow
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How to Design the Fighter Cockpit of Tomorrow

If you think your office needs a lick of paint and some new furniture, spare a thought for fighter pilots.

Brainstormers: Obama's Big Research Push Kicks Off With a Meeting of the Minds
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Brainstormers: Obama's Big Research Push Kicks Off With a Meeting of the Minds

The motley group included men and women, old and young, in sweatshirts and three-piece suits, shod in socks and sandals, wingtips and heels.

In One Aspect of Vision, Computers Catch ­p to Primate Brain
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In One Aspect of Vision, Computers Catch ­p to Primate Brain

A new study from MIT neuroscientists has found that a latest generation of computer neural networks can identify visual objects as well as the primate brain.

Fsu Program to Address Growing Demand For Drone Operators
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Fsu Program to Address Growing Demand For Drone Operators

Florida State University is set to launch a new program that will have students excited about their instructors droning on and on. A new course, Introduction to...

Getting Bot Responders Into Shape
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Getting Bot Responders Into Shape

Through a project supported by DARPA, Sandia National Labs is developing technology to improve the endurance of legged robots to help them operate for long periods...

Food: The Rarely Seen Robots That Package What We Eat
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Food: The Rarely Seen Robots That Package What We Eat

Last July, while touring a jelly bean factory, I came upon a startling sight.

Get Your Head Around the 13 Boldest Ideas in Science
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Get Your Head Around the 13 Boldest Ideas in Science

Science is full of mind-blowing and counterintuitive concepts.

NIH Funds Robots to Assist People with Disabilities
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NIH Funds Robots to Assist People with Disabilities

Projects investigating co-robotics that might help with stroke rehabilitation, guide wheelchairs, and assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, are the focus...

Google's Intelligence Designer
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Google's Intelligence Designer

Demis Hassabis started playing chess at age four and soon blossomed into a child prodigy.
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