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Prepare For the Part-Time Self-Driving Car
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Prepare For the Part-Time Self-Driving Car

Self-driving AI cars have been a staple in popular culture for some time—any child of the 1980s will fondly remember both the Autobots and Knight Rider's KITT—but...

Projecting a Robot's 'intentions'
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Projecting a Robot's 'intentions'

A new spin on virtual reality helps engineers visualize a mobile robot's anticipated path.

Your Retirement May Include a Robot Helper
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Your Retirement May Include a Robot Helper

Youngsters aren't the only ones who get the latest high-tech gadgets.

­sing Drones to Make Peace, Not War
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­sing Drones to Make Peace, Not War

Amin Rigi says drones should be used to save lives, not spy or kill.

Google, Oxford ­niversity Partner in Artificial Intelligence Research
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Google, Oxford ­niversity Partner in Artificial Intelligence Research

Following Google's acquisition of the secretive firm DeepMind, the tech giant has teamed up with Oxford University to research artificial intelligence.

Machine-Learning Maestro Michael Jordan on the Delusions of Big Data and Other Huge Engineering Efforts
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Machine-Learning Maestro Michael Jordan on the Delusions of Big Data and Other Huge Engineering Efforts

The overeager adoption of big data is likely to result in catastrophes of analysis comparable to a national epidemic of collapsing bridges.

Dudes With Drones
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Dudes With Drones

No one knows exactly how many personal drones are buzzing through our skies, but Chris Anderson, the longtime editor of Wired magazine who now heads a drone manufacturer...

Should Industrial Robots Be Able to Hurt Their Human Coworkers?
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Should Industrial Robots Be Able to Hurt Their Human Coworkers?

How much should a robot be allowed to hurt its coworkers?

Researchers to Examine Using Autonomous Vehicles to Improve Traffic Flow
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Researchers to Examine Using Autonomous Vehicles to Improve Traffic Flow

Researchers are already thinking about how autonomous vehicles — which could debut on U.S. roadways within a decade — might improve traffic flow and reduce fuel...

The Google Formula For Success
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The Google Formula For Success

Can Google’s winning ways be applied to all kinds of businesses?

Blackout? Robots to the Rescue
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Blackout? Robots to the Rescue

A team from Michigan Technological University has developed a tabletop model of a robot team and demonstrated its ability to restore electricity after power outages...

Can You Out-Race a Computer?
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Can You Out-Race a Computer?

A deep-learning algorithm can size up a neighborhood better than humans.

New Smartphone App Gives Sight to the Blind
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New Smartphone App Gives Sight to the Blind

Jonathan Mosen, who has been blind since birth, spent his evening snapping photos of packages in the mail, his son's school report and labels on bottles in the...

RFID Technology Helps Robots Find Household Objects
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RFID Technology Helps Robots Find Household Objects

Researchers have developed a search algorithm that improves a robot's ability to find and navigate to UHF RFID-tagged objects located throughout a home.

Fingertip Sensor Gives Robot a Sense of Touch
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Fingertip Sensor Gives Robot a Sense of Touch

A robot equipped with a novel optical sensor is able to grasp a USB plug and insert it into a USB port.

IBM to Sell Watson as a Big-Data Tool
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IBM to Sell Watson as a Big-Data Tool

Say you're an executive running an online marketing campaign for a new car, and you want to figure out which consumers in which parts of the country are likely...

Bionic Man Features 14 Novel Biotechnologies
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Bionic Man Features 14 Novel Biotechnologies

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering recently launched the "NIBIB Bionic Man," an interactive Web tool that showcases cutting-edge...

Will Tomorrow's Robots Move Like Snakes?
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Will Tomorrow's Robots Move Like Snakes?

CSAIL researchers will present at the IROS 2014 conference this week their work to develop a soft robotic arm that can snake through a pipelike environment without...

Korea ­ps Its Robots Game
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Korea ­ps Its Robots Game

In 1976 an animated film called Robot Taekwon V captured Korean kids' imaginations with its tale of a superhero robot fending off giant machines bent on world domination...

Making Drones More Customizable
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Making Drones More Customizable

Airware has developed a standard platform for unmanned aerial vehicles that could help manufacturers easily design and customize drones for different applications...
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