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Chips That Mimic the Brain
A breakthrough in the effort to build an artificial brain involves using neuromorphic chips to incorporate complex cognitive abilities into electronic systems.
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To Create a Robot With Common Sense, Mimic a Toddler
A new robot is being designed to mimic the common sense of a three-year-old.
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Mining For Meaning: Getting Computers to nderstand Natural Language Texts
Computer scientists are developing a procedure that will enable computers to learn to identify semantically relevant relationships within texts.
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Fast, Accurate Detection of 100,000 Object Classes on a Single Machine
Humans can distinguish among approximately 10,000 relatively high-level visual categories, but we can discriminate among a much larger set of visual stimuli referred...
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Computer Smart as a 4-Year-Old
Researchers have IQ-tested the ConceptNet4 artificial intelligence system and found that it is about as smart as the average four-year-old.
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Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning
Sebastian Thrun has worn many hats in the tech world: Stanford research professor, founder of Google's X Labs, where he oversaw the development of self-drivingUdacity...
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Curiosity Mars Rover Passes Kilometer of Driving
The latest drive by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover brought the total distance that the rover has driven on Mars to more than 1 kilometer (about 0.62 mile).
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'virtual Lolita' Aims to Trap Chatroom Pedophiles
Negobot, a "virtual Lolita" robot, poses as a 14-year-old girl and tries to identify pedophiles in online chatrooms.
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Daydreaming Simulated By Computer Model
A new virtual model of the human brain daydreams like people do.
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Robot Mom Would Beat Robot Butler in Popularity Contest
Researchers have found that people express more positive feelings toward a robot that takes care of them than toward a robot that needs care.
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Modest Debut of Atlas May Foreshadow Age of 'robo Sapiens'
Moving its hands as if it were dealing cards and walking with a bit of a swagger, a Pentagon-financed humanoid robot named Atlas made its first public appearance...
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Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover
The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for...
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Humanoid Robot That Sees and Maps
New computer-vision algorithms enable the humanoid robot Roboray to build real-time three-dimensional visual maps for more efficient movement.
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Teaching a Computer to Play 'Concentration' Advances Security, nderstanding of the Human Mind
A new software designed to play the game Concentration could lead to better computer security and a greater understanding of how the human mind works.
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Move Over Messi, Here Come the Robots
More than 1,000 soccer-playing robots from 40 countries are competing against each other in the RoboCup soccer tournament.
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Nus Team Creates Realistic Robot Carp, First Robot Fish With Autonomous 3D Movement in Asia
A robot fish is ready to be programmed for specific functions, such as exploring the nooks and corners of wreckage for underwater archeology.
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Artificial Intellience in Mental Healthcare
The mental healthcare field is seeking to use artificial intelligent agents to provide training, consultation, and treatment services.
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Siri’s Creators Demonstrate an Assistant That Takes the Initiative
SRI International has created a predictive assistant called Bright that reduces cognitive overload by providing specific information at the right time.
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Robo-Pets May Contribute to Quality of Life For Those With Dementia
Therapeutic robot companions improve anxiety and the quality of life for people with mid- to late-stage dementia, according to a pilot study.
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