Collaborate Disseminate
Training robots to execute tasks in the real world requires data — the more, the better. The problem is that creating these datasets takes a lot of time and effort, …read more Continue reading Teaching a Robot to Hallucinate
Hacker “Capture the Flag” has been a mainstay at hacker gatherings since the mid-1990s. It’s like the outdoor game, but played on computer networks. Teams of hackers defend their own computers while attacking other teams’. It’s a controlled setting for what computer hackers do in real life: finding and fixing vulnerabilities in their own systems and exploiting them in others’. It’s the software vulnerability lifecycle.
These days, dozens of teams from around the world compete in weekend-long marathon events held all over the world. People train for months. Winning is a big deal. If you’re into this sort of thing, it’s pretty much the most fun you can possibly have on the Internet without committing multiple felonies…
Within the world of medical science fiction they are found everywhere: tiny robots that can zip through blood vessels and intestines, where they can deliver medication, diagnose medical conditions and …read more Continue reading Tiny Robots That Bring Targeted Drug Delivery and Treatment a Little Bit Closer
Robot delivery has long been touted as a game-changing technology of the future. However, it still hasn’t cracked the big time. Drones still aren’t airdropping packages into our gutters by …read more Continue reading Your Next Airport Meal May Be Delivered By Robot
The idea of sending robots into conditions that humans would not survive is a very old concept. Robot’s don’t heed oxygen, food, or any other myriad of human requirements. They …read more Continue reading The Robots Of Fukushima: Going Where No Human Has Gone Before (And Lived)
Computers destroy humans at chess, but there’s not a robot in the world you could send into an unfamiliar house and tell it to feed the dog; the general intelligence and adaptability of the human brain remain unrivalled. Intel’s research-grade Loihi 2 … Continue reading How Intel’s bleeding-edge Loihi 2 chips help robots perceive the world
Robots are used in all sorts of industries on a wide variety of tasks. Typically, it’s because they’re far faster, more accurate, and more capable than we are. Expert humans …read more Continue reading Robots Are Folding Laundry, But They Suck At It
Robot pets have been a sci-fi staple for decades, and in recent years we’ve seen a glut of them finally hit the market, with varying success. The latest is Loona, a quite advanced-looking bot with a lot of tricks up its sleeves and a personality straig… Continue reading Pet robot Loona looks straight out of a Disney movie
DARPA has announced that it has given the green light to a new series of field tests at Camp Roberts, California, aimed at producing autonomous off-road combat vehicles that can keep up with crewed ones while driving at speed over rough ground.Continue… Continue reading DARPA tests robotic vehicles that can keep up with human drivers
As their sense of balance deteriorates, seniors are at an increased risk of potentially debilitating falls. A new wearable assistive robot could help, by detecting and preventing such falls before they actually occur.Continue ReadingCategory: Health &a… Continue reading Assistive MRBA robot is designed to detect and prevent falls