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News & Articles By Edsel Cook
09/25/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Kroger plans on offering a same-day grocery delivery service that uses an autonomous vehicle
What do you get when a driverless car startup teams up with the biggest supermarket chain in the U.S.? The recently announced partnership between grocery retailer Kroger and self-driving car company Nuro is preparing a grocery delivery service that uses driver-less cars to bring your orders over on the very same day, an article in Tech Crunch […]
09/15/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Study claims that we interact differently with various robots based on their physical characteristics
Remember the idiom “People should not judge a book by its cover?” Well, in an article in Psychology Today, researchers said that people will apparently judge a robot based on its physical appearance. They will assign human personality traits such as laziness or meanness to it. First impressions of a person will lead to lasting […]
09/09/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Say hello to CIMON, the first AI robot to ever fly to space
The International Space Station (ISS) is now hosting its first ever robot with an artificial intelligence system, an article on Space.com stated. The compact European-built robot is intended to serve as an assistant to a German astronaut aboard the station. The “Crew Interactive Mobile Companion” (CIMON) arrived aboard the ISS in June 2018. It was part […]
09/08/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Meet DRAGON, a shape-shifting flying robot that moves like a snake and can squeeze through tight spaces
Japanese researchers have created the closest thing to a real-life Transformer. The aptly-named DRAGON is an autonomous flying robot that can adjust the snake-like shape of its body in order to pass through tight spaces and accomplish tasks, an article in IEEE Spectrum stated. Navigating indoors is a big challenge for flying robots. There are […]
09/07/2018
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By Edsel Cook
They’re taking over sports, too? New AI robot can shoot better than professional basketball players
Toyota employees loved a basketball manga character so much, they built a basketball-shooting robot from scratch. While it can’t move, it hits nothing but net from the free throw line, reported a NewsWeek article. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shumbun identified the humanoid robot as CUE. Its artificial intelligence allowed it to pick up and polish certain basic basketball skills better […]
08/28/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Experts: Hackers can find out your personal info from your smartphone battery
We have yet another reason to be paranoid about our smartphones. This time, it is because of the battery. In an article in The Daily Mail, security experts warned that hackers can discover everything you browse and do on your phone by analyzing the power levels of your battery. A joint team of American and […]
08/27/2018
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By Edsel Cook
The modern-day bloodhound – a robot that can rapidly detect odors on the ground
Not only are hyper-efficient robots replacing humans in various lines of work, but they are also substituting for man’s best friend in its job at sniffing out things. An article in Science Daily stated that Chinese and Japanese researchers have created a robot that is better than a bloodhound when it comes to picking up […]
08/23/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Engineers create a type of e-skin that restores the sense of touch for amputees using prosthetics
Amputees may soon be able to find relief from the phantom limb sensation that haunts them, stated an article in Science Daily. American researchers have created an electronic skin for prosthetic hands that can return a sense of touch to the user. Developed by engineers at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the e-skin is a layer […]
08/23/2018
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By Edsel Cook
IBM Research debuts an experimental conversational AI that argues with you
IBM was not satisfied with making artificial intelligence (AI) that can defeat world-class chess masters and Go players. An article on Venture Beat reported that the American computer company has just debuted an AI that can win arguments against skilled debaters. Project Debater is a prototype AI that is capable of two-way conversation. It can crack jokes, […]
08/16/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Computer scientists develop software that can look a few minutes into the future
An article in Alpha Galileo reported a development straight out of the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie Minority Report. German computer experts have created artificial intelligence that can predict what a person is going to do in a few minutes. The software program is trained by watching videos that depict the step-by-step process of an action. […]
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