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Why Did The U.S. Spend 1.5 Million To Make Robotic Bats?

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in drones, robotics/AI

Mar 31
2016

This bat-inspired drone has a longer battery life than drones with propellers, giving it the possibility of expanding into drone package delivery and beyond. http://voc.tv/14JQHoo

International ‘Moon Village’ Is Way To Go According To European Space Agency | Video

Posted by Sean Brazell in 3D printing, business, robotics/AI, space

Mar 31
2016

Sounds great — as long as we don’t call it a Moon Village. That sounds inane.

The director general of ESA, Johann-Dietrich Woerner, believes that the world should collaborate to create a permanent lunar base for “science, business, tourism or even mining.” Plans to use robotics and 3D printing for building the base have been discussed.

How Google Plans to Solve Artificial Intelligence

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in robotics/AI

Mar 31
2016

Mastering Go is just the beginning for Google DeepMind, which hopes to create human-like artificial intelligence.

IBM’s ‘brain-inspired’ supercomputer to help watch over US nuclear arsenal

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in military, robotics/AI, supercomputing

Mar 30
2016

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory says collaboration project with IBM “could change how we do science”.

Could AlphaGo Bluff Its Way through Poker?

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in neuroscience, robotics/AI

Mar 30
2016

One of the brains behind Google’s Go-winning software says a similar learning approach makes it as good as a human expert at Texas hold ‘em poker.

Global championship of driverless cars

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in information science, robotics/AI, transportation

Mar 30
2016

Autonomous cars compete in driving algorithms on Formula E tracks.

Silicon Valley Looks to Artificial Intelligence for the Next Big Thing — By Quentin Hardy | The New York Times

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in business, machine learning, robotics/AI

Mar 30
2016

” “There is going to be a boom for design companies, because there’s going to be so much information people have to work through quickly,” said Diane B. Greene, the head of Google Compute Engine, one of the companies hoping to steer an A.I. boom. “Just teaching companies how to use A.I. will be a big business.” ”

Is AlphaGo Really Such a Big Deal?

Posted by Andreas Matt in robotics/AI

Mar 30
2016

The Go-playing program teaches itself to replicate something very much like human intuition, an advance that promises far-reaching consequences.

Could nanobots make your electronics last FOREVER?

Posted by Karen Hurst in bioengineering, nanotechnology, robotics/AI, wearables

Mar 29
2016

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny molecular robots (pictured) that could help to extend the life of delicate circuits and wearable technology.

This Wonderful Short About a Robot War Deserves to Be a Full-Length Film

Posted by Sean Brazell in entertainment, robotics/AI

Mar 29
2016

Back in 2014, we told you about Rise, a film about a robot insurgency that was the subject of a Kickstarter campaign. The result of the $38,000 raised is this proof of concept video, which definitely looks good enough to deserve a full feature.

Rise comes from director David Karlak and writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (Feast). It’s one of those classic robot revolution stories. Of course, in this case you find yourself in the awkward position of rooting for the failure of humans, but that’s sometimes how these things shake out. Plus, it’s always easier to side with Anton Yelchin than Rufus Sewell.

This is clearly a pitch for some studio to give them money to make a full thing, and it’s one of the most successful of that genre I’ve ever seen. There’s clearly a story in mind and Karlak’s vision looks great in these five minutes.