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USC Researchers Design a System that Allows Robots to Learn Complicated Tasks

Imagine if robots could learn from watching demonstrations: you could show a domestic robot how to do routine chores or set a dinner table. In the workplace, you could train robots like new employees, showing them how to perform many duties. On the road, your self-driving car could learn how to drive safely by watching you drive around your neighborhood.

20 Nov 2020

SwRI Wins DARPA Contract to Test AI-Augmented Design Systems for Air Taxis

Southwest Research Institute has received a four-year, $7,239,342 contract from the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Re-search Project Agency (DARPA) to develop air taxi technology to test the design capabilities of artificial intelligence-augmented design systems. The project is part of DARPA's Symbiotic Design for Cyber Physical Systems program.

18 Nov 2020

New 'Robotic Snake' Device Grips, Picks Up Objects

An invention similar to an elephant’s trunk has potential benefits for many industries where handling delicate objects is essential, say the UNSW researchers who developed it.

9 Nov 2020

New Spin Out Company Uses AI and Robotics to Take the Pain Out of Potholes

The University of Liverpool has formed a new spin out company - Robotiz3d Ltd – to take forward new technology that has the potential to radically transform road maintenance.

28 Oct 2020

Blue White Robotics Establishes Command and Control Center in CNY

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the autonomous vehicle company Blue White Robotics is establishing a Command and Control center at the Tech Garden in Downtown Syracuse.

7 Oct 2020

New Delft Model Could be Used in Intelligent Cars to Make Them Less ‘Robotic’

Researchers from TU Delft have now developed a new model that describes driving behaviour on the basis of one underlying 'human' principle: managing the risk below a threshold level.

30 Sep 2020

Cerence and PATEO Develop Cloud-Based Conversational AI for SGMW Cars in Indonesia

Cerence Inc., AI for a world in motion, today announced that SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile has selected Cerence and PATEO, a leading connected car company in Asia, to develop first-of-its-kind, cloud-based voice recognition for its cars in Indonesia, a major milestone for automotive assistant technology in the region.

30 Sep 2020