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Coupled Rössler Systems Help Generate Insect-Like Gaits for Tiny Robots

Scientists from Italy and Japan have been using chaos and nonlinear physics to develop insect-like gaits for small robots, which are complete with a locomotion controller to offer a brain-machine interface.

16 Dec 2020

Artificial Intelligence can Efficiently, Accurately Predict Future Weather Events

Today's weather forecasts come from some of the most powerful computers on Earth. The huge machines churn through millions of calculations to solve equations to predict temperature, wind, rainfall and other weather events.

16 Dec 2020

UGA Scientists Design New Soft Robotic Gripper

Scientists often look to nature for cues when designing robots - some robots mimic human hands while others simulate the actions of octopus arms or inchworms.

16 Dec 2020

Mercedes-Benz Selects Cerence to Power Voice and AI-Driven Features in Incredible MBUX System

Cerence Inc., AI for a world in motion, today announced that Mercedes-Benz has chosen Cerence to power voice technology in the second generation of its intuitive, high-tech multimedia system, MBUX – Mercedes-Benz User Experience.

16 Dec 2020

TOMI Announces Continued SteraBot Deployment at Healthcare and Educational Facilities

TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.® (“TOMI”, “the Company”), a global company specializing in disinfection and decontamination, utilizing its premier Binary Ionization Technology Platform through its SteraMist products - a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog composed of ionized Hydrogen Peroxide (iHP™), announces the continued deployment of SteraBot™, a pilot disinfection robot, at healthcare, research and educational facilities.

16 Dec 2020

Advanced and the University of Manchester Develop AI Solution to Triage Clinical Correspondence for GPs

British software provider Advanced is working with researchers at The University of Manchester and AI specialist Spectra Analytics to develop an AI solution that will process clinical correspondence in primary care. Together, they are creating AI tooling for a new version of its healthcare software Docman10, called Docman10X, to automatically read patient letters, and only show letters to GPs which AI thinks need further action.

16 Dec 2020

Robotic Exoskeletons Improve Motor Function in Adolescents with Hemiparesis

Gait training with the help of robotic exoskeletons enhanced motor function in adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury, demonstrates a study performed by a group of New Jersey researchers.

15 Dec 2020

New AI Could Help Stroke Survivors Get the Right Treatment

Japanese scientists have created an AI that could soon assist stroke survivors to receive the appropriate treatment by sensing the post-stroke depression (PSD) type of a patient—a neuropsychiatric manifestation often observed but usually ignored after a stroke and could weaken the functional recovery.

15 Dec 2020

Artificial Intelligence Sets Sights on the Sun

Scientists from the University of Graz and the Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory (Austria) and their colleagues from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) developed a new method based on deep learning for stable classification and quantification of image quality in ground-based full-disk solar images

15 Dec 2020

Research Collaboration Awarded €750,000 to Find AI Routes to Liver Diagnosis

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are part of an international collaboration that has been awarded €750,000 (£690,000) for a project to develop diagnostic tools for liver disease affecting millions worldwide.

15 Dec 2020

Study: Robots can Inspire Humans to Take Risks

A new study demonstrates that robots can motivate humans to take bigger risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if there was nothing to impact their actions.

14 Dec 2020

New AI Tool Could Make Breast Cancer Treatment Affordable and More Readily Available

?Imagine being a doctor and having a precocious resident permanently by your side, giving you brilliant insight into disease and helping you to identify the best treatment path for your patients.

14 Dec 2020

New AI-Powered General Model Better Explains Ecology of an Island

Ecology involves the interaction of millions of species in billions of distinct ways, both with their environment and between them.

14 Dec 2020

Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Prediction of British Railway Delays

Over the past 20 years, the number of passengers traveling on British train networks has almost doubled to 1.7 billion annually. With numbers like that it's clear how much people rely on rail service in Great Britain, and how many disgruntled patrons there would be when delays occur.

14 Dec 2020

Children Around the World Talk to First Fully Artificially Intelligent Santa Claus for Free

The COVID-19 Pandemic was going to prevent many children from speaking with Santa Claus this year. But, AI startup StoryFile had other plans – Christmas would not be cancelled.

14 Dec 2020