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More Skin-Like, Electronic Skin That Can Feel

Nov. 24, 2020 — A research team has developed a multimodal ion-electronic skin that distinguishes temperature from mechanical stimuli. This skin can detect various movements and is applicable in fields including ...

Showing Robots How to Drive a Car...in Just a Few Easy Lessons

Nov. 19, 2020 — Researchers have designed a system that lets robots autonomously learn complicated tasks from a very small number of demonstrations -- even imperfect ones. While current state-of-art methods need at ...

Curved Origami Provides New Range of Stiffness-to-Flexibility in Robots

Nov. 18, 2020 — Curved origami structures provide tunable flexibility to ...

Deep Learning Helps Robots Grasp and Move Objects With Ease

Nov. 18, 2020 — Researchers have created new artificial intelligence software that gives robots the speed and skill to grasp and smoothly move objects, making it feasible for them to soon assist humans in warehouse ...

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Misinformation or Artifact: A New Way to Think About Machine Learning

Nov. 23, 2020 — Machine learning has delivered amazing results, but there also have been failures, ranging from the harmless to potentially deadly. New work suggests that common assumptions about the cause behind ...

A Neural Network Learns When It Should Not Be Trusted

Nov. 19, 2020 — Researchers have developed a way for deep learning neural networks to rapidly estimate confidence levels in their output. The advance could enhance safety and efficiency in AI-assisted decision ...

New Test Reveals AI Still Lacks Common Sense

Nov. 18, 2020 — Natural language processing (NLP) has taken great strides recently -- but how much does AI understand of what it reads? Less than we thought, it seems. Despite advances, AI still doesn't have the ...

Could Your Vacuum Be Listening to You?

Nov. 17, 2020 — A team of researchers demonstrated that popular robotic household vacuum cleaners can be remotely hacked to act as ...

New Electronic Chip Delivers Smarter, Light-Powered AI

Nov. 18, 2020 — New tech combines the core software needed to drive AI with image-capturing hardware - in one electronic chip. The light-driven prototype device imitates the way the human brain processes visual ...

Machine Learning Guarantees Robots' Performance in Unknown Territory

Nov. 17, 2020 — As engineers increasingly turn to machine learning methods to develop adaptable robots, new work makes progress on safety and performance guarantees for robots operating in novel environments with ...

AI Tool May Predict Movies' Future Ratings

Nov. 17, 2020 — Researchers, armed with artificial intelligence tools, can rate a movie's content in a matter of seconds, based on the movie script and before a single scene is ...

Computer Scientists Launch Counteroffensive Against Video Game Cheaters

Nov. 16, 2020 — Computer scientists have devised a new weapon against video game players who cheat. The researchers developed their approach for detecting cheaters using the popular first-person shooter game ...

Quantum Algorithm Breakthrough

Nov. 16, 2020 — Physicists report the development of a quantum algorithm with the potential to study a class of many-electron quantums system using quantum ...

System Brings Deep Learning to 'Internet of Things' Devices

Nov. 13, 2020 — A new system brings machine learning to microcontrollers. The advance could enhance the function and security of devices connected to the Internet of Things ...