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This 'Squidbot' Jets Around and Takes Pics of Coral and Fish

Oct. 6, 2020 — Engineers have built a squid-like robot that can swim untethered, propelling itself by generating jets of water. The robot carries its own power source inside its body. It can also carry a sensor, ...

Tool Helps Clear Biases from Computer Vision

Oct. 1, 2020 — Researchers have developed a tool that flags potential biases in sets of images used to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The work is part of a larger effort to remedy and prevent the ...

New Theory Predicts Movement of Different Animals Using Sensing to Search

Sep. 22, 2020 — A research team has developed a new theory that can predict the movement of an animal's sensory organs -- such as eyes, ears and nose -- while searching for something vital to its ...

A Computer Predicts Your Thoughts, Creating Images Based on Them

Sep. 21, 2020 — Researchers have developed a technique in which a computer models visual perception by monitoring human brain signals. In a way, it is as if the computer tries to imagine what a human is thinking ...

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Underwater Robots to Autonomously Dock Mid-Mission to Recharge and Transfer Data

Oct. 6, 2020 — Robots exploring deep bodies of water can only go so far before needing to recharge and upload data. Purdue University engineers have designed a ...

Driving Behavior Less 'Robotic' Thanks to New Model

Sep. 29, 2020 — Researchers have now developed a new model that describes driving behavior on the basis of one underlying 'human' principle: managing the risk below a threshold level. This model can accurately ...

AI Can Detect COVID-19 in the Lungs Like a Virtual Physician, New Study Shows

Sep. 30, 2020 — New research shows that artificial intelligence can be nearly as accurate as a physician in diagnosing COVID-19 in the lungs. The study also shows ...

Engineers Pre-Train AI Computers to Make Them Even More Powerful

Sep. 22, 2020 — Engineers have developed a new machine-learning method that paves the way for artificial intelligence to be used in applications that until now have been deemed too sensitive. The method, which has ...

The Brain's Memory Abilities Inspire AI Experts in Making Neural Networks Less 'Forgetful'

Sep. 17, 2020 — Artificial intelligence (AI) experts report that they have successfully addressed what they call a 'major, long-standing obstacle to increasing AI ...

New Data Processing Module Makes Deep Neural Networks Smarter

Sep. 16, 2020 — Artificial intelligence researchers have improved the performance of deep neural networks by combining feature normalization and feature attention modules into a single module that they call ...

Security Software for Autonomous Vehicles

Sep. 16, 2020 — Before autonomous vehicles participate in road traffic, they must demonstrate conclusively that they do not pose a danger to others. New software prevents accidents by predicting different variants ...

Future Autonomous Machines May Build Trust Through Emotion

Sep. 15, 2020 — Research has extended the state-of-the-art in autonomy by providing a more complete picture of how actions and nonverbal signals contribute to promoting cooperation. Researchers suggested guidelines ...

Light Processing Improves Robotic Sensing, Study Finds

Sep. 14, 2020 — A team of researchers uncovered how the human brain processes bright and contrasting light, which they say is a key to improving robotic sensing and enabling autonomous agents to team with ...

Experiments Reveal Why Human-Like Robots Elicit Uncanny Feelings

Sep. 10, 2020 — Experiments reveal a dynamic process that leads to the uncanny valley, with implications for both the design of robots and for understanding how we perceive one another as ...