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11/03/2018 / By Edsel Cook

MIT researchers design a novel encryption method that secures data used in online neural networks

A combination of two encryption techniques may one day allow neural networks to have their computing cake and eat it, too. An article in Science Daily stated that the new technique improves the security of cloud-based machine learning without incurring any penalties in speed. Machine learning requires a lot of computational power. Convolutional neural networks, for […]

10/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New project aims to improve human-robot interaction by developing a child-like android capable of speech

Japanese researchers are trying to bridge the communications gap between humans and robots. Their bright idea involves plastering the face of a human child on a talking robot, an article in Science Direct stated. Designed by an Osaka University (OU) research team, the new conversational robot is called Ibuki. It is part of the university’s […]

10/13/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Chinese startup creates a robot plant holder that adjusts to its host’s needs

There are people who are absolutely terrible at taking care of ornamental houseplants. Give them a cactus or even a weed, and they will neglect to take care of it until it shrivels up and dies. So a Beijing-based startup modified its popular robot into a planter that will carry the plant to places with brighter […]

09/20/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

AI robot attends college, including a course about love

BINA48, a robot owned by lawyer, author, and entrepreneur Martine Aliana Rothblatt’s Terrasem Movement Foundation (TMF) is living the life of any normal college student in America: She attends classes at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California, and every once in a while gets excused from those classes when she needs to get […]

09/09/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Say hello to CIMON, the first AI robot to ever fly to space

The International Space Station (ISS) is now hosting its first ever robot with an artificial intelligence system, an article on Space.com stated. The compact European-built robot is intended to serve as an assistant to a German astronaut aboard the station. The “Crew Interactive Mobile Companion” (CIMON) arrived aboard the ISS in June 2018. It was part […]

09/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

They’re taking over sports, too? New AI robot can shoot better than professional basketball players

Toyota employees loved a basketball manga character so much, they built a basketball-shooting robot from scratch. While it can’t move, it hits nothing but net from the free throw line, reported a NewsWeek article. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shumbun identified the humanoid robot as CUE. Its artificial intelligence allowed it to pick up and polish certain basic basketball skills better […]

09/05/2018 / By David Williams

MIT engineers design new artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware solution for AI

Just how close are we to creating human-like robots? If you use the news as the basis for your opinion on this matter, you might think that we’re already close to seeing the first humanoid robots in the coming decades. However, if you stop to consider the reality of things, you’ll soon find that there […]

09/01/2018 / By David Williams

Experts in soft robotics field create low-cost robots able to lift 200 times their weight and heal themselves

The next-generation of robots created by some of today’s leading scientists might be just as flexible and just as nimble as humans – even capable of healing surface wounds – according to details of a recent report. In the field of soft robotics, a group of researchers has reportedly made a recent breakthrough that allowed for […]

08/27/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The modern-day bloodhound – a robot that can rapidly detect odors on the ground

Not only are hyper-efficient robots replacing humans in various lines of work, but they are also substituting for man’s best friend in its job at sniffing out things. An article in Science Daily stated that Chinese and Japanese researchers have created a robot that is better than a bloodhound when it comes to picking up […]

08/25/2018 / By David Williams

Digital assistants could serve as your alter ego in 20 years’ time, say Microsoft execs in new book about A.I.

Thanks to the introduction and the proliferation of smartphone technology, the world has changed drastically in only 20 years. What once needed the use of multiple devices and a well-thought-out morning routine – such as waking up to the smell of coffee, reading the latest news, and catching a ride to work 0 can now be […]

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