Moravec‘s Paradox

Joko Santoso markadhut/Shutterstock In scenes that may remind you of science fiction classics like Terminator, Robocop, and Bladerunner, San Francisco Police have asked for permission to deploy police robots should they feel the situation warrants it. It's not the first time an American police department has leaned towards policies that…

A new spin on quadrupedal robotics relies only on prior virtual training and an onboard camera. By Andrew Paul | Published Nov 22, 2022 4:00 PM Quadrupedal robots are all the rage right now. YouTube Another week, another uncanny advancement for the burgeoning four-legged robot “dog” industry: MIT Technology Review…

By American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) November 22, 2022 According to a new study, an artificial intelligence agent named CICERO has mastered the online board game of Diplomacy. It played 40 speed games in an online Diplomacy league and scored double the average of human players. An…

Algorithms can pore over astrophysical data to identify underlying equations. Now, physicists are trying to figure out how to imbue these “machine theorists” with the ability to find deeper laws of nature Physics 21 November 2022 By Thomas Lewton Raymond Biesinger SPEAKING at the University of Cambridge in 1980, Stephen…

For anyone who wants cleaner floors without having to lug around a cumbersome upright vacuum, the best Roomba Black Friday deals of 2022 deserve a look. In fact, there are so many noteworthy robotic vacuum sales going on that we deemed it necessary to round them all up in one…

Technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced analytics provide tremendous opportunities to increase efficiency, safety, and sustainability. However, for businesses with operations in remote locations, the lack of public infrastructure, including cloud connectivity, often places these digital innovations out of reach. Until recently, this has…

I was interviewed by Lars at BestinTesla. I talked about why robotaxi at scale competition won’t be coming once Tesla solves robotaxi at scale. Tesla has over 160,000 people currently using FSD and driving 10 million miles per quarter on surface roads with it. The new version 11 is being…

Fruit flies can quickly compensate for catastrophic wing injuries, researchers found, maintaining the same stability after losing up to 40% of a wing. This finding could inform the design of versatile robots, which face the similar challenge of having to quickly adapt to mishaps in the field. The Penn State-led…

Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots. The robots are called "butterfly bots," because their swimming motion resembles the way a person's arms move…

An artificial intelligence from Facebook owner Meta that is designed to write scientific research papers and Wikipedia articles has attracted criticism over its accuracy and public access has been removed Technology 18 November 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Meta’s Galactica AI system is designed to solve the problem of information overload…