Moravec‘s Paradox

The most common approach to designing robots capable of handling any terrain is to copy Mother Nature’s designs, as Boston Dynamics did with its Spot quadruped. But humans have come up with some clever ideas for getting around too—like the wheel. So, Hyundai is using a hybrid approach for a new…

We're in a new era of spaceflight: The national space agencies are no longer the only game in town, and space is becoming more accessible. Rockets built by commercial players like Blue Origin are now bringing private citizens into orbit. That said, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic are all…

Elon Musk, Time magazine's new Person of the Year for 2021, isn't everyone's cup of tea. He's brash, arrogant, uncompromising, erratic, antagonistic, attention-seeking and sometimes tweets like a reckless maniac. But then I could also be talking about myself! Where we differ is that Musk is also, without any doubt,…

A robot hand that has the lightness of touch to hold delicate objects and the strength to crush cans could one day be used as a prosthetic Technology 14 December 2021 By Carissa Wong A highly dexterous, human-like robotic hand with fingertip touch sensors can delicately hold eggs, use tweezers…

by William D'Angelo , posted 15 hours ago / 584 Views IGN has posted a video showcasing the first 15 minutes of the upcoming game, The Gunk, which is from publisher Thunderful Games and developer Image & Form Games. View the gameplay video below: Here is an overview of the…

The second Artificial Intelligence Weather Forecast Innovation Competition began accepting registrations yesterday, with prizes of up to 20,000 yuan (US$3,140), Shanghai meteorological authorities said. Registration began at 10am and will close at 5pm on January 17. The competition, hosted by the Shanghai Meteorological Society, is open to meteorological institutions, universities,…

Machine learning and neural networks have become an exciting field recently. Considering their success in medical diagnosis, e-commerce, and other areas, it became more popular. The software-based approach to machine intelligence has a significant drawback; it consumes much power to train algorithms. This power issue is one of the prime…

As the people charged with designing, building, and deploying artificial intelligence -- from data engineers to developers -- recognize, AI is a powerful mechanism for amplifying human knowledge, skills, and efficiency. But how can AI proponents employ AI to fix a moribund or toxic corporate culture? That's probably the most…

These are lucrative times for technology suppliers, but with the tsunami of technology cascading into the market, end-user customers are increasingly overwhelmed with it all. Artificial intelligence to the rescue? Hold that thought.   Photo: Joe McKendrick That's the word from a recent Uptime Institute survey that shows that technology vendors…

(Source: SenseTime) United States officials plan to ban American investment in Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn SenseTime Group Limited, the Financial Times reported on Friday. In response, SenseTime issued a statement on Saturday saying that it strongly opposes this decision and related allegations. The company also claimed that the decision…