Why Robots and Humans Struggled with DARPA’s Challenge
The falls and fumbles of robots in the DARPA Challenge point to the remaining hurdles for human-robot interfaces.When some of the world’s most advanced rescue robots are foiled by nothing more complex...
View ArticleIBM Wants Watson to Teach Robots Some Social Skills
Because language is only part of human communication, IBM is using machine learning to teach robots social skills like gestures, eye movements, and voice intonations.IBM is using some of the...
View ArticleA Closer Look at the Future of Work
Industry guide: resources and upcoming events.OUTSIDE READING | CALENDAR
View ArticleWhat Dancing Lizards Can Teach Us About Human-Robot Interaction
What will it take for robots to elicit a strong psychological response from humans?If robotic lizards can goad wild lizards into a territorial dance-off, can robots in scrubs make a human patient feel...
View ArticleRobots Can Now Teach Each Other New Tricks
A robot at Brown University learned how to perform a task from a very different robot at Cornell University.The ability to acquire and then share knowledge is a central component of human culture and...
View ArticleRobot Toddler Learns to Stand by "Imagining" How to Do It
Instead of being programmed, a robot uses brain-inspired algorithms to “imagine” doing tasks before trying them in the real world.Like many toddlers, Darwin sometimes looks a bit unsteady on its feet....
View Article2015 in Numbers: A Quantum Leap, a Mountain of Cash for Magic Leap, and...
From the cost of lithium-ion batteries to Bitcoin’s transaction limit, the numbers told the tale in 2015.As we look back and try to make sense of all the new developments in the world of technology...
View ArticleThe Best Technology GIFs of 2015
We collected the most mesmerizing short clips about emerging technology from MIT Technology Review stories during 2015.The first 3-D printer able to squirt molten glass through a nozzle (read more)
View ArticleFord CEO Explains Why It’s Hard to Build Self-Driving Cars
Mark Fields, the head of Ford, says cars that can drive themselves may need to learn some more human traits.Ford didn’t announce a deal with Google to develop self-driving cars at CES this week, as...
View ArticleFukushima Robot
A robot is being built to venture into the radioactive waters of Fukushima’s worst-hit reactor and remove fuel rods.When an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
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