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Researchers have trained computers to quickly and consistently detect and analyze microscopic radiation damage to materials under consideration for nuclear reactors. And the computers bested humans in this arduous task.
Eagle-eyed machine learning algorithm outdoes human experts

Robots that communicate what they’re doing in AR are more efficient (and more pleasant) to work with

Augmented Reality Makes Robots Better Co-Workers

Researchers have shown that it is possible to train artificial neural networks directly on an optical chip.
Moving closer to completely optical artificial neural network

Could robots soon help rescue crews save the survivors of a natural disaster? Such a mission would require that the robots be able to determine, on their own, which tasks to perform and in what order to perform them. Researchers have shown, for the first time, that this ability can emerge from a group of robots.
Robots working as a group are able to determine the optimal order of their tasks

Deutschland soll ein führender Standort für künstliche Intelligenz werden. Entsprechende Studiengänge gibt es bereits, aber was lernt man da eigentlich? Ein Professor für Humanoide Robotik erklärt.
„Wenn wir Roboter wie Sklaven behandeln, werden sie rebellieren“

SHRIMP is a new DARPA program to develop insect-scale robots for disaster recovery and high-risk environments

DARPA Wants Your Insect-Scale Robots for a Micro-Olympics

A new highly maneuverable search and rescue robot that can creep, crawl and climb over rough terrain and through tight spaces has been developed.
New creepy, crawly search and rescue robot

Progress on new artificial intelligence (AI) technology could make monitoring at water treatment plants cheaper and easier and help safeguard public health.
AI technology could help protect water supplies

Do people display different racial biases towards black robots and white robots? A new study says yes

Humans Show Racial Bias Towards Robots of Different Colors: Study