Software / A.I.

Today by far the most commonly used robotics software is ROS, which stands for Robot Operating System. This is an open source software, and the most number of developers and robotics users are involved with this program with an ever increasing rate. It contains set of libraries, algorithms, developer tools and drivers for developing robotics projects. The first release of ROS was in 2010, and […] Read More

Deep learning is a relatively new but cery powerful concept for machine intelligence. Combined with cloud robotics, where robots share what they learn with each other immediately, this has huge potential in getting robots much more involved in our lives. Note that the artice discusses about industrial robots here, but, domestic robots will very soon follow as usual. For the detailed artice, see below: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601045/this-factory-robot-learns-a-new-job-overnight/#/set/id/601069/ Read More

A team of scientists has developed an algorithm that captures our learning abilities, enabling computers to recognize and draw simple visual concepts that are mostly indistinguishable from those created by humans. The work, which appears in the latest issue of the journal Science, marks a significant advance in the field—one that dramatically shortens the time it takes computers to “learn” new concepts and broadens their […] Read More

Vortex is a simulation platform to simulate robot operations in real time, either for operator training or during design phase. It is made by CM Labs Simulations Inc.                 The company recently introduced the Vortex 6.6, the latest upgrade. An example of the software for robotics applications can be seen here, where it is used to simulate remote […] Read More

Researchers at Disney company developed a new robotic tool that makes designing walking robots so easy, which eliminates having to deal with walking mathematics of robots and creates a ready to print model of the robot within even minutes. After tests, they indicated that the design is in fairly good agreement with the real physical robot as far as performance of movements.   Source: disneyresearch.com, […] Read More

We have been seeing a lot of improvements in the field of AI lately. Here is a new system that has been developed by facebook: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2015/11/03/facebook-works-to-translate-images-into-words-using-artificial-intelligence/ Read More

In an effort to facilitate learning of its AI platform Watson, IBM has bought a medical imaging company, in order to show its Watson lots (billions) of medical images, to improve its diagnostics ability. The system could prove very helpful in assisting doctors to make diagnostics. See details here: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/540141/why-ibm-just-bought-billions-of-medical-images-for-watson-to-look-at/ Read More

Here is a detailed article about artificial intelligence and deep learning in technologyreview: http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/540001/teaching-machines-to-understand-us/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-weekly-computing&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150806 Read More

Neural networks recognizes shapes better than humans. See link below: http://www.kurzweilai.net/deep-neural-network-program-recognizes-sketches-more-accurately-than-a-human?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c4ec5517fb-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-c4ec5517fb-281915409 Read More

During a recent event in New York, Google CEO argued that AI is here not to take away our jobs, but to make our lives better, at the same time reorganizing the way new jobs are created. You can read about the report on Newsweek here. Google recently acquired several robotics and AI companies, the ones that made headlines the most were the acquisition of […] Read More