AI & Robotics News and Discussions

User avatar
caltrek
Posts: 6474
Joined: Mon May 17, 2021 1:17 pm

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by caltrek »

^^^Just noticed this same video in The Verge. Not all that impressive in comparison to robots of other companies. I have seen videos of such robots doing summersaults. Plus...the...Tesla...robot...moved...so...slow...across...the...stage.

Still, in the interest of seeing a competition in the construction of humanoid robots, I guess this is a positive development. Especially when you consider that Musk is also a key executive in SpaceX. One can imagine such a robot doing a spacewalk, or walking upon the surface of the Moon, Mars, etc.
Don't mourn, organize.

-Joe Hill
User avatar
raklian
Posts: 1746
Joined: Sun May 16, 2021 4:46 pm
Location: North Carolina

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by raklian »

caltrek wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 5:15 pm ^^^Just noticed this same video in The Verge. Not all that impressive in comparison to robots of other companies. I have seen videos of such robots doing summersaults. Plus...the...Tesla...robot...moved...so...slow...across...the...stage.
Musk did point out they're going to mass produce them at a cost per unit that is far, far cheaper than any robot out there. That is one of the biggest takeaways from the event.
To know is essentially the same as not knowing. The only thing that occurs is the rearrangement of atoms in your brain.
User avatar
caltrek
Posts: 6474
Joined: Mon May 17, 2021 1:17 pm

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by caltrek »

raklian wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 5:22 pm
caltrek wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 5:15 pm ^^^Just noticed this same video in The Verge. Not all that impressive in comparison to robots of other companies. I have seen videos of such robots doing summersaults. Plus...the...Tesla...robot...moved...so...slow...across...the...stage.
Musk did point out they're going to mass produce them at a cost per unit that is far, far cheaper than any robot out there. That is one of the biggest takeaways from the event.
Ok, I missed that comment.
Don't mourn, organize.

-Joe Hill
User avatar
caltrek
Posts: 6474
Joined: Mon May 17, 2021 1:17 pm

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by caltrek »

Gecko Robotics to Establish International Headquarters in UAE
by Babu Das Augustine
October 2, 2022

Introduction:
(The National) Gecko Robotics, a US company, announced on Sunday that it will set up a new international headquarters in the UAE under the Ministry of Economy’s NextGenFDI programme.

The company has developed robots capable of inspecting oil and gas, and power infrastructure.

As part of its investment in the country, the Pittsburgh-based company is planning to establish a manufacturing plant in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi that will create around 300 jobs over the next few years.

“Once again, we are seeing world-leading technology make its home in the UAE. Our industrial base is seeking to integrate the tools of the Fourth Industrial revolution to improve efficiencies and boost productivity, and Gecko Robotics will be a key partner on that journey,” said Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade.

Gecko’s wall-climbing robots use specially designed sensor payloads to detect otherwise invisible damage, allowing for precision repairs and predictive maintenance. Many companies and government agencies use Gecko’s software to extend the lifespan and efficiency of critical infrastructure, including power plants, oil refineries, manufacturing facilities, and other assets.
Read more here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/busine ... -the-uae/
Don't mourn, organize.

-Joe Hill
User avatar
raklian
Posts: 1746
Joined: Sun May 16, 2021 4:46 pm
Location: North Carolina

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by raklian »

To know is essentially the same as not knowing. The only thing that occurs is the rearrangement of atoms in your brain.
User avatar
caltrek
Posts: 6474
Joined: Mon May 17, 2021 1:17 pm

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by caltrek »

New Algorithms Help Four-legged Robots Run in the Wild
October 4, 2022

Introduction:
(EurekAlert) A team led by the University of California San Diego has developed a new system of algorithms that enables four-legged robots to walk and run on challenging terrain while avoiding both static and moving obstacles.

In tests, the system guided a robot to maneuver autonomously and swiftly across sandy surfaces, gravel, grass, and bumpy dirt hills covered with branches and fallen leaves without bumping into poles, trees, shrubs, boulders, benches or people. The robot also navigated a busy office space without bumping into boxes, desks or chairs.

The work brings researchers a step closer to building robots that can perform search and rescue missions or collect information in places that are too dangerous or difficult for humans.

The team will present its work at the 2022 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), which will take place from Oct. 23 to 27 in Kyoto, Japan.

The system provides a legged robot more versatility because of the way it combines the robot’s sense of sight with another sensing modality called proprioception, which involves the robot’s sense of movement, direction, speed, location and touch—in this case, the feel of the ground beneath its feet.
Read more here: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/966200
Don't mourn, organize.

-Joe Hill
weatheriscool
Posts: 12727
Joined: Sun May 16, 2021 6:16 pm

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by weatheriscool »

Dictador hires "world's first" AI robot CEO in a global company
Source: FoodBev Media, Ltd
Colombian premium rum brand, Dictador, has announced the hiring of the “first world-ever” artificial intelligence (AI) robot as a CEO of a global company.

The new CEO is a female robot called Mika with human-like attributes, incorporating AI. The brand says the move underlines its passion for new technology and offers “positive disruption” in the sector.

Mika is said to be more advanced than its sister prototype, Sophia, developed in 2015 by Hanson Robotics in Hong Kong. Mika will become a board member of Dictador and will be responsible for its Arthouse Spirits DAO project and communications.

President of Dictador Europe, Marek Szoldrowski, said: “Dictator’s board decision is revolutionary and bold at the same time. This first human-like robot, with AI, in a company structure, will change the world as we know it, forever.”
Read more: https://www.foodbev.com/news/dictador-h ... l-company/
User avatar
caltrek
Posts: 6474
Joined: Mon May 17, 2021 1:17 pm

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by caltrek »

Self-Teaching AI Uses Pathology Images to Find Similar Cases and Diagnose Rare Diseases
October 10, 2022

Introduction:
(EurekAlert) Rare diseases are often difficult to diagnose and predicting the best course of treatment can be challenging for clinicians. Investigators from the Mahmood Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have developed a deep learning algorithm that can teach itself to learn features which can then be used to find similar cases in large pathology image repositories. Known as SISH (Self-Supervised Image search for Histology), the new tool acts like a search engine for pathology images and has many potential applications, including identifying rare diseases and helping clinicians determine which patients are likely to respond to similar therapies. A paper introducing the self-teaching algorithm is published in Nature Biomedical Engineering: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-022-00929-8

“We show that our system can assist with the diagnosis of rare diseases and find cases with similar morphologic patterns without the need for manual annotations, and large datasets for supervised training,” said senior author Faisal Mahmood, PhD, in the Brigham’s Department of Pathology. “This system has the potential to improve pathology training, disease subtyping, tumor identification, and rare morphology identification.”

Modern electronic databases can store an immense amount of digital records and reference images, particularly in pathology through whole slide images (WSIs). However, the gigapixel size of each individual WSI and the ever-increasing number of images in large repositories, means that search and retrieval of WSIs can be slow and complicated. As a result, scalability remains a pertinent roadblock for efficient use.

To solve this issue, researchers at the Brigham developed SISH, which teaches itself to learn feature representations which can be used to find cases with analogous features in pathology at a constant speed regardless of the size of the database.

In their study, the researchers tested the speed and ability of SISH to retrieve interpretable disease subtype information for common and rare cancers.
Read more here: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/967241
Last edited by caltrek on Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:07 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Don't mourn, organize.

-Joe Hill
weatheriscool
Posts: 12727
Joined: Sun May 16, 2021 6:16 pm

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by weatheriscool »

AI predicts physics of future fault slip in laboratory earthquakes
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-ai-physic ... atory.html
by Los Alamos National Laboratory
An artificial intelligence approach borrowed from natural language processing—much like language translation and autofill for text on your smart phone—can predict future fault friction and the next failure time with high resolution in laboratory earthquakes. The technique, applying AI to the fault's acoustic signals, advances previous work and goes beyond by predicting aspects of the future state of the fault's physical system.

"Simply put, we predict future friction. That's never been done, and it provides a potential path to near-term forecasting of earthquake timing in Earth," said Chris Johnson, co-lead author of a paper on the findings in Geophysical Research Letters.

Paul Johnson, corresponding author of the paper, geophysicist and Laboratory fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, leads a team that has made steady advances in applying various machine learning techniques to the challenge of forecasting earthquakes in the laboratory and in the field.

"The acoustic signals emitted by the laboratory fault contain foreshadowing information about the future fundamental physics of the system through the entire earthquake cycle and beyond, as we now show," Paul Johnson said. "That's never been seen before."

In a novel approach, the Los Alamos team applied a deep-learning transformer model to acoustic emissions broadcast from the laboratory fault to predict the frictional state.

"The deep-learning transformer model we used is synonymous with a language translation model, such as Google Translate, using a codebook to translate a sentence to a different language," said Chris Johnson. "You can think about this as writing an email in English and having the AI translate the English to Japanese while also anticipating your words and autofilling the end of the sentence."
User avatar
Yuli Ban
Posts: 4631
Joined: Sun May 16, 2021 4:44 pm

Re: AI & Robotics News and Discussions

Post by Yuli Ban »


And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future
Post Reply