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Robots Need Your Brain Power To Get Smarter
RobotsFor.MeOne of RobotsFor.Me's user interfaces, which let you control the lab's robots (a PR2, in this case) through a browser.Sonia Chernova Sonia Chernova wants you to train her robot. Two years...
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What Might A Killerbot Arms Race Look Like?
When they appear on the horizon, the robots coming to kill you won't necessarily look like warplanes. That's limited, human-centric thinking, says Stuart Russell, a computer scientist at the University...
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Google's A.I. Is Training Itself to Count Calories In Food Photos
Activate calorie-vision.Bradley JWhether by accident or design, the details of Google's plans for artificial intelligence (AI) have been elusive. In some cases, there's no real mystery, just nothing...
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Twilight of the Bipeds: Could DARPA's Robot Competition Kill Off Its Humanoid...
Robot DownTeam HKU's Atlas was the first robot to fall at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals.Erik Sofge The second time the robot fell, it was perfect. The six-foot-tall, 400-pound humanoid machine...
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For Autonomous Robots, The School of Hard Knocks Is In Session
CMU's CHIMP robot takes a fall at the DRC Finals 2015Erik Sofge, Popular ScienceIt's impossible to watch the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals without getting frustrated. What the robots are...
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Meet Hydra, The Coolest Robot Not Competing In The DARPA Robotics Challenge
HydraErik SofgeThere's a tragedy taking place at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals. At a competition filled with stunning humanoid robots, one machine stands out. It's called Hydra. It's six...
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Robots Are Terrible At Driving Cars
RoboSimian at the DARPA Robotics Challenge FinalsErik SofgeFrom the very beginning of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals, it was obvious that driving was going to be a problem for the robot...
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Robots Walking, Robots Toppling, and other Photos from the DARPA Robotics...
When it came to pratfalls, the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) did not disappoint. The roughly three-year competition to build disaster-ready robots came to a head last weekend at the Fairplex in...
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The DARPA Robotics Challenge Was A Bust
Your Second Place WinnerMoments after finishing its prize-winning run at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, Team IHMC's Atlas humanoid stopped showboating, and took an unexpected spill.Erik SofgeIt's...
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A Ban on Autonomous Killer Robots Is Inevitable
In 2013, a company that makes smartphone screen protectors filmed a drone firing a handgun. Bad decisions involving armed robots are only going to get worse.Screengrab via YouTubeLast week, the Future...
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