The push for renewable energy has brought offshore wind power to the forefront of many an energy company’s agenda, and that means taking a very close look at the ocean floor where the installations are to …
Bedrock modernizes seafloor mapping with autonomous sub and cloud-based data Continue »
To train a robot to navigate a house, you either need to give it a lot of real time in a lot of real houses, or a lot of virtual time in a lot of virtual …
Facebook and Matterport collaborate on realistic virtual training environments for AI Continue »
Research papers come out far too frequently for anyone to read them all. That’s especially true in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and produces papers in) practically every industry and company. This column …
Research papers come out far too frequently for anyone to read them all. That’s especially true in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and produces papers in) practically every industry and company. This column …
Deep Science: Introspective, detail-oriented and disaster-chasing AIs Continue »
Canon is embracing the AI-infused future with a strange new robotic camera called the PowerShot PICK. This little device swivels and keeps its subjects in view, taking commands or snapping shots on its own. It’s a …
Canon takes tentative step towards eliminating photographers with robotic PICK camera Continue »
Parents with kids stuck learning at home during the pandemic have had to look for alternative activities to promote the hands-on learning experiences kids are missing out on due to attending class virtually. The New York-based …
Thimble teaches kids STEM skills with robotics kits combined with live Zoom classes Continue »
Sometimes it’s just not worth it to try to top Mother Nature. Such seems to have been the judgment by engineers at the University of Washington, who, deploring the absence of chemical sensors as fine as …
This tiny drone uses an actual moth antenna to sniff out target chemicals Continue »
ANYbotics, the creators of ANYmal, a four-legged autonomous robot platform intended for a variety of industrial uses, has raised a $20 million Swiss Franc (~$22.3 million) round A to continue developing and scaling the business. With …
ANYbotics, Swiss company behind quadrupedal ANYmal robot, announces $22M A round Continue »
Boston Dynamics is just months away from announcing their approach to logistics, the first real vertical it aims to enter, after proving their ability to build robots at scale with the quadrupedal Spot. The company’s new …
Boston Dynamics delivers plan for logistics robots as early as next year Continue »
Research papers come out at far too rapid a rate for anyone to read them all, especially in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and produces papers in) practically every industry and company. This …
Deep Science: Dog detectors, Mars mappers and AI-scrambling sweaters Continue »
