Ai and Robotics
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Cassini–Huygens was a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1997, built to explore Saturn and its moons. After traveling millions of miles, Cassini finally reached the Saturn system in 2004. There, it orbited the planet for 13 years, a journey that included visits to Venus and Saturn’s moons Enceladus...
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Cambridge eggheads discover new drug that could stop gout
College dons and masters can finally wash down their swan and beef dinners with copious amounts of port without fear of gout as scientists discover new drug.
Boffins based at Cambridge’s Heart and Lung Research...
Air India Is The World’s First Airline Where A Robot Will Answer Your Questions
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Air India has introduced Maharaja, the world's first generative AI virtual agent, which answers over 6,000 questions daily across four languages. Maharaja helps with simple queries like flight status and baggage entitlements and answers most questions within 80 seconds. The AI...
Somnox 2 AI sleep robot delivers immersive breathing exercises to relax your mind and body
Relax before bed with the Somnox 2. This snuggly AI sleep robot helps you get more restful sleep. Just follow its immersive breathing exercises. – Drift peacefully to sleep: The immersive breathing exercises help you drift off in tranquility. They are...
Aigen Raises $12M to Scale AI-Powered Solar Robot Fleet for Sustainable Farming – Causeartist
Agtech startup Aigen recently closed a $12 million Series A funding round to expand its fleet of solar-powered agricultural robots. The round was led by ReGen Ventures with participation from NEA, Cleveland Avenue, Incite and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments.Funding to Scale Manufacturing and CapacityThe new capital will allow...
University of Manchester to lead Sellafield’s new Centre of Expertise in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Melissa Willis, Robotics and Manufacturing Research Lead at Sellafield Ltd, added: “We...
Investing In Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Can Be Risky, But Here’s a Fantastic Way to Do It | The Motley Fool
Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the stock market by storm this year, and the largest companies in the space are doing incredibly well. Shares of Nvidia and Microsoft, for example, are trading near their best-ever levels. But while many smaller AI stocks have also experienced strong gains in...
Duke University Researchers Propose Policy Stitching: A Novel AI Framework that Facilitates Robot Transfer Learning for Novel Combinations of Robots and Tasks
In robotics, researchers face challenges in using reinforcement learning (RL) to teach robots new skills, as these skills can be sensitive to changes in the environment and robot structure. Current methods need help generalizing to new...
2024 Rhodes Scholar Nile Anderson wants to build robotics, AI skills | Loop Jamaica
Jamaica’s Rhodes Scholar for 2024, Nile Anderson, says his dream is to contribute to the building of local skills in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI).The self-styled “dreamgineer” will be heading to Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue a master’s degree in engineering science, which will...
Powered by A.I., new system makes human-to-robot communication more seamless
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The black and yellow robot, meant to resemble a large dog, stood waiting for directions. When they came, the instructions weren’t in code but instead in plain English: “Visit the wooden desk exactly two times; in addition, don’t...