torsdag 5 mars 2009

Teaching Children About Artificial Intelligence Through New Computer Game


Scientists have developed a computer game called “Gorge” – developed to help children understand artificial intelligence through play, and even to change it. It can also enhance the children’s social interaction skills.... [read the full article]


Robot Mine Sweeper Gets Help From Clue Game Strategies


A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives. At the simplest level, both activities are governed by the same principles. A player, or robot, must move through an unknown space searching for clues.... [read the full article]


Robots To Clean Your Kitchen And Play A Game Of Hockey?


Scientists are working on software that will enable robots to learn. It won't be long, they say, before personal robots are part of our lives.... [read the full article]


New Insight Into How Bees See Could Improve Artificial Intelligence Systems


New research on bees could lead to enhanced artificial intelligence systems and computer programs for facial recognition.... [read the full article]


Can Networked Human Computation Solve Computer Language Comprehension?


Researchers hope to answer this question by getting more volunteers to take part in their online game, Phrase Detectives.... [read the full article]


Image Recognition Software Breakthrough


Image recognition is a long-standing challenge in science. But researchers have achieved a breakthrough by developing a powerful image-recognition application with mass-market appeal. There is a bright future for the technology.... [read the full article]


Speech Recognition: It’s Like Software Understands, Um, Language


Researchers have taken speech recognition to a whole new level by creating software that can understand spontaneous language. It will, like, make human-machine interaction, um, work a lot more, er, smoothly.... [read the full article]


onsdag 4 mars 2009

Effects Of Brain Exercise Depend On Opponent


Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. New research has shown that the belief that one is playing against a virtual opponent has important effects on activation patterns in the brain.... [read the full article]


Data Mining Promises To Dig Up New Drugs


A robot scientist that can make informed guesses about how effective different chemical compounds will be at fighting different diseases could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry by developing more effective treatments more cheaply and quickly than incumbent methods.... [read the full article]


måndag 2 mars 2009

Why Robots Get Stuck In The Sand -- And How To Keep Them Going


Today's advanced mobile robots explore complex terrains across the globe and even on Mars, but have difficulty traversing sand. A new study takes what may be the first detailed look at the problem of robot locomotion on granular surfaces. Among the study's recommendations: robots attempting to move across sandy terrain should move their legs more slowly, especially if the sand is loosely packed.... [read the full article]