Could we forgive a machine? Study explores forgiveness in the context of robotics and AI

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As more robots make their way into society, it is important to consider the ethical and moral implications of having them complete tasks that can have a significant impact on people’s lives. If robots and machines are to become widely used in situations where they could seriously affect human lives, for instance by driving cars […]

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A robotic planner that responds to natural language commands

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In years to come, robots could assist human users in a variety of ways, both when they are inside their homes and in other settings. To be more intuitive, robots should be able to follow natural language commands and instructions, as this allows users to communicate with them just as they would with other humans.

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Women’s health and rights: 25 years of progress?

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The 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remains the world’s most progressive blueprint for advancing gender equality worldwide. Twenty-five years after it was affirmed by 189 countries, what progress has been made in raising this blueprint off the page? On International Women’s Day the World Health Organization, United Nations University – International Institute for

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Improving the vision of self-driving vehicles

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There may be a better way for autonomous vehicles to learn how to drive themselves: by watching humans. With the help of an improved sight-correcting system, self-driving cars could learn just by observing human operators complete the same task. Read More Views: 0

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Autonomous vehicles can be fooled to ‘see’ nonexistent obstacles

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Nothing is more important to an autonomous vehicle than sensing what’s happening around it. Like human drivers, autonomous vehicles need the ability to make instantaneous decisions. Read More Views: 0

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Drones can now scan terrain and excavations without human intervention

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Drone pilots may become superfluous in the future. New research from Aarhus University has allowed artificial intelligence to take over control of drones scanning and measuring terrain. Read More Views: 0

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Discovery of accurate and far more efficient algorithm for point set registration problems

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A point set registration problem is a task using two shapes, each consisting of a set of points, to estimate the relationship of individual points between the two shapes. Here, a “shape” is like a human body or face, which is similar to another body or face but exhibits morphological diversity. Taking the face as

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Self-driving car trajectory tracking gets closer to human-driver ideal

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Have you taken an Uber ride and disagreed with the “fastest” route that the GPS app suggested because you—or the driver—know a “better” way? Read More Views: 0

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Global gathering of ministers determines road safety agenda to 2030

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The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety convened 1700 delegates from around 140 countries, including more than 70 ministers and vice-ministers and heads of international agencies, civil society organizations, foundations and private companies. Hosted at the request of the UN General Assembly by the Government of Sweden in collaboration with WHO, the theme was

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A simulation framework for recreating bat behavior in quad-rotor UAVs

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In recent years, researchers worldwide have been trying to develop computational techniques that reproduce behaviors of humans or animals in robots and machines. This includes, for instance, the structure and functioning of the human brain, the swarm communication ability of bees, the locomotion styles of specific species of fishes or amphibians, and much more. Read

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