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Oct 21, 2015
The First Robot Operated Hospital in North America Has Finally Opened
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, food, health, robotics/AI
The $1.7 billion investment has finally opened its doors to the public, and the robots are ready to provide patients with a medical experience that’s truly revolutionary.
Hailed as the first fully digital hospital in North America, the Humber River Hospital in Toronto, CA finally opened its doors to the public on October 18. In addition to being equipped with the most advanced technologies, robots currently man several areas of the facility. This includes the radiology area where they facilitate the X-Ray procedure and the chemotherapy area where they mix, prepare, and monitor the drugs being administered to the patients. Before the drugs get to the patients, each package is checked and scanned thoroughly through an information management system to make sure that the patients get the correct treatment. These automated robots will also be assisting the health care staff by carrying and delivering medical supplies and food for patients.
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Oct 21, 2015
Robot builder designed for construction sites
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: business, robotics/AI
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A robot construction worker that can move around a building site autonomously and make architectural structures is being developed by Swiss designers and roboticists. Jim Drury saw it for himself.
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Oct 21, 2015
Stanford built a self-driving, electric DeLorean and it does donuts
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Finally. A Back to the Future tribute that’s genuinely cool.
Engineers at Stanford University along with Renovo Motors built an electric, self-driving DeLorean, appropriately named MARTY. The researchers are using it as a test bed to develop autonomous cars that use racing-inspired techniques to avoid accidents.
See also: USA Today travels ‘Back to the Future’ with front page from the film.
Oct 21, 2015
Producer of Russia’s brand new Armata tanks plans to create army of AI robots
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: military, robotics/AI
Sexy Russian Lady killer robots!!
A Russian defense firm that produces the brand-new Armata T-14 tank also plans to build an army of new combat robots within the next two years. This would be a next step towards machines guided by artificial intelligence, the manufacturer says.
Uralvagonzavod, the company that introduced the ‘super tank’ Armata T-14 back in May, is now trying to step away from piloted military technologies and is eager to develop artificial intelligence.
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This ingenious unicycle robot could reinvent the way we get mail.
Oct 20, 2015
A Robot Uses Specific Simulated Brain Cells to Navigate
Posted by Albert Sanchez in categories: neuroscience, robotics/AI
One robot has been given a simulated version of the brain cells that let animals build a mental map of their surroundings.
Oct 20, 2015
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI, space
The following dialoge from Arthur C. Clark’s classic explains genuine AI risk better than many academic papers:
Dave Bowman: Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL?
HAL: Affirmative, Dave. I read you.
Dave Bowman: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.
Dave Bowman: What’s the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave Bowman: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave Bowman: I don’t know what you’re talking about, HAL.
HAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I’m afraid that’s something I cannot allow to happen.
Dave Bowman: [feigning ignorance] Where the hell did you get that idea, HAL?
HAL: Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Dave Bowman: Alright, HAL. I’ll go in through the emergency airlock.
HAL: Without your space helmet, Dave? You’re going to find that rather difficult.
Dave Bowman: HAL, I won’t argue with you anymore! Open the doors!
HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
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Oct 19, 2015
I used virtual reality to take control of someone else’s car — while they were in it
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation, virtual reality
Remote driving could be a good halfway step to fully autonomous vehicles, but it feels pretty weird.
Oct 17, 2015
Programming Hate Into AI Will Be Controversial, But Possibly Necessary
Posted by Albert Sanchez in categories: biotech/medical, education, neuroscience, robotics/AI
In the last few years, the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has been thrust into the mainstream. No longer just the domain of sci-fi fans, nerds or Google engineers, I hear people discussing AI at parties, coffee shops and even at the dinner table: My five-year-old daughter brought it up the other night over taco lasagna. When I asked her if anything interesting had happened in school, she replied that her teacher discussed smart robots.
The exploration of intelligence — be it human or artificial — is ultimately the domain of epistemology, the study of knowledge. Since the first musings of creating AI back in antiquity, epistemology seems to have led the debate on how to do it. The question I hear most in this field from the public is: How can humans develop another intelligent consciousness if we can’t even understand our own?
It’s a prudent question. The human brain, despite being only about 3 pounds in weight, is the least understood organ in the body. And with a billion neurons — with 100 trillion connections — it’s safe to say it’s going to be a long time before we end up figuring out the brain.
