How to Learn Faster? Multi-Task and Meta-Learning to the Rescue
(T) One of the key goals of many data scientist teams is to develop models faster for new use cases and new applications. To that end, “transfer learning” which aims […]
How Reinforcement Learning Enables a new Generation of Robots
(T) I had the pleasure to listen to several great talks about reinforcement learning from Professor Pieter Abbeel from UC Berkeley at the ODSC West Conference last Fall. I am […]
Meeting Pepper – the Emotional Robot – at b8ta in Palo Alto
(T) I just received an e-mail that the b8ta store at 516 Bryant Street in Palo Alto will have for one week Pepper – the emotional robot from Aldebaran in […]
The Darpa Robotics Challenge for Semi-Autonomous Ground Robots To Help During a Disaster
(T) Darpa had its Robotics Challenge over this weekend in Pomona in Southern California. “Launched in response to a humanitarian need that became glaringly clear during the nuclear disaster at […]
Using Robots to Help Medical Staffs Against Ebola
(E) The White House is now considering robots for winning the fight against the Ebola virus: Intouch health’s remote presence robot, Xenex’s germ-zapping robot, and humanoid robots. A series of brainstorming meetings […]
Nao is Driving its Own Car
(T) RobotsLAB, an education company that provides STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) curriculum featuring robots, has developed a fun application with Nao, the famous humanoid robot: Nao is now driving its own car! […]
The Rise of Social Robots – Meet Pepper the Emotional Robot
(E) Charismatic Aldebaran’s CEO Bruno Maisonniers recently launched his latest humanoid robot: Pepper. Pepper was designed for the Japanese market, and for Aldebaran’s owner Softbank. Pepper wants to be first and foremost […]
The Rise of Social Robots – Meet Jibo the Family Robot
(E) Famous M.I.T. Professor Cynthia Breazeal, took a leave of absence from the Media Lab to work and launch her company and first commercial robot Jibo. She also announced a crowdfunding campaign […]
Would you Want an Emotional Relationship with a Digital Mind?
(T) By 2029, you might be able to have an emotional relationship with a “Digital Friend” on the Internet, on your desktop, or who knows with your wearable as did […]
Dancing with the Stars
(T) At the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris last year, Spanish Choregrapher Blanca Li explored with poetry the relationships between humans and robots. In her show Robots!, the robot character is played by Nao, the […]
From SDK to RDK or from Software Development to Robot Development
(T) Imagine that you can buy a Robot for $249 and that you can program it to help you with your Vietnamese or French cuisine or packing your suitcase the […]
The Forefront of Robotics
(T) Bloomberg TV has a great new documentary about three robotic companies in Boston, the epicenter of the robotics industry in the US. The documentary “starts at iRobot, the pioneering company […]
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