General Artificial Intelligence, or AGI for short is the intelligence of a machine that could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can. Many scientists expect to reach it within few decades. Combined with progress in robotics, general artificial intelligence will be the first step to a new kind of machines. They will […]
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Robots Uprising: How to Survive Superintelligent Machines?
Technology and more specifically artificial beings (i.e. robots) have always made people imagine dystopian futures. The predicted outcome resembles the Terminator films or the Ex Machina movie, where machines become smarter than humans, and kill their creators in the pursue of world domination. However, these dark scenarios can also be depicted in funny way. Daniel […]
Atlas Humanoid is Ready to Run at the Next Olympics
After the incredible ninja moves and back flips, Atlas strikes once again. The Boston Dynamics humanoid is now capable of running. As opposed to fast walking, running means that at some point in time, bot feet are off the ground (see Video 1). To show how much this is amazing, compare to Video 2 where […]
Slaughterbots: Mini-Drones Might Turn into Killer Robots in the Future
The Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons group issued this fictional dramatic video. It shows what the current technology of mini-drones might turn into in a dystopian future.
Donate Some CPU Cycles to Help Scientists Solve the World’s Biggest Problems
What if you could help cure cancer while listening to music, watching a video, or checking your emails? What if you could accelerate research with no investment of time or money? It’s actually possible. Simply donate your device’s spare computing power to help scientists solve the world’s biggest problems in health and sustainability. How Distributed […]
Solar Roads: The Next Green Electricity Power Plants?
The production of enough solar electricity to cover all needs of our modern society, requires large areas of land that are not always available. One solution is to use houses top roofs and building facades. A more recent alternative is to use roads. This idea is backed by the observation that a given road section […]
Turning Footsteps Energy into Green Electricity
In his February 2016 TED talk, former US vice-president discusses the current state of global warming (see Video 1). During the latest decade, temperature climbed to values never reached before. Extreme violent events such as Hurricane Katrina became even more frequent. However, Al Gore is optimistic: the amount of green electricity produced by CO2 free […]
Warka Water: Collecting Water Out of Thin Air
According to the 2015 report of UNICEF, 663 million people around the globe struggle to find reliable sources of water to drink. Thousands of people including a huge percentage of children die from illnesses related to poor water quality. During the period 2000 to 2006, a total of 2163 water-related disasters were reported according to […]
Playmate Robot
Remember the cool robotic teddy bear from the AI movie, this is exactly the kind of robot that every child and so many grown ups would like to have. Many roboticists professional or hobbyists work to make this dream come true, and build a robotic playful friend. Here are some cool videos featuring robots and […]
Meet Elisa-3 the Magnetic Mini-Robot
One of the cutests robots showcased at Innorobo 2014 is Elisa-3 a two-wheeled mini-robot by GCtronic a spin-off of the Autonomous System Lab at the EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne). This little brother of the e-puck robot also targets the education and research community. The cylindrical small case (5 cm of diameter and […]