Robotics and AI
18 Oct 2019
Frontiers partners with machine learning challenge platform AIcrowd
Partnership with AIcrowd will transform crowdsourced solutions to machine learning challenges into peer-reviewed, open-access articles.
58 news posts in Robotics and AI
Robotics and AI
16 Oct 2019
Crop-boosting AI can benefit many fields
Machine learning algorithms developed to select high-yield food crops could be applied to ‘hyperspectral analysis’ in other disciplines, from astronomy to espionage; Frontiers in Plant Science
Robotics and AI
31 May 2019
Magnets can help AI get closer to the efficiency of the human brain
New brain-like networks could help robots approach human-like efficiency at object recognition tasks; Frontiers in Neuroscience
Robotics and AI
26 Mar 2019
Will cyborg circuits be made from melanin?
Scientists have achieved a billion-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of melanin, that could unleash its potential in safe, sustainable bioelectronics; Frontiers in Chemistry
Robotics and AI
07 Jan 2019
Artificial intelligence can predict your personality — simply by tracking your eyes
A study has shown for the first time that computers can predict individuals’ personality traits from their eye movements while engaged in everyday tasks; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Robotics and AI
27 Dec 2018
Researchers in Japan make android child’s face strikingly more expressive
Researchers at Osaka University have made their robot child face more expressive, by measuring and calibrating 3D movement at over 100 facial areas; Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Robotics and AI
12 Nov 2018
Good news for immersive journalism: look at your audience
A new study in collaboration with the BBC finds that users feel more engaged in a virtual reality news experience when virtual characters acknowledge them – even by simple gaze; Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Robotics and AI
21 Aug 2018
Virtual reality could help doctors spot child abuse
The VR environment allowed doctors to interact with virtual, avatar patients in the same way as they would in a ‘real’ consultation: Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Robotics and AI
18 Jul 2018
On the road to Damascus – Frontiers in Robotics and AI addresses the ‘uncanny valley’ of human-robot interaction
Robots have been a part of our culture for centuries, but it is only in the last decade or two that robotic technology has really become integrated into daily life.
Robotics and AI
26 Apr 2018
Artificial intelligence tricked by optical illusion, just like humans
A study using deep neural networks suggests that predictive coding theory is the basis of illusory motion: Frontiers in Psychology
Robotics and AI
12 Oct 2017
Virtual humans can identify post-traumatic stress in soldiers
Soldiers are more likely to open up to a computer-generated virtual interviewer than by taking a survey, say researchers in Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Robotics and AI
22 Sep 2017
Google Glass app helps autistic children with social interactions
Wearable technology described in Frontiers in Robotics and AI can recognize conversational prompts and provide the user with suitable responses.
Robotics and AI
29 Aug 2017
Why humans find faulty robots more likeable
New study, published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, finds that humans prefer interacting with faulty robots more than with flawless robots.
Robotics and AI
27 Jul 2017
Empowering robots for ethical behavior
Researchers have developed a concept called Empowerment to help robots and humans to work and live side-by-side safely and effectively.
Robotics and AI
04 Apr 2017
Robot epigenetics: adding complexity to embodied robot evolution
For the first time, researchers in the field of evolutionary robotics have used physically embodied robots to study epigenetic effects on robot evolution.