Abstract: Existing approaches often operate poorly in noisy or occluded conditions, rely on cloud-based inference subject to latency and privacy issues, and do not take emotional context into ...
A $40,000 humanoid robot named Pepper is now busy working at the Aina Haina Public Library. Pepper greets visitors, answers basic questions, promotes library programs, provides simple tutorials, ...
Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. Many leaders of those ...
Abstract: Learning from demonstration (LfD) can be used to increase the behavioural repertoire of a robot, but most demonstration-based learning techniques do not enable a robot to acquire knowledge ...
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The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...
The robot mimics the flexible “hammock-like” shoulder structure to investigate the biomechanical functions of dog musculoskeletal systems.Suzumori Endo Robotics Laboratory/YouTube Engineers in Japan ...
Aina Haina Public Library has added Pepper, a $40,000 humanoid robot, to its staff. Pepper greets patrons, guides them through the library, and teaches coding one or two days a week. State Librarian ...