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Smart Science Project Recommendations

October 4, 2019October 1, 2019 Science Connectedartificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, citizen science, science projects

By Caroline Nickerson (@CHNickerson) Portions of this post are excerpted from the accompanying podcast episode and from notes shared between the SciStarter team and Kobi Gal’s research team. Smart project recommendations on SciStarter With thousands of citizen science projects listed on SciStarter, a main challenge can be finding the right project for you, one that really suits your needs and your interests. After meeting at a workshop on the Open Science of Learning hosting by CRI, Kobi Gal, a leading expert in human-centered artificial intelligence, and Darlene Cavalier, the founder…

New Technologies

Artificial Intelligence System Wins at Poker

March 20, 2017April 3, 2021 Science Connectedartificial intelligence, artificial intelligence

By Katherine Lindemann Poker isn’t like other games artificial intelligence has mastered, such as chess and go. In poker, each player has different information from the others and, thus, a different perspective on the game. This means poker more closely mirrors the kinds of decisions we make in real life but also presents a huge challenge for AI. Now, an AI system called DeepStack has succeeded in untangling this imperfect information, refining its own strategy to win against professional players at a rate nearly 10 times that of a human…

Brain-like computer: Artwork courtesy of CoolDesign via freedigitalphotos.net

Engineering New Technologies Physics

Brain-like Computers from Optical Fibers

March 10, 2015March 10, 2021 Science Connectedartificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, computer science, materials science, new tech, optics, physics

Researchers say to get ready for brain-like computers that can learn and adapt. Computers that function like a human brain could be reality.

With elastic joints and six legs that function like those of a stick insect, Hector is the only walking robot of its kind. (Bielefeld University)

Engineering New Technologies

World’s First Walking Robot Stick Insect

December 17, 2014September 4, 2015 Science Connectedartificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, robotics

By Kate Stone A research team at Bielefeld University in Germany has taught the only robot of its kind in the world how to walk. Designed to be stick insect-like, the walking robot is called Hector has elastic joints and an ultralight exoskeleton. Hector is the result of an interdisciplinary project at the Center of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) involving researchers from the fields of computer science, biology, physics, and engineering. The walking robot is equipped with plenty of sensors, enabling it to learn to walk much like a…