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Chatbot: A New Robotics Podcast from IEEE Spectrum

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Spotify ↗ • Apple Podcasts ↗ • Google Podcasts ↗ • Amazon Music ↗ • Pocket Casts ↗ • Podcast Addict ↗ • Deezer ↗ • Player FM ↗ • Podchaser ↗ • Listen Notes ↗ • YouTube ↗ • RSS Feed ↗ The way the Chatbot podcast works is that we invite a couple of robotics experts to talk with each other about a topic that they have in common. .

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. Novel chemical looping process for conversion of natural gas to pure hydrogen, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc., New York, N.Y.

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U-Mich Mobility Transformation Center targeting full autonomous vehicle deployment in Ann Arbor by 2021

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That’s the goal of the Mobility Transformation Center, a cross-campus University of Michigan initiative that also involves government and industry representatives. In October, U-M regents approved plans for a one-of-a-kind driverless car test environment near North Campus. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Video Friday: Robot Soccer Finals

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In association with universities, institutes and development companies, we are developing research platforms whose basic technical principles are based on nature. To begin with, we have updated Misty's conversational skills, focusing on both improved NLU capabilities and added more languages. So what is new, we hear you ask?

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Andrew Ng: Unbiggen AI

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He pioneered the use of graphics processing units (GPUs) to train deep learning models in the late 2000s with his students at Stanford University , cofounded Google Brain in 2011, and then served for three years as chief scientist for Baidu , where he helped build the Chinese tech giant’s AI group.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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The heads of OpenAI and Google have both openly discussed the need for regulations. We need to make sure that we have a diverse set of people at the table to be able to ensure that when these models are put out there, there’s a degree of transparency that we can help review and be part of that conversation. Wald: Yeah.

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Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance

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Amy LaViers is the director of the Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab , or RAD lab, which she founded in 2015 as a professor in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Amy, do you want to just start this conversation with Monica? Ackerman: It definitely answers the question. LaViers: Sure.

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