ANA Avatar XPrize Winner NimbRo Best Course Run IEEE Spectrum 2022-11-10 | ANA Avatar XPrize Finals - NimbRo - Course Run 2NimbRo of Bonn, Germany, was announced as the $5M grand-prize-winning team in the four-year global ANA Avatar XPrize at the conclusion of a public testing event at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in California on November 5, 2022. Pollen Robotics of Bordeaux, France and Team Northeastern of Boston, Mass., were announced as the second and third-prize winners, claiming $2M and $1M, respectively.Top 3 Teams Best Course Run:🥇 Winner: NimbRo: youtube.com/watch?v=OD2UbZNw9sQ🥈 2nd Place: Pollen Robotics: youtube.com/watch?v=O5KmG8ZbGMc🥉 3rd Place: Team Northeastern: youtube.com/watch?v=pODZZr5-cG8Video courtesy: XPrize#xprize #robotics #engineering
Opener’s BlackFly eVTOL Flight IEEE Spectrum 2023-01-23 | Software engineer Bodhi Connolly took a BlackFly eVTOL aircraft for a twilight spin on 29 July 2022, at the EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wis.Read more: spectrum.ieee.org/opener-blackfly-evtol#evtol #aircraft
Xiaomi CyberOne Drumming IEEE Spectrum 2022-12-08 | Xiaomi roboticists have taught their humanoid robot to play the drums.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/xiaomi-robot-drummer"Xiaomi CyberOne Drumming: Long Sequences of Precise Coordinated Whole-body Control," by Liqun Huang, Guokang Sun, Yinghao Gao, Chenguang Sun, Jiajun Zhang, Sheng Cao, Quanbin Xin, Zebang Zhang, Zeyu Ren from Xiaomi Robotics Lab.#robotics #humanoidrobots #xiaomi
Contactless Electrocardiogram Monitoring with Millimeter Radar IEEE Spectrum 2022-11-29 | Jinbo Chen et al. provide a demo of their novel approach for a contactless electrocardiogram (ECG), which does not require the electrodes used in traditional ECGs.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/contactless-ecg
InnerEye Security Screening Demo IEEE Spectrum 2022-11-29 | Wearing an EEG headset, an expert is able to accurately identify weapons while viewing three x-ray images per second.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/neurotech-workplace-innereye-emotiv
Golf Robot Learns to Putt Like a Pro IEEE Spectrum 2022-11-29 | Golfi, developed at Paderborn University in Germany, uses a 3D camera to take a snapshot of the green, which it then feeds into a physics-based model to simulate thousands of random shots from different positions. These are used to train a neural network that can then predict exactly how hard and in what direction to hit a ball to get it in the hole, from anywhere on the green.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/golf-robot-putts-like-pro
ANA Avatar XPrize 2nd Place Pollen Robotics Best Course Run IEEE Spectrum 2022-11-10 | ANA Avatar XPrize Finals - Pollen Robotics - Course Run 2NimbRo of Bonn, Germany, was announced as the $5M grand-prize-winning team in the four-year global ANA Avatar XPrize at the conclusion of a public testing event at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in California on November 5, 2022. Pollen Robotics of Bordeaux, France and Team Northeastern of Boston, Mass., were announced as the second and third-prize winners, claiming $2M and $1M, respectively.Top 3 Teams Best Course Run:🥇 Winner: NimbRo: youtube.com/watch?v=OD2UbZNw9sQ🥈 2nd Place: Pollen Robotics: youtube.com/watch?v=O5KmG8ZbGMc🥉 3rd Place: Team Northeastern: youtube.com/watch?v=pODZZr5-cG8Video courtesy: XPrize#xprize #robotics #engineering
ANA Avatar XPrize 3rd Place Northeastern Best Course Run IEEE Spectrum 2022-11-10 | ANA Avatar XPrize Finals - Northeastern - Course Run 2NimbRo of Bonn, Germany, was announced as the $5M grand-prize-winning team in the four-year global ANA Avatar XPrize at the conclusion of a public testing event at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in California on November 5, 2022. Pollen Robotics of Bordeaux, France and Team Northeastern of Boston, Mass., were announced as the second and third-prize winners, claiming $2M and $1M, respectively.Top 3 Teams Best Course Run:🥇 Winner: NimbRo: youtube.com/watch?v=OD2UbZNw9sQ🥈 2nd Place: Pollen Robotics: youtube.com/watch?v=O5KmG8ZbGMc🥉 3rd Place: Team Northeastern: youtube.com/watch?v=pODZZr5-cG8Video courtesy: XPrize#xprize #robotics #engineering
Robotic Falcon Keeps Birds Away From Airports IEEE Spectrum 2022-11-08 | This video footage shows a prototype falcon drone shooing away bird flocks in dangerous proximity to airports.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/bird-drone-falcon-airport-safety#robotics #drones
Flexi-Disk Found Inside Magazine Has Speech Digitization Samples From 1973 IEEE Spectrum 2022-11-08 | An almost 50-year-old flexi-disk bound into the pages of IEEE Spectrum preserves voices from the dawn of digital speech compression.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/history-of-digital-speech#audio #engineering #ieee
Brain-to-Text Experiment at Edward Chang’s Lab at UCSF IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | A paralyzed man who has been unable to speak for 15 years uses a brain-computer interface that records his brain signals and decodes his intended words, one word at a time.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/brain-computer-interface-speech#engineering #neuroscience #brain
Soft Tissue Characterisation Using a Novel Robotic Medical Percussion Device with Acoustic Analysis IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS Best Application Paper Award — Sponsored by ICROS“Soft Tissue Characterisation Using a Novel Robotic Medical Percussion Device with Acoustic Analysis and Neural Network,” by Pilar Zhang Qiu, Yongxuan Tan, Oliver Thompson, Bennet Cobley, and Thrishantha Nanayakkara from Imperial College London.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=86287More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics0:00 Introduction0:16 Introduction2:15 Device Development3:37 Experiments3:49 03 Experiment 1: Anomaly Detection5:40 03 Experiment 2: Tissue Characterization8:31 Limitations & Opportunities
Absolute Position Detection in 7-Phase Sensorless Electric Stepper Motor IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS 2022 Best Paper Award for Industrial Robotics Research for Applications – Sponsored by Mujin Inc.“Absolute Position Detection in 7-Phase Sensorless Electric Stepper Motor,” by Vincent Groenhuis, Gijs Rolff, Koen Bosman, Leon Abelmann, and Stefano Stramigioli from University of Twente, IMS BV, and Eye-on-Air.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=85705More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics
Robot Learning of Mobile Manipulation with Reachability Behavior Priors IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS 2022 Best Paper Award on Mobile Manipulation – Sponsored by OMRON Sinic X Corp.“Robot Learning of Mobile Manipulation with Reachability Behavior Priors,” by Snehal Jauhri, Jan Peters, and Georgia Chalvatzaki from TU Darmstadt.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=86827More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics
Explicitly Incorporating Spatial Information to Recurrent Networks for Agriculture IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS 2022 Best Paper Award on Agri-Robotics – Sponsored by YANMAR“Explicitly Incorporating Spatial Information to Recurrent Networks for Agriculture,” by Claus Smitt, Michael Allan Halstead, Alireza Ahmadi, and Christopher Steven McCool from University of Bonn.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=86839More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics
Power-Based Safety Layer for Aerial Vehicles in Physical Interaction Using Lyapunov Exponents IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS 2022 Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics in memory of Motohiro Kisoi – Sponsored by IRS“Power-Based Safety Layer for Aerial Vehicles in Physical Interaction Using Lyapunov Exponents,” by Eugenio Cuniato, Nicholas Lawrance, Marco Tognon, and Roland Siegwart from ETH Zurich and CSIRO.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=86266More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics
Robot Learning to Paint from Demonstrations IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS 2022 Best Entertainment and Amusement Paper Award – Sponsored by JTCF“Robot Learning to Paint From Demonstrations,” by Younghyo Park, Seunghun Jeon, and Taeyoon Lee from Seoul National University, KAIST, and Naver Labs.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=85681More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics
Aerial Grasping and the Velocity Sufficiency Region IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS 2022 Best Paper Award on Robot Mechanisms and Design – Sponsored by ROBOTIS“Aerial Grasping and the Velocity Sufficiency Region,” by Tony G. Chen, Kenneth Hoffmann, JunEn Low, Keiko Nagami, David Lentink, and Mark Cutkosky from Stanford University and University of Groningen.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=85675More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics
FAR Planner: Fast, Attemptable Route Planner Using Dynamic Visibility Update IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS 2022 Best Student Paper Award – Sponsored by ABB“FAR Planner: Fast, Attemptable Route Planner Using Dynamic Visibility Update,” by Fan Yang, Chao Cao, Hongbiao Zhu, Jean Oh, and Ji Zhang from Carnegie Mellon University and Harbin Institute of Technology.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=84511More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics
SpeedFolding: Learning Efficient Bimanual Folding of Garments IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-31 | IROS 2022 Best Paper Award“SpeedFolding: Learning Efficient Bimanual Folding of Garment,” by Yahav Avigal, Lars Berscheid, Tamim Asfour, Torsten Kroeger, and Ken Goldberg from UC Berkeley and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.Read more: events.infovaya.com/presentation?id=84508More robot videos from IROS: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-videos-iros-award-winners#ieee #engineering #robotics
Neurons in a Dish Learn to Play Pong IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-25 | A mass of brain cells act as a computer that mimics a human being playing the classic computer game Pong. The neurons, some taken from mouse embryos, others grown from human precursor cells, spread out into a one-layer, 800,000-cell mesh called a biological neural network, which lives in a giant petri dish called the DishBrain. There it interfaces with arrays of electrodes that form an interface to silicon hardware. Software mounted on that hardware provides stimulation and feedback, and the minibrain learns how to control a paddle on a simulated ping-pong table. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/pong-in-a-dishVideo courtesy: Brett Kagan/Cortical Labs#neuroscience #neuralnetwork #videogames
GhostRider Self-Driving Motorbike Test IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-03 | Blue Team, led by Anthony Levandowski, tests the GhostRider self-driving motorbike in preparation for the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/ghostrider-the-self-driving-motorbike-that-launched-anthony-levandowskiFirst Published: 27 Feb 2018#robots #ai #darpa #engineering
Artificial Sound Effects With Deep Learning IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-03 | Researchers have created an automated program that analyzes the movement in video frames and creates its own artificial sound effects to match the scene. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/new-ai-dupes-humans-into-believing-synthesized-sound-effects-are-realVideos courtesy: Sanchita Ghose and John J. Prevost - "AutoFoley: Artificial Synthesis of Synchronized Sound Tracks for Silent Videos with Deep Learning"#ai #deeplearning #engineering
Tapping the Computing Power of the Unconscious Brain IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-03 | Neuroscientist Paul Sajda uses the human vision system for computerized image sorting. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/tapping-the-computing-power-of-the-unconscious-brainFirst Published: 14 August 2008
Teaching Machines to Watch Blade Runner IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-03 | Computational neuroscientist Christof Koch discusses consciousness in humans and machines. See Koch's articles in IEEE Spectrum: spectrum.ieee.org/can-machines-be-consciousspectrum.ieee.org/can-we-quantify-machine-consciousnessspectrum.ieee.org/do-you-need-a-quantum-computer-to-achieve-machine-consciousnessSee IEEE Spectrum's Singularity special report: spectrum.ieee.org/special-reports/singularityFirst Published: June 2008
Magnetic Field Record Set With a Bang: 1200 Tesla IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Japanese researchers generated a super-strong magnetic field of 1200 T—a world record for indoor fields and about 400 times as strong as a typical medical MRI. The experiment could help reveal new physics of nanoscale materials. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/magnetic-field-record-set-with-a-bang-1200-teslaFirst Published: 25 Sep 2018#science #engineering #worldrecord
Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms on Smartphone IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | MIT researchers have developed a new way to produce holograms nearly instantly—a deep-learning based method so efficient, it can generate holograms on a laptop in a blink of an eye.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/realtime-hologram#ai #mit #hologram
Haptics-Assisted Exploration of Space IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | A blindfolded participant explores a 2D room using Hap2U haptic technology, then successfully navigates the room in person. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/neuroscientists-unveil-tech-for-the-vision-impaired-bionic-eyes-textured-tablets-and-moreVideo courtesy: Ruxandra Tivadar and the Laboratory for Investigative Neurophysiology at the University of Lausanne
Hack an Analog TV Into a Geek TV With a Raspberry Pi Zero W IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | This old black-and-white analog portable can no longer decipher broadcast TV signals, but it can be hacked to be view selected science "channels," such as the Astronomy Picture of the Day or the latest weather satellite image. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/hack-an-analog-tv-into-a-geek-tvSee more DIY projects and news: spectrum.ieee.org/topic/diy
Tactile Echoes Offers a Multi-sensory Augmented Experience IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | The Tactile Echoes system set up can be used to create visual, auditory and haptic feedback to enhance games and other forms entertainment. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/new-ar-system-alters-sight-sound-and-touch
GPS Alternative: Navigating the Streets by Starlink IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | University of California, Irvine, researchers successfully used six Starlink satellites to track their position accurately within just 7.7 meters.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/an-alternative-to-gps
Mercedes Benz Augmented Reality Navigation IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Mercedes-Benz EQS features an augmented-reality navigation system and color head-up display, or HUD. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/augmented-reality-car-hudVideo courtesy: Mercedes-Benz
Oral Sampling Robot IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society introduced a robot designed to protect the safety of medical staff during COVID-19 oral sampling process. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/covid-robotSee IEEE Spectrum's full coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic: spectrum.ieee.org/tag/COVID-19Read the full paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9363527
Shape Morphing Mechanical Metamaterials Through Reversible Plasticity IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Robots with shape-shifting bodies that snap into different shapes can do more with less. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/shapeshifting-robotsSee IEEE Spectrum's full drones coverage: spectrum.ieee.org/tag/drones
Giraffe Neck Robot: First Step to a Powerful and Flexible Robot Prototype Based on Giraffe Anatomy IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have been experimenting with mimicking what is arguably one of the most impressive combinations of flexibility and power in the animal kingdom: the neck of the giraffe.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/bioinspired-robotics-giraffeSee IEEE Spectrum's full robotics coverage: spectrum.ieee.org/topic/robotics
Rodney Brooks on the Singularity: Neither Heaven nor Hell IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Rodney Brooks on why the evolution of superhuman intelligence will be a slow process.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/i-rodney-brooks-am-a-robotSee IEEE Spectrun's full special report on the Singularity: spectrum.ieee.org/special-reports/singularityFirst Published: June 2008
Hugging Robot Test With Human Volunteers IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Researchers test HuggieBot 3.0, a new hugging robot, along with 11 commandments that robots can follow to give hugs that humans will be able to appreciate and enjoy—without getting squished.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-hugsRead the full paper: dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3526110
A Robotic Rat That Does It All IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | The robotic rat SquRo is able to walk, climb, crawl, turn on a dime and recover from falls. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/robotic-rat-climbs-crawls-turns
Neuropixels Probe Recording Activity in Neurons IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | This simulation shows how two different types of neural implants record the activity of brain cells. A single electrode [metal spike at left descending from top of image] picks up the activity of neurons only at its tip. The Neuropixels probe [long strip with checkerboard pattern] detects activity with electrodes all along its length. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/brain-implant
Flying Though a Microchip IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | A fly-though of the top layers of an Intel 22-nanometer processor reconstructed from X-ray scans, a technique called ptychographic X-ray computed tomography that allows researchers to construct detailed 3D image of the chip’s structure.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/chip-x-ray
Tesla Bot Optimus at AI Day 2022: Second Demo IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Elon Musk introduced Tesla's Optimus robot at AI Day 2022. This version is the "latest generation" of the robot, with "fully Tesla-designed actuators, battery pack, and control system," according to Musk. It also has the same degrees of freedom Tesla expects to have in the "Optimus Production Unit 1," though it's currenly not quite ready to walk. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/tesla-optimus-robotEarlier in the event, Tesla demonstrated a version of the robot that the company called the "development platform," which walked on stage and waved its arms: youtube.com/watch?v=uncvPWe008IRead also: What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot spectrum.ieee.org/robotics-experts-tesla-bot-optimusVideo courtesy: Tesla
Tesla Bot Optimus at AI Day 2022: First Demo IEEE Spectrum 2022-10-01 | Elon Musk introduced the Tesla Bot, known as Optimus, at AI Day 2022. This version is what Tesla calls the "development platform." Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/tesla-optimus-robotTesla also unveiled a model that it hopes to be "something that's fairly close to what will go into production," according to Musk: youtube.com/watch?v=q_tgzTQK_hcRead also: What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot spectrum.ieee.org/robotics-experts-tesla-bot-optimusVideo courtesy: Tesla
Robotic Plaster Spraying IEEE Spectrum 2022-09-30 | Researchers from ETH Zurich developed a robotic plastering system that lets artistic humans use augmented reality to create 3D designs. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/robotic-fabrication-art-installationVideo courtesy: Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Masked Version of Training Data for Meta AIs Masked Auto-Encoder IEEE Spectrum 2022-09-30 | Audio clips were turned into spectrograms and heavily masked to make a non-trivial training task for an auto-encoder. Meta’s masked auto-encoder for audio was trained on heavily masked data, and was then able to reconstruct audio files with impressive fidelity.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/unsupervised-learning-meta
Reconstructed Version of Audio from Meta AIs Masked Auto-Encoder IEEE Spectrum 2022-09-30 | The MAE system used a decoder to reconstruct audio files. Meta’s masked auto-encoder for audio was trained on heavily masked data, and was then able to reconstruct audio files with impressive fidelity.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/unsupervised-learning-meta
Ground-Truth Audio Clip for Training Meta AIs Masked Auto-Encoder IEEE Spectrum 2022-09-30 | The original audio file, with no masking, shows that Meta's reconstruction was quite close to the real thing. Meta’s masked auto-encoder for audio was trained on heavily masked data, and was then able to reconstruct audio files with impressive fidelity.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/unsupervised-learning-meta
Robot Outperforms Surgeon in Precision Training Task IEEE Spectrum 2022-09-30 | A recent advance shows that robots could surpass human surgeon performance in the near future. In a paper published in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, a team of researchers reported the results of a study where a robot was able to complete a common surgery training task with the same accuracy as an experienced surgeon, while completing the task more quickly and consistently.Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/robot-outperforms-a-surgeon-in-a-precision-training-task
Open RAN Installation IEEE Spectrum 2022-01-05 | Rakuten's engineers can install a 4G base station for its Open RAN deployment in as little as 8 minutes. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/the-cellular-industrys-clash-over-the-movement-to-remake-networks
Hands On: A Bench That Helps You IEEE Spectrum 2022-01-05 | A little bit of custom building and automation and it's like you have an extra pair of hands during a build. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/this-huge-diy-workbench-gives-you-a-hand
Legendary HX-63 Cipher Machine IEEE Spectrum 2022-01-05 | Engineer and inventor Jon Paul demonstrates the operation of one of the most secure devices for encryption ever built. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.org/the-scandalous-history-of-the-last-rotor-cipher-machine
