Oppenheimer’s BFF Invented Color TVIEEE Spectrum2024-10-17 | Oppenheimer’s BFF Invented Color TVOpener’s BlackFly eVTOL FlightIEEE Spectrum2023-01-23 | 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.
"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 #xiaomiContactless Electrocardiogram Monitoring with Millimeter RadarIEEE Spectrum2022-11-29 | 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-ecgInnerEye Security Screening DemoIEEE Spectrum2022-11-29 | 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-emotivGolf Robot Learns to Putt Like a ProIEEE Spectrum2022-11-29 | 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.
NimbRo 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.
#xprize #robotics #engineeringANA Avatar XPrize Winner NimbRo Best Course RunIEEE Spectrum2022-11-10 | ANA Avatar XPrize Finals - NimbRo - Course Run 2
NimbRo 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.
#xprize #robotics #engineeringANA Avatar XPrize 3rd Place Northeastern Best Course RunIEEE Spectrum2022-11-10 | ANA Avatar XPrize Finals - Northeastern - Course Run 2
NimbRo 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.
#xprize #robotics #engineeringRobotic Falcon Keeps Birds Away From AirportsIEEE Spectrum2022-11-08 | This video footage shows a prototype falcon drone shooing away bird flocks in dangerous proximity to airports.
#robotics #dronesFlexi-Disk Found Inside Magazine Has Speech Digitization Samples From 1973IEEE Spectrum2022-11-08 | An almost 50-year-old flexi-disk bound into the pages of IEEE Spectrum preserves voices from the dawn of digital speech compression.
#audio #engineering #ieeeBrain-to-Text Experiment at Edward Chang’s Lab at UCSFIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#engineering #neuroscience #brainSoft Tissue Characterisation Using a Novel Robotic Medical Percussion Device with Acoustic AnalysisIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
0:00 Introduction 0:16 Introduction 2:15 Device Development 3:37 Experiments 3:49 03 Experiment 1: Anomaly Detection 5:40 03 Experiment 2: Tissue Characterization 8:31 Limitations & OpportunitiesAbsolute Position Detection in 7-Phase Sensorless Electric Stepper MotorIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#ieee #engineering #roboticsRobot Learning of Mobile Manipulation with Reachability Behavior PriorsIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#ieee #engineering #roboticsExplicitly Incorporating Spatial Information to Recurrent Networks for AgricultureIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#ieee #engineering #roboticsPower-Based Safety Layer for Aerial Vehicles in Physical Interaction Using Lyapunov ExponentsIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#ieee #engineering #roboticsRobot Learning to Paint from DemonstrationsIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#ieee #engineering #roboticsAerial Grasping and the Velocity Sufficiency RegionIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#ieee #engineering #roboticsFAR Planner: Fast, Attemptable Route Planner Using Dynamic Visibility UpdateIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#ieee #engineering #roboticsSpeedFolding: Learning Efficient Bimanual Folding of GarmentsIEEE Spectrum2022-10-31 | 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.
#ieee #engineering #roboticsNeurons in a Dish Learn to Play PongIEEE Spectrum2022-10-25 | 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.
#neuroscience #neuralnetwork #videogamesGhostRider Self-Driving Motorbike TestIEEE Spectrum2022-10-03 | Blue Team, led by Anthony Levandowski, tests the GhostRider self-driving motorbike in preparation for the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge.
#robots #ai #darpa #engineeringArtificial Sound Effects With Deep LearningIEEE Spectrum2022-10-03 | Researchers have created an automated program that analyzes the movement in video frames and creates its own artificial sound effects to match the scene.
Videos courtesy: Sanchita Ghose and John J. Prevost - "AutoFoley: Artificial Synthesis of Synchronized Sound Tracks for Silent Videos with Deep Learning"
#ai #deeplearning #engineeringTapping the Computing Power of the Unconscious BrainIEEE Spectrum2022-10-03 | Neuroscientist Paul Sajda uses the human vision system for computerized image sorting.
First Published: 14 August 2008Teaching Machines to Watch Blade RunnerIEEE Spectrum2022-10-03 | Computational neuroscientist Christof Koch discusses consciousness in humans and machines.
First Published: June 2008Magnetic Field Record Set With a Bang: 1200 TeslaIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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.
#science #engineering #worldrecordDeep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms on SmartphoneIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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.
#ai #mit #hologramHaptics-Assisted Exploration of SpaceIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | A blindfolded participant explores a 2D room using Hap2U haptic technology, then successfully navigates the room in person.
Video courtesy: Ruxandra Tivadar and the Laboratory for Investigative Neurophysiology at the University of LausanneHack an Analog TV Into a Geek TV With a Raspberry Pi Zero WIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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.
See more DIY projects and news: spectrum.ieee.org/topic/diyTactile Echoes Offers a Multi-sensory Augmented ExperienceIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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-touchGPS Alternative: Navigating the Streets by StarlinkIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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-gpsMercedes Benz Augmented Reality NavigationIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | Mercedes-Benz EQS features an augmented-reality navigation system and color head-up display, or HUD.
Video courtesy: Mercedes-BenzOral Sampling RobotIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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.
Read the full paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9363527Shape Morphing Mechanical Metamaterials Through Reversible PlasticityIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | Robots with shape-shifting bodies that snap into different shapes can do more with less.
See IEEE Spectrum's full drones coverage: spectrum.ieee.org/tag/dronesGiraffe Neck Robot: First Step to a Powerful and Flexible Robot Prototype Based on Giraffe AnatomyIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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.
See IEEE Spectrum's full robotics coverage: spectrum.ieee.org/topic/roboticsRodney Brooks on the Singularity: Neither Heaven nor HellIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | Rodney Brooks on why the evolution of superhuman intelligence will be a slow process.
First Published: June 2008Hugging Robot Test With Human VolunteersIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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.
Read the full paper: dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3526110A Robotic Rat That Does It AllIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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-turnsNeuropixels Probe Recording Activity in NeuronsIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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-implantFlying Though a MicrochipIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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-rayTesla Bot Optimus at AI Day 2022: Second DemoIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | 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.
Earlier 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=uncvPWe008I
Video courtesy: TeslaTesla Bot Optimus at AI Day 2022: First DemoIEEE Spectrum2022-10-01 | Elon Musk introduced the Tesla Bot, known as Optimus, at AI Day 2022. This version is what Tesla calls the "development platform."
Tesla 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_hc
Video courtesy: TeslaRobotic Plaster SprayingIEEE Spectrum2022-09-30 | Researchers from ETH Zurich developed a robotic plastering system that lets artistic humans use augmented reality to create 3D designs.
Video courtesy: Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH ZurichMasked Version of Training Data for Meta AIs Masked Auto-EncoderIEEE Spectrum2022-09-30 | 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.
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-metaGround-Truth Audio Clip for Training Meta AIs Masked Auto-EncoderIEEE Spectrum2022-09-30 | 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-metaRobot Outperforms Surgeon in Precision Training TaskIEEE Spectrum2022-09-30 | 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.