In this experiment, a robot uses electrodes to control a blindfolded person’s arm and hand, guiding the arm so that they move the ball into position and drop the ball when it is over the net. This process of controlling the muscles via electrodes is called functional electrical stimulation (FES) and has many potential applications [...]
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Robot takes over control of human’s arm
Posted by Eric on November 15th, 2011
Project “SyNAPSE” – Chips Mimic Human Brain
Posted by Eric on August 30th, 2011
IBM has unveiled a computer chip which it claims is inspired by the architecture of the human brain in its design, capable of learning through experience, finding patterns, generating ideas, and understanding the outcomes. “The scientists have built two working prototype designs. Both cores contain 256 neurons, one with 262,144 programmable synapses and the other [...]
Artificial Intelligence is changing everything
Posted by Eric on July 29th, 2010
“When compared to other branches of engineering, like electrical, chemical, nuclear, and mechanical engineering, AI’s impact on the world is admittedly modest… but this is mostly accounted for by the fact that AI, as a field, is only fifty-five years old. Fifty-five years after its discovery, electricity was still mainly seen as a laboratory curiosity. [...]
Supercomputer endowed with linguistic algorithms answers humans’ questions in realtime
Posted by Eric on June 18th, 2010
 IBM’s “WATSON” has encyclopedic knowledge and is being taught the nuances of English to the point that it can immediately interpret a question and answer it in a format consistent with the question. It sounds easy enough, every robot from every science fiction tv show for the past 60 years was able to respond [...]
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No Comments »Graphene to Speed up Computers up to 1000X
Posted by Eric on May 5th, 2010
“Ultrafast computers would enable a major reduction in the size of the computers needed to run some of the most complex robots we currently have, bringing the day of Rosie the Robot maid that much closer.”
