Tech industry’s robotics talent crunch has UW’s new grad program nearly full before day one

The University of Washington is launching a Master of Science in Robotics and a professional certificate this fall. More than ...
Department of Computer Science - University of Texas at Austin

Roberto Martín-Martín Earns NSF CAREER Award for Household Robotics Research

Roberto Martin-Martin is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin. His research bridges robotics, computer ...

Robots for rural schools? Minnesota State University, Mankato program hopes to boost STEM

Monroe, a high school junior, is part of a program that hopes to fix a lack of science, technology, engineering, and ...
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Robots can save us if they can see us: Heckman receives CAREER award

Autonomous robots could save human lives more easily if they could “see” and react better in adverse environmental conditions. By pursuing the possibilities of using millimeter wave radar for robotic ...
Automation World

'AI As Part Of The Brain': A Q&A On Robotics Uses In Experimental Workflows

The PoLARIS Project aims to combine robots and AI with science to help automate experiments. One project leader answers how ...
eSchool News

How we use robots and art to make meeting computer science standards fun

After the state of New Jersey revised its computer science standards in 2020, I was part of a professional learning community tasked with helping educators in all subjects understand the computer ...
Science Daily

Empowering robots with human-like perception to navigate unwieldy terrain

Researchers have developed a novel framework named WildFusion that fuses vision, vibration and touch to enable robots to 'sense' and navigate complex outdoor environments much like humans do. The ...
The Economist

Robots can learn new actions faster thanks to AI techniques

Inside the robotics laboratory of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a group of robots are busy cooking. There is nothing special about that; robotic chefs have been ...
Wall Street Journal

Forget Humanoids. At MIT, Worms and Turtles Are Inspiring a New Generation of Robots

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Everyone is obsessed with humanoid robots right now, but the director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory thinks tomorrow’s intelligent physical machines ...
EurekAlert!

Could robots help kids conquer reading anxiety? New study from the Department of Computer Science at UChicago suggests so

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nerve-wracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, ...
Midland Daily News on MSN

Robotics takes center stage at Great Lakes Gaming Convention

Regional teams from local middle and high schools to bring STEM innovation to life at the Great Lakes Gaming Convention Sept. 26-27.
Science Daily

Flying robots unlock new horizons in construction

An international team has explored how in future aerial robots could process construction materials precisely in the air -- an approach with great potential for difficult-to-access locations or work ...