17 hours ago Synthetic neurons that mimic human processes could lead to smarter robotics

Artificially engineered biological processes, such as perception systems, remain an elusive target for organic electronics experts due to the reliance of human senses on an adaptive network of sensory neurons, which communicate by firing in response to environmental stimuli.

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20 hours ago Waymo is getting ready to tackle Los Angeles' freeways. How have the robotaxis fared so far?

Waymo is getting ready to tackle Los Angeles' freeways. How have the robotaxis fared so far?  Yahoo! Voices

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22 hours ago Using AI, researchers devise a fast and precise way to teach robots complicated skills

At UC Berkeley, researchers in Sergey Levine's Robotic AI and Learning Lab eyed a table where a tower of 39 Jenga blocks stood perfectly stacked. Then a white-and-black robot, its single limb doubled over like a hunched-over giraffe, zoomed toward the tower, brandishing a black leather whip.

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17 hours ago Explainable AI techniques can improve the trustworthiness of wind power forecasts

By applying techniques from explainable artificial intelligence, engineers can improve users' confidence in forecasts generated by artificial intelligence models. This approach was recently tested on wind power generation by a team that includes experts from EPFL.

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18 hours ago LADWP to Build Distribution Station at Controversial Site near School in Palisades

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) plans to build a long-delayed and controversial power distribution station on land between residential homes and the local public school in Pacific Palisades, Breitbart News has learned. The post LADWP to Build Distribution Station at Controversial Site near School in Palisades appeared first on Breitbart.

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19 hours ago Fitness centrality: New tool finds critical points in everything from cybersecurity to ecological conservation

What if you could break apart a network like grating cheese—isolating its most crucial elements, fragmenting it into disconnected pieces to reveal where disruptions would be most devastating? That's the power of fitness centrality, a new method introduced by researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) in a recent study published in Journal of Physics: Complexity.

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21 hours ago Legislators introduce bill to start community solar program in Washington State

Legislators introduce bill to start community solar program in Washington State  Solar Power World

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22 hours ago Mismatched training environments could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions

A home robot trained to perform household tasks in a factory may fail to effectively scrub the sink or take out the trash when deployed in a user's kitchen, since this new environment differs from its training space.

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33 hours ago New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions

Sometimes, it might be better to train a robot in an environment that’s different from the one where it will be deployed.

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38 hours ago CNN's Acosta Defiant in Sign Off — 'It Is Never a Good Time to Bow Down to a Tyrant'

Tuesday, signing off on his final broadcast on CNN, departing network blowhard and chronic Trump critic Jim Acosta offered a soliloquy on his time at CNN and how he worked to "hold power to account." The post CNN’s Acosta Defiant in Sign Off — ‘It Is Never a Good Time to Bow Down to a Tyrant’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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