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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
University of Connecticut professor Susan Anderson and University of Hartford computer scientist Michael Anderson have programmed a robot to behave ethically....University of Connecticut From ACM TechNews | November 12, 2010
Researchers are developing methods to produce complex behavior from robots by tapping into the nervous system of living organisms and using algorithms that already...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 12, 2010
With a global economy and flights that can take you all over the world in hours, why is it that we still struggle with a language barrier that technology is finding...BBC News From ACM News | November 10, 2010
The military has a ton of ground robots scurrying around Afghanistan. Too bad they’re dumb as puppets, unable to make the slightest move without a human pulling...Wired From ACM News | November 10, 2010
A new breed of undersea robot promises to give oceanographers a deeper understanding of ocean life by going faster, farther, and longer than its predecessors—and...CNET From ACM News | November 4, 2010
University of Miami developmental psychologists and computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego are studying the interaction between infants...University of Miami From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2010
NASA is sending a humanoid robot, called Robonaut 2, to the International Space Station for the first time. R2 has more than 350 electrical sensors throughout...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2010
A chatbot named Suzette recently won the Loebner prize, awarded for a version of the Turing Test, because the system successfully fooled a human judge into thinking...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2010
For $150 billion, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration could have sent astronauts back to the Moon. The Obama administration judged that too expensive...The New York Times From ACM News | November 2, 2010
Korea Institute of Science and Technology researchers are building robots to provide English instruction to schoolchildren. The researchers say the goal is to...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | November 1, 2010
The European Research Council's 8,000-mile robotic car test, which began in Italy on July 20, came to a conclusion as four unmanned electric vans successfully completed...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | November 1, 2010
Two recent studies show that roboticists are applying some fresh thinking to the building and operation of robot hands, and a third suggests why the work is so...New Scientist From ACM News | October 29, 2010
Robotic demonstrators developed by European researchers produce compelling evidence that 'thinking-by-doing' is the machine cognition paradigm of the future. Robots... From ICT Results | October 29, 2010
With the Web, people worldwide can work on distributed tasks. But getting reliable results requires algorithms that specify workflow between people, not transistors...MIT News Office From ACM News | October 28, 2010
As technology for robots continues to evolve, their wider use is being held back by the inability to see better. New York University's Yann LeCun has pioneered...The Economist From ACM TechNews | October 28, 2010
University of Portsmouth scientists have created a system that uses artificial intelligence techniques and sensors to monitor vulnerable parts of a machine, plus...niversity of Portsmouth From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2010
It's not that the unpiloted aircraft that the Army flies aren’t already tricked out. Some of them carry the latest surveillance systems and powerful missiles....Wired From ACM News | October 27, 2010
Scientists are reporting progress in their efforts to channel brain waves to power mechanical devices, a development that could someday help paralyzed people...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 27, 2010
University of Minnesota researchers are using the GroupLens artificial intelligence media recommendation system to develop BookLens, an Internet-based book recommendation...The Minnesota Daily From ACM TechNews | October 26, 2010
Today's data deluge is leading to new approaches to visualize, analyze, and catalog enormous datasets.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010