Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM News
Sas Seeks to Improve Data Mining of Social Media
No one doubts that social media--all the stuff on Facebook, Twitter and other online forums--provides a rich lode of user sentiment that companies ought to be able...
From ACM TechNews
Robots With Better Observation
Researchers say that new three-dimensional sensing technology under development will be more similar to the human eye in the way it enables robots to observe their...
From ACM News
Stanford Researchers' Audi to Climb Pikes Peak Without a Driver
It can traverse rough terrain, accelerate quickly and negotiate sharp turns like other high-performance sports cars, but there's one thing that sets this Audi coupe...
From ICT Results
Light-Based Localization For Robotic Systems
Getting robotic systems to accurately detect moving and static objects remains an obstacle for more autonomous robots. One possible solution uses light beams for...
From ACM TechNews
A Grand Unified Theory of AI
MIT research scientist Noah Goodman has developed Church, a programming language that combines a rules-based artificial intelligence system with probabilistic inference...
From ACM News
Can We Make a Conscious Machine?
Challenges don't get much bigger than trying to create artificial consciousness. Some doubt if it can be done--or if it ever should. Bolder researchers are notAntonio...
From ACM TechNews
Daksh Is Cynosure of All Eyes
Scientists from India's Research and Development Establishment have developed Daksh, a robot designed to detect and dispose of hazardous objects.
From ACM TechNews
Boston University Engineers Trying to Improve UAVs
Boston University engineers are implementing a theoretical approach to optimize automated mission control, which describes mid-level control approaches that go...
From ACM TechNews
Innovative Techniques Applied to Visual Navigation by Mobile Robots
University of the Basque Country researchers are studying how hyperspectral images can be applied to mobile robots with the goal of enhancing the robots' capacity...
From ACM TechNews
Walking, Talking Doll: Japanese Scientists nveil Female Android
Japanese scientists worked with robot manufacturer Kokoro to develop a female android that can mimic a person's facial expression.
From ACM TechNews
Robot Soon Able to Operate Inside Mri Scanners
Researchers at the University of Twente's MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology, in partnership with Radboud University, are working to develop robot-assisted...
From ACM News
Robot Pruner May Cut Vineyard Labor Costs
Vino Farms is one of several farms in California that have invested in the development of a new machine that uses vision systems to mechanically prune vine spurs...
From ACM TechNews
Could Robots Help Older People Look After Themselves
Researchers are participating in a European project aimed at developing an intelligent system comprised of a robot and smart sensors that can support independent...
From ACM TechNews
Robots, Space Technology Run Australia's Mining Miracle
Rio Tinto plans to use satellite, motion-sensor technology, and robotics to become the most technologically advanced mining company in the world.
From ACM News
The Man Who Made a Copy of Himself
Roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, one of the world's most brilliant—and controversial—android makers, has built android copies of a child, a woman, and now, himself.
From ACM TechNews
pc Students Try to Send a Spherical Robot to the Moon
Students at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya's Castelldefels School of Technology are working with Team FREDNET to place a small robot named PicoRover on...
From ACM News
Nasa Mars Rover Getting Smarter as It Gets Older
Software uploaded to NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity gives the rover the ability to make its own choices about whether to make additional observations...
From ACM News
Swarms of Helicopter Robots Could Create Huge 3-D Displays
The Flyfire project at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory is creating tiny LED-equipped helicopters that will move in concert to create dramatic, free-form displays...
From ACM TechNews
Fast, Strong Deltabot Moves Forward in the Robotics Market
A research team at the University of Waterloo has built DeltaBot, a robot that uses cables for arms instead of rigid components and has a cylinder in the middle...
From ACM TechNews