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Why can’t robots outrun animals?
28 May

Why can’t robots outrun animals?

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Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that many animals are capable of feats that would be impossible for robots that exist today. "A wildebeest can migrate for thousands of kilometres over rough terrain, a mountain goat can climb up a literal cliff, finding footholds that don't even seem to be there, and cockroaches can lose a leg and not slow down," says Dr. Max Donelan, Professor in Simon Fraser University's Department…
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Snowflake documents huge growth in AI projects – SiliconANGLE
28 May

Snowflake documents huge growth in AI projects – SiliconANGLE

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Leveraging its unique perspective on how customers manage data on its platform, Snowflake Inc. today released a report on the changes it’s seen over the past year in data and tools usage as artificial intelligence has grabbed its customers’ attention. The analysis of more than 9,000 Snowflake accounts found that AI use cases now dominate, with usage of the Python language, tags, unstructured data and purpose-built AI development tools all showing double- and triple-digit growth. Python is now the overwhelming favorite language for AI and analytics development, with usage growing by 571% over the past 12 months. Close behind is…
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Computer vision researcher develops privacy software for surveillance videos
28 May

Computer vision researcher develops privacy software for surveillance videos

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Computer vision can be a valuable tool for anyone tasked with analyzing hours of footage because it can speed up the process of identifying individuals. For example, law enforcement may use it to perform a search for individuals with a simple query, such as "Locate anyone wearing a red scarf over the past 48 hours." With video surveillance becoming more and more ubiquitous, Assistant Professor Yogesh Rawat, a researcher at the UCF Center for Research in Computer Vision (CRCV), is working to address privacy issues with advanced software installed on video cameras. His work is supported by $200,000 in funding…
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Redis acquires storage engine startup Speedb to enhance its open-source database – SiliconANGLE
28 May

Redis acquires storage engine startup Speedb to enhance its open-source database – SiliconANGLE

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Redis Ltd. has acquired Speedb Ltd., the developer of a storage engine it uses to power its commercial database offerings. The company didn’t disclose the financial terms in its announcement of the deal today. Tel Aviv-based Speedb previously raised $4 million through a funding round that closed in 2021. It announced a partnership with Redis the following year.  Databases typically keep the information they hold in flash or disk storage. When an application requests a record, it’s fetched through a two-step process: The database loads the record from storage into memory and then makes it available to the workload that…
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Built-in bionic computing
27 May

Built-in bionic computing

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The use of pliable soft materials to collaborate with humans and work in disaster areashas drawn much recent attention. However, controlling soft dynamics for practical applications has remained a significant challenge. Researchers developed a method to control pneumatic artificial muscles, which are soft robotic actuators. Rich dynamics of these drive components can be exploited as a computational resource. Source link lol
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Circular.co raises $10.5M to facilitate recycling at large scale – SiliconANGLE
27 May

Circular.co raises $10.5M to facilitate recycling at large scale – SiliconANGLE

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Sustainable sourcing platform Circular Exchange Inc., which does business as Circular.co, said today it has raised $10.5 million to expand its database of post-consumer recycled materials and its platform for streamlining the purchase and sale of PCR materials. The company said it will use the funding to expand its platform beyond plastics to include paper and metals, add more customers and suppliers and enhance its platform. Circular is addressing what is says is a frantic effort by businesses to meet plastic reduction and net zero emissions targets. Only 18% of companies are on track to reach net zero emissions goal…
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Trotting robots reveal emergence of animal gait transitions
27 May

Trotting robots reveal emergence of animal gait transitions

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With the help of a form of machine learning called deep reinforcement learning (DRL), the EPFL robot notably learned to transition from trotting to pronking -- a leaping, arch-backed gait used by animals like springbok and gazelles -- to navigate a challenging terrain with gaps ranging from 14-30cm. The study, led by the BioRobotics Laboratory in EPFL's School of Engineering, offers new insights into why and how such gait transitions occur in animals. "Previous research has introduced energy efficiency and musculoskeletal injury avoidance as the two main explanations for gait transitions. More recently, biologists have argued that stability on flat…
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Foundational nabs $8M to help developers fix data quality issues faster – SiliconANGLE
27 May

Foundational nabs $8M to help developers fix data quality issues faster – SiliconANGLE

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Foundational Data Inc., a startup helping enterprises ensure their internal datasets are accurate, today announced that it has raised $8 million to finance growth initiatives.  Viola Ventures and Google LLC’s Gradient Ventures fund led the seed round. They were joined by executives from Meta Platforms Inc., Datadog Inc. and other major tech firms. Against the backdrop of the investment, Foundational Data today announced the general availability of its namesake platform for troubleshooting data quality issues.  Inaccuracies in business information are tricky to spot because their scope is often limited. In an analytics dashboard that contains multiple graphs, a pie chart…
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Machine listening: Making speech recognition systems more inclusive
27 May

Machine listening: Making speech recognition systems more inclusive

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Interactions with voice technology, such as Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Google Assistant, can make life easier by increasing efficiency and productivity. However, errors in generating and understanding speech during interactions are common. When using these devices, speakers often style-shift their speech from their normal patterns into a louder and slower register, called technology-directed speech. Research on technology-directed speech typically focuses on mainstream varieties of U.S. English without considering speaker groups that are more consistently misunderstood by technology. In JASA Express Letters, published on behalf of the Acoustical Society of America by AIP Publishing, researchers from Google Research, the University…
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Activeloop raises $11M to grow its specialized tensor database for AI training and inference – SiliconANGLE
27 May

Activeloop raises $11M to grow its specialized tensor database for AI training and inference – SiliconANGLE

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Activeloop, creator of a database platform that’s designed to cater specifically to artificial intelligence workloads, said today it has closed on an $11 million early-stage funding round, bringing its total amount raised to about $20 million. Today’s Series A round was led by Streamlined Ventures and saw participation from Y Combinator, Samsung Next, Alumni Ventures and Dispersion Capital, the company said. The startup, which is officially known as Snark AI Inc., has created a specialized database called Deep Lake that’s designed to streamline the flow of unstructured information, such as audio, video, image, text files and embeddings, into machine learning…
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