Volcano erupting near the ocean

Artificial intelligence helps predict volcanic eruptions

Dec. 12, 2018

Satellites are providing torrents of data about the world’s active volcanoes, but researchers have struggled to turn them into a global prediction of volcanic risks.

Microchip and circuit board

A.I. as Talent Scout: Unorthodox Hires, and Maybe Lower Pay

Dec. 7, 2018

The power of such technology will be immediately apparent to any employer scrambling to fill jobs in a tight labor market — not least positions for data scientists, whom companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon are competing to attract.

Anatomy of the human body with the pancreas highlighted

Research here could speedup clinical trials around Type 1 diabetes

Dec. 6, 2018

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed virtual clinical trials for an artificial pancreas that could significantly improve treatments for those with Type 1 diabetes by tailoring medical devices and speeding up trials.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robots-getting-a-grip-on-general-manipulation

Correll: Robots getting a grip on general manipulation

Nov. 21, 2018

How a new generation of grippers with improved 3D perception and tactile sensing is learning to manipulate a wide variety of objects

An autonomous car from Ford

How Ford's autonomous vehicles will shake up ride hailing and delivery services

Nov. 16, 2018

Ford is road testing its autonomous vehicles in partnership with the city of Miami.

Student showing their work at the ATLAS Institute

A robotic helping hand at the ATLAS Institute

Nov. 14, 2018

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and faculty are working in the rapidly-growing area of study called human-robot interaction.

Thinking man shown in abstract with computer code

Germany plans 3 billion in AI investment

Nov. 14, 2018

he German government has set aside around 3 billion euros for research and development of artificial intelligence.

Close up image of fire ant

Work on fire ant colonies at CU could inspire molecular machines

Nov. 5, 2018

Researchers at CU Boulder have uncovered the statistical rules that govern how gigantic colonies of fire ants form bridges, ladders and floating rafts.

Odor Navigation project logo showing circle of research

Findings from NSF odor navigation project published

Nov. 1, 2018

CU Professor John Crimaldi is the lead PI on a $7 million BRAIN Initiative collaboration funded by the NSF since 2015 to understand how animals navigate through odor plumes, and how the brain functions during this process.

A painting created by artificial intelligence

Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432,500

Oct. 29, 2018

The image was created using a machine learning algorithm that scanned historical artwork

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