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02 Oct 23

Nasa validates a new AI-enabled form of energy

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

During the Energy & Mobility Conference & Expo in Cleveland, Ohio, the two organisations presented alternating direct current (ADC), a hybrid of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla technologies. The research has been led by Nasa Langley Research Center scientist Narasimha Prasad PhD, with the goal of developing an AI-enabled technology…

02 Oct 23

Creating Domestic Robots That Really Help

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Episode 2: How Labrador and iRobot Create Domestic Robots That Really Help Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a new podcast from IEEE Spectrum where robotics experts interview each other about things that they find fascinating. On this episode of ChatBot, we’ll be talking with Mike Dooley…

02 Oct 23

Spotify ‘unfairly held back’ by Google and Apple, CEO says

Computer & Information Technology

While on a tour to woo UK lawmakers ahead of the adoption of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill, Daniel Ek has taken a swing at big tech’s dominance. The Spotify CEO urged the UK to “show leadership” as it prepared to regulate big tech according to its own…

02 Oct 23

New AI tool promises to rig and animate static models within moments

Computer & Information Technology

Anything World, a 3D content creation startup, has launched a new AI tool that rapidly rigs and animates static models. The product, named Animate Anything, aims to democratise 3D animation and game development. To use the tool, creators can upload any version of their own static 3D model. After a…

02 Oct 23

ChatGPT’s New Upgrade Teases AI’s Multimodal Future

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

ChatGPT isn’t just a chatbot anymore.OpenAI’s latest upgrade grants ChatGPT powerful new abilities that go beyond text. It can tell bedtime stories in its own AI voice, identify objects in photos, and respond to audio recordings. These capabilities represent the next big thing in AI: multimodal models.“Multimodal is the next…

02 Oct 23

Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Chatbot Episode 1: Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a robotics podcast from IEEE Spectrum. On this episode of ChatBot, we’ll be talking with Monica Thomas and Amy LaViers about robots and dance. Monica Thomas is a dancer and choreographer. Monica has…

01 Oct 23

The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

On 21 April 1962, the Seattle World’s Fair opened to the public. Included in its many exhibits on modern science and the progressive future was this electric desktop orrery. Much like the traditional clockwork orreries of centuries past, this unit showed the motions of the planets and other celestial objects,…

30 Sep 23

IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Until recently, the residents of Melamchi, Nepal, cooked meals and heated water for bathing over a wood-burning stove. Schoolchildren didn’t have access to the Internet or reliable electric lighting for studying after dark. That all changed this year, after a team of IEEE volunteers traveled to the village and installed…

30 Sep 23

Video Friday: Good Behaviors

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.IROS 2023: 1–5 October 2023, DETROITCLAWAR 2023: 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS,…