Understanding how the human brain categorizes information through signs and language is a key part of developing computers that can ‘think’ and ‘see’ in the same way as humans. Hiroyuki Akama at the Graduate School

In the desert researchers demonstrate that an artificial neural network can pinpoint new fossil-rich sites, paving the way for more efficient digs On blisteringly hot desert sands, researchers crawled on their hands and knees avoiding

The team will build models of the systems in the brain that govern a honey bee’s vision and sense of smell. Scientists at the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex are embarking on an ambitious project

Almost all electronics can be integrated into robotics with human-robot interaction (HRI) technologies Since Steve Jobs first unveiled Internet-based smartphones that integrated music, video, a camera, computer, and even GPS navigator, few would deny that

BotPrize winners score as more human than half their human competitors An artificially intelligent virtual gamer created by computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has won the BotPrize by convincing a panel

Humans are being asked to help robots recognise the multitude of objects found in the average home. Swedish researchers are asking people to use their Xbox’s Kinect sensor as a scanner to grab detailed 3D

The ubiquitous computer From HAL 9000 in Arthur C Clarke’s Space Odyssey science fiction saga to Eddie and Deep Thought from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, or even Dr. Theopolis from Buck Rogers in the 25th

Why androids are scary   ARTIFICIALLY created beings, whether they be drawn or sculpted, are warmly accepted by viewers when they are distinctively inhuman. As their appearances are made more real, however, acceptance turns to

Semiautonomous system takes the wheel to keep drivers safe. Barrels and cones dot an open field in Saline, Mich., forming an obstacle course for a modified vehicle. A driver remotely steers the vehicle through the

Is there also an uncanny valley that applies to our level of comfort One day, people won’t have to type queries into a box to search for information. It’ll be delivered to them, via their

Google’s experiment shows that having more processing power and more data makes a difference Working at the secretive Google X lab, researchers from Google and Stanford connected 1,000 computers, turned them loose on 10 million

Open source hardware and software will drive development quickly. A hundred years ago, the state-of-the-art of automotive technology was being pushed forward as quickly by shade-tree mechanics as it was by formal industrial R&D. To