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How Aircraft Are Informing the Work on Self-Driving Cars

By Guest PostJune 3, 2018Technologyaircraft, hav safety, havs, mathieu joerger, nicholas patzke, nick morris, robotic cars, safety, self driving car

UA researchers are using aviation’s high standards in an effort to increase our confidence in the safety of robotic cars.

Passengers climbing into self-driving cars — also known as highly automated vehicles, or HAVs — need to believe that their vehicles can avoid potential hazards. So Mathieu Joerger, a University of Arizona assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, and researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology are building on a knowledge of aircraft navigation standards to improve and guarantee HAV safety. (more…)

Farming’s most important crop may be the knowledge harvested by drones and the intelligent edge

By Guest PostMay 29, 2018Economy, Technologyazure Iot edge, dji, drone maker, farmbeats program, sean stratman

Since 2011, farmer Sean Stratman has grown kale, cauliflower, broccoli and squash in Carnation, Washington. Then, a few years ago, he added a new crop to his bounty: knowledge, using drones and the intelligent edge to get near-real-time information about issues like soil moisture and pests. It’s the kind of information that is not only helping him, but could benefit farmers around the world. (more…)

Modernizing Information Systems to Support a New Generation of Army Families

By Guest PostMay 27, 2018Politics, Technologyacs, army community service, army families, army leaders, david severson, gtri, margarita gonzalez, sheila isbell, support

With their loved ones sometimes deployed far away from home, potentially in harm’s way, the families of soldiers face challenging circumstances that can place a strain on everyday life. (more…)

Making AI ‘Intentional’: a Case Study and New Programming Framework

By Guest PostMay 26, 2018Technologyai intentional, artificial intelligence, chris martens, game playing program, hanabi, marcela alfaro cordoba, markus eger, ostari

Computer science researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) game-playing program that exhibits social reasoning and “intentionality” – meaning it can infer how other players are likely to respond to new information and what other players likely want from the AI when they share information. The program serves as a proof of concept for a new programming framework the researchers have developed for creating more intentional AI programs. (more…)

Like taking a whole scientific team with you on a walk: iNaturalist helps spawn a generation of citizen scientists

By Guest PostMay 6, 2018Technologyai, ai for earth, artificial intelligence, christine phelan, citizen scientist, inat, inat competition 2018, inaturalist, jennifer rycenga, Microsoft

Jennifer Rycenga used to get depressed when she thought about the environment. The impacts of climate change made the avid birdwatcher feel powerless.

Until a rattlesnake appeared in her path on a hike six years ago. (more…)

Robot Monitors Chicken Houses and Retrieves Eggs

By Guest PostMay 4, 2018Technologychicken houses, colin usher, gtri, monitor, robot

A new mobile autonomous robot could perform daily monitoring tasks while safely interacting with chickens in commercial chicken houses, according to researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). This advance could help farmers reduce the likelihood of disease outbreaks, lessen their labor costs, and allow them the freedom to take on more important tasks. (more…)

Artificial intelligence helps accelerate progress toward efficient fusion reactions

By Guest PostApril 30, 2018Technologyartificial intelligence, deep learning, eliot feibush, fusion reactions, julian kates harbeck, pppl physicist, william tang

Before scientists can effectively capture and deploy fusion energy, they must learn to predict major disruptions that can halt fusion reactions and damage the walls of doughnut-shaped fusion devices called tokamaks. Timely prediction of disruptions, the sudden loss of control of the hot, charged plasma that fuels the reactions, will be vital to triggering steps to avoid or mitigate such large-scale events. (more…)

There are Uncertain Effects with the Rise of Shared Autonomous Vehicles

By Guest PostApril 26, 2018Technologyautonomous vehicles, battery storage, benjamin leibowicz, rebound effect, uber, uncertain effect, vehicle to grid

The next revolution in transportation is expected to be shared autonomous vehicles, with personal cars yielding to driverless cars summoned on demand. For instance, Uber passengers in San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Phoenix can already hail driverless cars, and Bay Area Lyft riders will soon have the same opportunity. (more…)

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