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The Future of Conversational AI & Social Robotics

Susanna Dillenbeck of Furhat Robotics joins us to discuss the topics of Conversational AI and Social Robotics, the challenges faced within, the impact they have on society and advice for women in AI that are coming from a non-technical background like Susanna....

Nikita Johnson

10 March 2021

Deep Learning

White Paper: AI for Social Good

With the rapid advancements and applications of AI, conversations and concerns have increased around the intentions of this technology. There are concerns that AI could be used with malicious intent rather than for...

RE•WORK

26 February 2019

Humanoid Robots

Robotics & AI: What's New?

Robots are changing the world with a presence in just about every industry from agriculture to medicine and transport to retail. Due to popular demand, RE•WORK is hosting the Deep Learning for...

Ellie Lucy

13 February 2019

Deep Learning Algorithms

Social Media Musings - Deep Learning Summit San Francisco 2019

Now that the dust has settled, we thought it would be only right to revisit some of the brilliant social media activity from both attendees, volunteers and Twitter ambassadors from the Deep Learning...

Ellie Lucy

1 February 2019

Humanoid Robots

The Right(s) Question: Can and Should Robots have Rights?

This week marks the official release of David J. Gunkel's much anticipated new book Robot Rights (MIT Press, 2018). In this Q&A, Gunkel--who is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Communication Technology at...

David Gunkel

23 November 2018

Humanoid Robots

Robotics in the home: Facebook's AI teaching common sense to robots

Visual recognition has witnessed significant improvements thanks to the recent advances of deep visual representations. In its most popular form, recognition is performed on web data, including images and videos uploaded by users...

Kaz Miyamoto

24 July 2018

Humanoid Robots

The transformative power of AI in robotics & automation: Exclusive Video Content

Robots and robotic assistance is no longer something of the future. In a wide scope of industries as well as in the home robots are being used to improve efficiency and save time,...

Ellie Lucy

23 July 2018

Deep Learning

Deep Learning for Robotics Summit & AI in Industrial Automation Summit: Highlights

Today in San Francisco, global leaders in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning came together for the Deep Learning for Robotics Summit and AI in Industrial Automation Summit. Throughout the day, 300 attendees and...

Ellie Lucy

27 June 2018

Humanoid Robots

How can robotics help the elderly stay active?

As we age, it's not uncommon for people to slow down, cease regular exercise, and lose elements of their fitness. Whilst there may not initially be a noticeable decline in health, once an...

Shay Zweig

12 June 2018

Humanoid Robots

Deep Learning for Robotics: The latest news & trends

Advancements in reinforcement learning, computer vision, human-robot interaction, plus robot manufacturer innovations, will create the next generation of skilled robotics impacting our world. How can deep learning help write pioneering robot software and...

Ellie Lucy

17 May 2018

Industrial Automation

Weaving Human-Computer Interaction Into the Fabric of Robotics

Autonomous machines that interact, collaborate and co-exist with humans are becoming more and more functional, making their way out of research labs and into industry. But despite successes in robot function, robot interaction...

Sophie Curtis

4 May 2017

Deep Learning

Next-Level Social Robotics: The Personalised Family Bot

To create a truly socially interactive robot, researchers and scientists use extensive knowledge of human social behaviour, psychology, and a whole host of different methodologies and computational models. As technological advances in AI...

Diane Bédat

27 October 2016