Bina and Martine Rothblatt are fine examples of 'woan' (to replace 'man' as representation of all of humanity .. hehu .. (for those who haven't heard there are sensible and rational reasons for my usage there, and preference for it) .. chuckle .. must say Bina 48 is most impressive, too .. she is coming along very well ..
F6, this was interesting to me .. on first opening your Colbert link .. "http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/gdbreq/turing-test-breakthrough[no comments yet]" .. i got the 'sorry not available in your location' message, which surprised, as i thought i was on my VPN .. ok .. sometimes during periods of inaction, even long reading of one, the VPN connection slips away .. shrug, toilet time, maybe .. sooo, every time before this time that has happened i simply closed the link, reconnected the VPN, and presto! voila! connect! .. but not this time .. was surprised, that didn't work .. soooo?????? .. ok, maybe there is something back in the tech path of which i don't understand all wsa the thought .. so i restarted, hooked up the VPN from the beginning, as per standard practice, and presto got the connection .. one little VPN oddity just experienced for the first time .. i feel a bit like Bin 48 now .. :) .. one tiny VPN thing just learned ..
Sean Harris PhD student in robotics and artificial intelligence at UNSW Australia
My team from UNSW Australia defeated team B-Human from Germany 3-1 last week to claim back-to-back Robocup SPL World Championships. Here’s how we did it.
The competition involves fully autonomous robots, with no remote control, competing against each other in 5-on-5 soccer. Each team uses the same robots, so the competition is focused on software and artificial intelligence (AI) development, not on hardware construction.
The final was a nail-biting match locked at 1-1 with less than three minutes remaining. Both teams had strong strategies and well-tested code, but in the end, our speed proved too fast for the Germans to keep up with.
You can watch the entire match here.
[.. lolol .. YOU have to watch some of it .. first goal at about 8:30, think it was .. no, at 8:50! .. big plus, i'm sure none of the falls are dives .. ]
Late push
We went into half time with a 1-0 lead after dominating field position for most of the 10 minute half. Despite playing mainly in the German’s side of the field, we struggled to score many goals against their heavily defensive strategy. At one stage the Germans brought all five robots back to their goal box in an attempt to stop us from scoring.
The second half saw things briefly fall apart for us midway through. We had three robots lose power as a result of heavy falls and were suddenly reduced to only two active robots on the field. The Germans capitalised, and equalised with around three minutes remaining, leading to us calling a time out to revive our injured robots.
After our timeout though, our robots got things back on track. With five robots now on the field, we pulled the momentum of the game back in our favour and scored two late goals to secure our second title in as many years.
japanese scientists develop 'blade runner' robot that can feel pain
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Child android Affetto reacting to tactile inputs
•Feb 22, 2020
"Bina 48 Meets Bina Rothblatt"
Hisashi Ishihara
This is a simple demonstration of Affetto, a child android robot developed at Osaka University in Japan. In this movie, Affetto shows wincing faces when the amplitude of the input signal added onto a tactile sensor exceeds a threshold. Simply that's it in the robot. Our focus is on how we recognize this situation and treat the robot looks like having the capability of feeling pain.
Maybe someone could suggest to Ratcliffe whatever the Chinese are trying to do they are probably just attempting to catch up with the United States.
Short-Term Superhuman: If We Create Augmented Soldiers, Can We Turn Them Back?
How the need to reverse the effects on augmented soldiers might drive the future of military tech.
By Joe Pappalardo Sep 25, 2018
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A soldier wears a skullcap that stimulates his brain to make him learn skills faster, or reads his thoughts as a way to control a drone. Another is plugged into a Tron-like “active cyber defense system,” in which she mentally teams up with computer systems “to successfully multitask during complex military missions.”
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