News
Google Discovers That Neural Networks Just Need More Data
Chen Sun, Abhinav Shrivastava, Saurabh Singh and Abhinav Gupta of Carnegie Mellon and Google We have explored the effect of model complexity and GPU power over time but dataset size has remained the same. Full story
Telescoping 3D Printed Robots Developed to Help in Search and Rescue
3D Printing Industry The novel concept for these retractible structures has been explored extensively, for the first time, in a study by researchers Christopher Yu, Keenan Crane and Stelian Coros of Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania. Telescoping shapes defined at Carnegie Mellon. Image via Yu, Crane & Coros [...]
Why Funny, Falling, Soccer-Playing Robots Matter
Robots in the "kid-size" (really around 16 inches tall) Robocup soccer league face off. These "Rhoban" bots, built by students at the University of Bordeaux, took first place in their division in the 2017 competition. (Courtesy Rhoban) One of the most important changes in[...]
Carnegie Mellon Method Enables Telescoping Devices That Bend and Twist
Robots That Readily Expand or Shrink Would Be Possible Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found a way to design telescoping structures that can bend and twist, enabling robots of various shapes to collapse themselves for transport or entering tiny spaces, and making possible robotic arms[...]
Mike Wagner, NREC, on panel of Unmanned Systems Caucus roundtable
Mike Wagner, NREC, on panel of Unmanned Systems Caucus roundtable Chaired by Congressman Lipinski (Ranking Member, House Science Subcommittee on Research and Technology). Greg Winfree formerly Asst Sec., now with TAMU TII, is on right.
Graphics and Robotics Pioneer Receives Highest Honor in Computer Graphics
Professor Jessica Hodgins has earned the 2017 Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics from the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer[...]