Keyword: Neural networks

Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Engineers have created full-motion video technology that could potentially be used to make cameras that peer through fog, smoke, driving rain, murky water, skin, bone, and other media that reflect scattered light and obscure objects from view.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers have been able to successfully teach micro-robots how to swim via deep reinforcement learning, marking a substantial leap in the progression of micro-swimming capability.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new area of artificial intelligence called analog deep learning promises faster computation with a fraction of the energy usage.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
The new system learns directly from visual inputs to let a robot with a two-fingered gripper see, simulate, and shape doughy objects.
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Briefs: Software
The new method could slash the energy cost of AI.
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Briefs: Unmanned Systems
For drones to autonomously perform necessary but quotidian tasks, they must be able to adapt to wind conditions in real time.
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Articles: Software

This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow. To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.

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Briefs: AR/AI
A research team demonstrated a way to recover phase information.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A haptic thumb-shaped sensor uses machine learning to accurately estimate where objects come into contact with the sensor and how large the applied forces are.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn the internal functioning of an AI processor that pulls from a variety of sensors, including radar, lidar, sonar, and cameras.
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Briefs: Software
An AI framework enables scientists to improve an imaging technique, enhancing the performance of electron microscopes.
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Facility Focus: Unmanned Systems
Learn about the aviation, space, cybersecurity, and engineering achievements happening at Embry-Riddle.
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Briefs: Materials
The fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
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Briefs: Wearables
The technology has possible uses in monitoring disorders that affect fine motor skills such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items buried under piles and completely out of view.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
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Briefs: AR/AI
This AI turns even the blurriest photo into realistic computer-generated faces in HD.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technology could improve the control of prosthetic hands and provide a sense of “touch” for amputees.
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Briefs: Wearables
Designed for soldier uniforms, the fiber can sense, store, analyze, and infer activity when sewn into a piece of clothing.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A deep-learning technique optimizes the arrangement of sensors on a robot’s body to ensure efficient operation.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Dangerous “butterfly” landmines can be detected using low-cost drones and infrared cameras.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The technology could help computers process visual information more like the human brain.
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Briefs: Energy
Artificial intelligence is used to decode X-ray images faster, which could aid innovations in medicine, materials, and energy.
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Briefs: AR/AI
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
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Briefs: Wearables
This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.
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Briefs: AR/AI
The device can translate expressions into emojis or silent speech commands.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
A NIST method employs a neural network to detect patterns like geometric objects in imaging data.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This technology can work with multiple wavelengths of light simultaneously.
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