AI, ML, Robots and Brains (29.3. - 4.4.2021)

Society

Robot sales hit a new record during the pandemic year. This will change the world

Robot artist sells art for $688,888, now eyeing music career

Scientists create online games to show risks of AI emotion recognition

Algorithms

'Lost Tapes of the 27 Club' used Google AI to 'write' a new Nirvana song

Google AI is battling a 'Great British Bake Off' winner in a dessert face-off

AI datasets are filled with errors. It's warping what we know about AI

How AI beats spreadsheets in modelling future volumes for city waste management

Scientists turn to deep learning to improve air quality forecasts

Modern analysis of rock art: Machine learning opens new doors in archaeology

Researchers use AI datasets to track feral pigs, minimize disease risk

Apples to apples: neural network uses orchard data to predict fruit quality after storage

Keeping it fresh: New AI-based strategy can assess the freshness of beef samples

Health

AI tool can spot Type 2 diabetes trends in the U.S.

Machine learning helps spot gait problems in individuals with multiple sclerosis

AI-based tool detects bipolar disorder at earlier stages

NHS uses AI scan to detect hidden heart disease

Scientists use machine learning to help doctors find veins for no-fuss blood draws

New AI-based versatile software for tracking many cells in 3D microscope videos

Unique AI method for generating proteins will speed up drug development

Mobile robotic system perceived as acceptable for health tasks

Robots

This is Boston Dynamics’ next commercial robot

Genesis broke a world record for the most drones in the sky

How bees and drones team up to find landmines

Even without a brain, Penn Engineering's metal-eating robots can search for food

A robot that senses hidden objects

Scientists create next gen living robots: Artificial living organisms can move material in swarms and record information

Cars

Aurora and Volvo partner to bring autonomous long-haul trucks to North America

Artificial intelligence as a co-driver

New early warning system for self-driving cars

Brains

Whisker simulation gives insight into mammals' sense of touch

Monkeys experience the visual world the same way people do

Solving the mammal brain size puzzle

Massive study reveals few differences between men's and women's brains: Neuroscientists conduct meta-synthesis of three decades of research

Why the brain enjoys music

The neural mechanism of a circulatory response to stress

Connecting the dots between engagement and learning

Attention and working memory: Two sides of the same neural coin?

Scientists from Russia and Germany measured how the brain learn new words

Interaction between auditory and reward brain circuits underpins musical pleasure

Decoding smell: Neural code determines instinctual responses to attractive or aversive odors

The early death of nerve cells is crucial to form healthy brains

Tracking receptor proteins can unveil molecular basis of memory and learning

Researchers prove structural and functional plasticity in human synapses

Disrupted biochemical pathway in the brain linked to bipolar disorder

Newly discovered node in brain could expand understanding of dysfunctional social behavior