Object Recognition

LEVAN learns by associating words with images

Computing

New computer program wants to teach itself everything about any subject

Researchers from the University of Washington and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence have created the first fully automated computer program that teaches itself everything there is to know about a visual concept by associating words with images.

The new AOD object-detection software system from Fujitsu

Automotive

Object detection software to enhance driver awareness, improve safety

A new object-detection software system from Fujitsu for use with on-board vehicle cameras could help enhance driver awareness by improving recognition of potential hazards, including pedestrians and moving vehicles.

The Evolution-Constructed Features algorithm can identify and learn new objects without human involvement

Computing

New object recognition algorithm learns on the fly

Scientists at Brigham Young University (BYU) have developed an an algorithm that can accurately identify objects in images or videos and can learn to recognise new objects on its own.

An iRobot PackBot navigates a school, in a demonstration of the Cognitive Patterns system

Robotics

Aptima's Cognitive Patterns system helps robots make sense of the world

The Cognitive Patterns system is being developed to help robots understand what they perceive through their cameras and other sensors.

Kinsight is an experimental system that uses networked Kinect cameras to locate missing objects within a household

Good Thinking

Kinect-based system allows computers to locate misplaced items in a home

Kinsight is an experimental system that uses networked Kinect cameras to locate missing objects within a household.

Toshiba Tec's new supermarket scanner is able to identify grocery items based on nothing but their appearance (Photo: DigInfo)

Electronics

New supermarket scanner recognizes objects by appearance, not barcodes

A new supermarket scanner is able to identify grocery items based on their appearance, not barcodes.

A new radar system could be used to detect and identify objects that fall onto train tracks (Photo: Nigel Chadwick)

Good Thinking

Radar system could detect people who fall onto train tracks

A new radar system could be used to detect and identify objects that fall onto train tracks.

LookTel sends an image captured using a smartphone camera to software on a PC which searches through a database and then returns the result to the smartphone, where it is read out to the user

Mobile Technology

LookTel smartphone system tells you what you're looking at

LookTel turns a smartphone into an object recognition system for those suffering from visual impairment and will shortly be released into consumer beta

Good Thinking

Green-thumbed robots: the future of sustainable precision agriculture?

When consuming your five a day of fruit and vegetables, have you ever stopped to consider the back breaking labor and significant resources involved in their production? According to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratories (CSAIL), the ro

Robotics

Unmanned Underwater Vehicle to operate from the torpedo tubes of U.S. Navy Submarines

April 6, 2006 We’ve all held our breath in the movies as the submarine with the good guys in it slides between the mines, touching a chain here and there to he

Children

Robotics toys get very intelligent.

July 26, 2005 As computer chips get more powerful and cheaper at an exponential rate, we’re going to see toys, cars, shoes, hats and even door knobs becoming s

Robotics

Evolution Robotics unveils New ER2 Personal Robot

Evolution Robotics has introduced the ER2 multi-purpose personal robot to showcase its new Evolution Robotics Software Platform (ERSP) which features a new cont