Month: March 2021

MEET The Emirates Team AI Bot WHY? The reigning champions of The America’s Cup, the oldest event trophy in today’s sports, are always looking to benefit from cutting edge innovation to secure their title. This year they did it with the help of McKinsey to create a new AI bot that would help simulate the perfect boat design. Typically, a team like this would need to prototype a new boat design, build it, and get all team members on board to practice with it – a logistical nightmare. However, with the help of this new AI, a simulator is...

MEET Go-Explore WHY? If you’re like me you’ve likely spent countless hours yelling at a video game because you just can’t seem to get it right. Well, I guess researchers at UberAI and OpenAI have felt a similar pain before because they recently unveiled “Go-Explore,” a new family of algorithms that have been successfully completing the most notoriously difficult Atari Games that even previous AI couldn’t beat. Go-Explore goes back to the roots of what makes a good AI, which is essentially the process of trying something, failing, and trying it again with a modification until eventually you have...

MEET Nicobo WHY? Panasonic’s newest robot cat, Nicobo, is a quaint little companion that acts like a normal cat. It blinks its eyes, turns around, wags its tail, and even farts when it feels the need to. On the surface, it’s a cute tootin’ cat that looks like something a child would make. Underneath the surface, however, is where we see AI taking root in fun consumer products. Coming equipped with cameras, sensors, and microphones, Nicobo can identify your face and mood, turn towards you, and feel you petting it. With only about 320 units available, Nicobo is a...