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Robotics & AI

Rendering of autonomous self-driving vehicles on metro city road.

UC Berkeley advances cyber-physical systems research as part of $6 million NSF project

06/29/22 — Project aims to improve safety and reliability of autonomous transportation systems
Robot arm moves full wine glass without spilling.

New technology helps robots move objects quickly and safely

06/22/22 — Robot arms don’t have to compromise on speed
Plenoxels rendering of a plant in 3D space

Plenoxels convert 2D images into navigable, photorealistic 3D worlds in minutes

06/16/22 — Innovative technology makes 3D-rendering process fast and practical for a range of applications
Panorama of mountains, lakes and forest

Using AI research to solve climate problems

06/02/22 — CDSS: The BAIR Climate Initiative aims to build partnerships and conduct groundbreaking artificial intelligence research to combat climate change
3d illustration of human with headphone on Audio waveform

Too good to be true

04/15/22 — A study has found that the use of online databases could introduce bias into AI algorithms developed for medical imaging.
BRETT the robot and Pieter Abbeel

Abbeel hosts AI robotics podcast

04/15/22 — EECS professor sits down with top experts and entrepreneurs for “The Robot Brains Podcast.”
BRETT the robot and Pieter Abbeel

Berkeley robot learning pioneer Pieter Abbeel wins ACM Prize in Computing

04/06/22 — Award, which comes with $250,000, recognizes computing research and contributions that have fundamental impact and broad implications
Researcher looking at brain scan images on computer monitors.

‘Off label’ use of imaging databases could lead to bias in AI algorithms, study finds

03/21/22 — Biased algorithms applied to clinical data may produce images in which pathological details are blurred or missed, researchers reveal.
Pieter Abbeel

Robots, AI and podcasting: a Q&A with Pieter Abbeel

03/18/22 — Professor Pieter Abbeel has launched “The Robot Brains Podcast,” featuring discussions with leading AI experts and entrepreneurs.
Midair Reconfigurable Quadcopter

Novel drone shape-shifts mid-flight

01/19/22 — Interesting Engineering: Researchers at Berkeley's High Performance Robotics Laboratory (HiPeRLab) have developed an experimental drone called the Midair Reconfigurable Quadcopter that can shape-shift in midair, as seen in the lab's video.
AI-directed legged robot in uneven terrain

Awesome agility

11/15/21 — AI algorithms are equipping legged robots with an enhanced ability to navigate and adapt to unfamiliar terrain in real time.

The language of probabilities

11/15/21 — An AI system took first place in the 2021 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, besting more than a thousand human contestants.
Stuart Russell

AI pioneer Stuart Russell named 2021 Reith Lecturer

10/14/21 — Premier series of annual lectures, sponsored by the BBC, aims to advance public understanding and discourse of the major issues confronting the world
Michael Yartsev

Can bats help us design a better driverless car?

10/05/21 — Bakar Fellows: Bioengineer Michael Yartsev is translating bats’ neurological "rules of the road" into computational algorithms to guide development of navigation systems for driverless cars
ROAR Academy student with race car

High school students mark end of ROAR Academy with celebratory race

08/17/21 — Parts of the UC Berkeley campus were converted into a racecourse for high school students on Saturday (Aug. 14) as part of a Robot Open Autonomous Racing (ROAR) competition. The event capped the summer ROAR Academy in which dozens of students worked with autonomous driving algorithms and tested them in Python-based environments. The ROAR competition […]
Video clip of RMA-enabled robot

New AI strategy enables robots to rapidly adapt to real-world environments

07/09/21 — Rapid motor adaptation system outperformed peers in navigating unfamiliar terrain
Insect-sized robot scurrying through scattered pieces of brick.

Insect-sized robot navigates mazes with the agility of a cheetah

07/02/21 — Flexible, durable robot developed by mechanical engineering professor Liwei Lin's team could become an asset for search and rescue operations
Nicholas Tomlin, Dan Klein, and Eric Wallace

The language of probabilities

05/13/21 — Professor Dan Klein and his Berkeley Natural Language Processing Group helped a computer win the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

The robot surgeon will see you now

05/03/21 New York Times — Real scalpels, artificial intelligence — what could go wrong? That's what the researchers and doctors in Ken Goldberg's lab aim to find out.
Time-lapse photo of robotic arm grasping and moving various objects

Smooth operator

04/26/21 — A research team has developed AI software that allows robotic arms to quickly grasp and move objects in a steady motion.
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