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Robotics & AI

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What is ChatGPT’s future in higher education?

03/21/23 — Berkeley experts in artificial intelligence are studying how ChatGPT and similar tools will transform everything from admissions screening and research to writing college essays
Image of heteropolymers designed to mimic the properties of natural proteins.

Berkeley engineers develop synthetic polymers that mimic the body’s natural proteins

03/20/23 — Alternative polymers work as well as real proteins and are easier to synthesize, a possible game-changer for biomedical applications
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AI lectures at Berkeley to explore possibilities, implications of ChatGPT

03/10/23 — Artificial intelligence experts from Berkeley and beyond will explore the ramifications of ChatGPT on science and society in a spring lecture series
Image of an airplane replicating the aerodynamic nature of mako shark skin.

Evolution on fast forward: Grace Gu engineers AI-optimized, bioinspired materials

02/13/23 — CITRIS: Assistant professor of mechanical engineering takes inspiration from nature and uses machine learning to create more efficient materials
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Energized for real-world impact

01/25/23 — Founded by Berkeley Engineering alumni, Gridware uses sensors to tackle the threat of wildfires
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ME Ph.D. student takes the road less traveled to UC Berkeley

01/10/23 — Alexander Alvara pushes past life's obstacles and sets his sights on new frontiers in engineering
Researchers viewing multiple video screens showing field test of AI-powered cruse control system

Massive traffic experiment pits machine learning against ‘phantom’ jams

11/23/22 — CIRCLES Consortium field trial shows AI-powered cruise control system could help smooth traffic flow, improve fuel economy
A patient who lost the ability to speak due to severe paralysis uses a brain-computer interface to silently spell out sentences from a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words.

Giving a voice to all

11/08/22 — Advances in brain-computer interfaces may soon make communication easier for those who have lost the ability to speak
Berkeley researchers Hannah Stuart and Laura Treers demonstrate EMBUR, a burrowing robot modeled on mole crabs

Digging deep

11/07/22 — The design of EMBUR, one of the first legged robots that can self-burrow vertically, was inspired by the Pacific mole crab.
A quadruped robot navigates uphill terrain

Step by step

10/26/22 — Berkeley robots learn to walk on their own in record time
Robot arms (seen here in multiple exposures) folding towels using the SpeedFolding method.

Fastest ever laundry-folding robot is here

10/24/22 — NPR: But SpeedFolding method, from an international team including Berkeley Engineering's AUTOLab, is likely still slower than you.
Berkeley researchers Hannah Stuart and Laura Treers demonstrate EMBUR, a burrowing robot modeled on mole crabs

Digging deep

10/10/22 — Inspired by nature, the burrowing mole crab robot is a feat of engineering with real-world applications
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Berkeley professor Michael Jordan wins inaugural World Laureates Association Prize

09/29/22 — The WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics includes a $1.4 million (RMB 10 million) award
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For your eyes only

08/10/22 — A faster, more secure approach to machine learning helps safeguard private information
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Just for you

08/02/22 — Research reveals manipulative tendencies of content recommender systems and possible ways to prevent them
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
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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
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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
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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.
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