Artificial intelligence archive

Meet the most nimble-fingered robot yet

May 25, 2017

A dexterous multi-fingered robot, developed by IEOR professor Ken Goldberg and his team, practiced by using virtual objects in a simulated world, showing how machine learning and the cloud could revolutionize manual work.

Robots and our automated future

May 9, 2017

In this radio piece, IEOR professor Ken Goldberg participates in a panel discussion on what the future might look like as sensing, automation and robotics become more prevalent.

Dean’s word: Inventing a better future

May 1, 2017

The college is preparing to launch a new initiative, one with an audacious goal: to invent a better, more promising future for generations to come.

The most robot-proof job of them all

April 14, 2017

EECS assistant Professor Anca Dragan talks with David Brancaccio about how her native Romania gave her a leg up on studying human-robot interactions, and on helping develop those skills for more would-be scientists.

AI needs more humans in it

March 9, 2017

EECS assistant professor Anca Dragan writes about the AI4ALL education program she’s leading at Berkeley, BAIR Camp, where high school students will explore human-centered artificial intelligence.

Berkeley a regional center in new robotics manufacturing consortium

January 25, 2017

Berkeley Engineering is a key partner in the new $253 million Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub, launched this month by the Department of Defense to create and deploy next-generation robotic technology.

Forbes profiles AI pioneer Peter Norvig

January 20, 2017

In a profile of artificial intelligence pioneers, Peter Norvig (Ph.D.’86 CS), director of research at Google, outlines his thoughts on human-machine partnerships and the disparate goals of neuroscience and AI research.

Seeing is believing

November 1, 2016

Emerging augmented reality and virtual reality technologies are opening up a new frontier of possibilities for researchers at Berkeley’s new Center for Augmented Cognition.

Huawei puts $1M into AI research partnership with UC Berkeley

October 11, 2016

China’s Huawei on Tuesday announced a $1 million partnership between its Noah’s Ark Laboratory and the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab to perform basic research into machine learning, computer vision and other areas of artificial intelligence.

A lesson of Tesla crashes? Computer vision can’t do it all yet

September 21, 2016

EECS department chair Jitendra Malik, a researcher in computer vision for three decades, doesn’t own a Tesla, but he has advice for people who do. “Knowing what I know about computer vision,” he said, “I wouldn’t take my hands off the steering wheel.”

Toward human-centric A.I.

September 20, 2016

Twenty years ago, Stuart Russell co-wrote a book titled Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, destined to become the dominant text in its field. Near the end of the book, he posed a question: “What if A.I. does succeed?”

Uber Is betting we’ll see driverless 18-wheelers before taxis

September 8, 2016

With its acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber is hoping for a shortcut in the race to profit from driverless vehicles. But research engineer Steven Shladover of Berkeley’s California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology Program (PATH) sees challenges – real and perceived – in putting 40-ton trucks on the road with only software behind the wheel.

$4.6 million grant to improve how automated cars, drones interact with humans

September 8, 2016

As companies contemplate deploying self-driving cars, trucks and delivery drones, Berkeley engineers are embarking on a major project to improve how they interact with humans.

NSF funds cyber-physical systems research

September 6, 2016

The NSF on Tuesday awarded $4.6 million to VeHICaL (Verified Human Interfaces, Control, and Learning for Semi-Autonomous Systems), a project led by by EECS professor Sanjit Seshia that seeks to “impact the way humans collaborate and interact with automation.” Researchers include EECS professors Ruzena Bajcsy, Shankar Sastry, Bjoern Hartmann, Claire Tomlin, and Tom Griffiths.

Could artificial intelligence help humanity? California universities think so

September 2, 2016

Call it artificial intelligence with a human touch. This week, two California universities separately announced new centers devoted to studying the ways in which AI can help humanity.