Numerous roboticists worldwide were trying to develop robotics systems that can replicate the human sense of touch. Researchers at Beihang University in Beijing created tactile sensing techniques that could be applied to robotic fingers made of soft materials. This technique is stimulated by proprioception, the biological mechanism that allows mammals to perceive or be aware of their body’s position and movements. “The idea behind our recent paper is based on the proprioception framework found in humans, which is what determines our body position and load on our tendons/joints,” Chang Cheng,…
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The government of India launches e-RUPI: New digital payment mode
The government of India launches a new digital payment method under UPI named e-Rupi. With the service, the government aims at extending monetary support to people directly by UPI-powered prepaid e-vouchers. Citizens can use the voucher without having access to online banking, payments apps, or other traditional payment modes. The primary purpose of e-Rupi is to enable the large community of the nation unfamiliar with banking to access health services, child welfare, medicines, fertilizer subsidies, and more. The government will directly issue prepaid vouchers to citizens after verifying…
Read MoreIt’s time to update your older android devices: Google recommends.
If you are still using a smartphone that runs on the final version of Android Gingerbread or older, Google won’t allow you to sign in to your google account on that phone from September 27th. There are more than three billion active android users and the change is likely to affect those people who still rely on older tech. Android 2.3.7 ( Gingerbread) was released 10 years ago. Google says, ” As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our users safe, Google will no longer allow sign-in on Android devices…
Read MoreTelegram allows 1000 people to watch anything together: Everything you should know.
When the pandemic shut the door of workplaces, video conferencing became an integral part of our professional lives. Video conferencing platforms like zoom gained instant popularity since it supports up to 100 participants to join a video call. Now the popular platform Telegram rolls out a new update that will enable up to 1000 people to watch anything together. But the limit for group video calls remains 30. Telegram is soon expected to increase the limit for this too. The rivals of telegram such as zoom support a maximum…
Read MoreAI for All launched by prime minister Narendra Modi
The prime minister of India Sri, Narendra Modi initiated the “AI for All ” program at the first-anniversary event of national education policy. AI for all is a joint initiative in collaboration with CBSE, Ministry of education and Intel India. The purpose of this initiative is to create a basic understanding of Artificial Intelligence for every Indian resident and eventually train one million citizens in the first year itself. AI For All is a four-hour, self-paced, micro-learning program that applies to a student, a stay-at-home parent as it is to…
Read MoreAICRA alongside NPC to establish Centre of Excellence: Industry 4.0
The Indian government had earlier acknowledged and accepted the significance of a technology revolution. The government was keen on establishing the scenario in every division by initiating several programs alongside dedicated councils and organizations. This is a journey towards achieving ATMANIBHAR BHARAT: industry 4.0 mission. National productivity council and all India council for robotics and automation embarked on the voyage Of establishing a Centre of excellence that provides consultancy and training services for Industry 4.0 in areas of Industrial Engineering, Agri-Business, Economic Services, Quality Management, Human Resources Management, Information Technology,…
Read MoreMachine learning could be accessible to the nonexperts: Research says
Award-winning research from the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science explains “How inexperienced individuals can efficiently and ethically use machine learning algorithms” to encourage industries to harness the power of artificial intelligence. As machine learning has joined numerous fields and industries traditionally outside of computing, the requirement for research and effective, convenient tools to facilitate new users in leveraging artificial intelligence is unprecedented. We don’t know much about how nonexperts in machine learning come to learn algorithmic tools,” said Swati Mishra, a PhD student in the field of information…
Read MoreA ground-breaking discovery in robot design
Researchers at Tohoku University with the backing of the Human Frontier Science Program, have decrypted the flexible motor control mechanisms underlying salamander walking. The salamander is an amphibian and the most suitable specimen for understanding body-limb coordination mechanisms. The researchers modelled the nervous system of the salamander mathematically and physically. In making the model, the researchers hypothesized that the legs and the body are controlled to support other motions by distributing sensory information. They then reproduced the speed-dependent gait transitions of salamanders through computer simulations. The discovery is expected to promote the…
Read MoreWhatsApp to allow users to migrate chat history from iOS to Android.
WhatsApp announces their new feature that allows users to transfer chat history from iOS to android. A report by XDA Developers says, users could migrate their chat history from iOS to Android by using a ‘Switch to Android’ on the App Store. The new feature will help users to transfer data between iOS and Android platforms, without having to rely on third-party applications. WABeta info, a popular website that updates everything about the new WhatsApp feature shared about the ‘switch to android’ on their Twitter handle with few screenshots of…
Read MoreFacebook open sources droidlet- the platform to build robots
Droid let, The platform for building robots that leverage natural language processing to understand the world around them. According to a new report from venture beat, Facebook has open-sourced droidlet recently. Droidlet enables researchers to test different NLP and computer visions to build systems that can accomplish tasks in the real world or simulated environments like Minecraft or Facebook’s Habitat. It simplifies the integration of machine learning algorithms in robots. The platform delivers a dashboard for researchers to add debugging and visualization widgets and tools as well as an interface for rectifying errors and annotation. Droidlet ships with wrappers for connecting…
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