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Safeguarding Data Privacy in the Era of Machine Learning

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Utilizing Artificial Intelligence: ASIC’s Innovative Approach to Strengthen Financial Regulation in Australia

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Oman forges ahead with crypto adoption amid the Sharia law debate

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PM Modi Advocates for Global Regulatory Framework on Cryptocurrencies
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PM Modi advocates for global regulatory framework on cryptocurrencies

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BRICS summit: Key insights you need to know

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Asia’s crypto industry has been real busy this week

Gina Raimondo and her new approach to China-US relations
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IBM CTO Raises Concerns Over Financial Viability of ChatGPT-Like Language Models

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Canadian economy expansion expected to slow down in Q2

China halves stamp duty on securities transactions to increase investor confidence
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China halves stamp duty on securities transactions to increase investor confidence

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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made significant strides in robotic manipulation capabilities. Using a new AI technique called "smoothing," robots can now carry out tasks using their entire bodies, rather than merely their fingertips. This innovation has the potential to revolutionize how robots are used in factories, space exploration, and other fields. The challenge of contact-rich manipulation planning Manipulating objects with the whole body presents a monumental challenge for robots. They have to account for billions of potential contact points on an object for every touch with their fingers, hands, arms, and torso. This process, known as "contact-rich manipulation planning," is computationally expensive and has been a bottleneck for practical applications. Humans intuitively manage these tasks, but for robots, they become overwhelmingly complex. The solution To simplify the problem, MIT researchers developed a new AI technique based on "smoothing," which condenses the numerous contact events into a smaller, more manageable set of decisions. This innovation allows even basic algorithms to efficiently devise an effective manipulation plan for a robot. "Smoothing averages away many of those unimportant, intermediate decisions, leaving a few important ones," said H.J. Terry Suh, an MIT graduate student and co-lead author of the paper published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics. Reinforcement learning vs smoothing While reinforcement learning has been effective in helping robots perform complex tasks, it requires immense computational power and time. It learns through a "black-box" system of trial and error, often taking "millions of years in simulation time" to be effective, according to Suh. Smoothing, however, offers an alternative. By carefully understanding the model and the problem, researchers were able to bring efficiency to the process. Smoothing allows the robot to focus on core interactions with objects, enabling quicker and more effective task planning. Achieving efficiency and combined approach Despite the advancements through smoothing, searching through even the reduced number of decisions remained a challenge. The researchers then combined the smoothing model with a searching algorithm, reducing the computation time to about a minute on a standard laptop. The team tested their approach both in simulations and on real robotic arms, achieving performance comparable to reinforcement learning but in a fraction of the time. Applications and future prospects The implications of this research are immense. In industrial settings, factories could replace large robotic arms with smaller, more mobile robots that use their whole bodies for manipulation tasks, thus reducing energy consumption and cost. Additionally, the technique could prove invaluable for exploration robots sent to Mars or other celestial bodies, where quick adaptation to new environments is crucial. However, the researchers acknowledge limitations in handling dynamic tasks, such as a robot's ability to toss an object into a bin. The team plans to further refine their approach to tackle such challenges. Suh emphasized that rather than thinking about this as a 'black-box' system, if we can leverage the structure of these kinds of robotic systems using models, there is an opportunity to accelerate the whole procedure. The work was partially funded by Amazon, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, and Ocado Group. As MIT’s robotic manipulation techniques continue to evolve, they open up new possibilities for robotics in various sectors, proving that a deep understanding of the problem can lead to innovative solutions. With advancements like these, robots that manipulate objects as intuitively as humans may not be far from reality.
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MIT Breakthrough Enables Robots to Use Whole Bodies for Object Manipulation

Health and Safety
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Artificial Intelligence Reshapes Health and Safety Policies in the UK

Why Paradigm's Rivet wallet could be a game changer for Ethereum developers
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Why Paradigm’s Rivet wallet could be a game-changer for Ethereum developers

BRICS
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BRICS Bloc confirms the status of its new members

Crypto community
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Crypto community slams the upcoming crypto tax law

FTX
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FTX suspends user accounts temporarily after cybersecurity breach

human rights
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Demanding Greater Control: Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

AI chip
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High-Performance AI Chip by IBM Enhances Neural Network Computing

AI Music
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YouTube Launches AI Music Incubator, Focusing on Artist Protection and Innovation

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