Many dev kits and evaluation boards come with a simple test program that flashes a few LEDs, responds to the changing resistance of a potentiometer, or presents some information on an LCD screen. Then ...

Inspired by a theoretical model of particles moving around on a chessboard, new robot swarm research shows that, as magnetic interactions increase, dispersed 'dumb robots' can abruptly gather in large ...

At the core of reinforcement learning is the concept that the optimal behavior or action is reinforced by a positive reward. Similar to toddlers learning how to walk who adjust actions based on the ...

It’s easier to program bias out of a machine than out of a mind. Brian Uzzi is the Richard L. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Leadership and a co-director of NICO, the Northwestern University ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they ...