tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38747467356345400892024-02-20T13:46:36.755-08:00InnovationsDesign, Engineering, and Computer ScienceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-34944195940649226992023-11-17T10:36:00.000-08:002023-12-24T10:25:41.363-08:00The proximity algorithmIn 2009, we <a href="https://www.kynamatrix.net/2009/12/proximityoutreach-lifeline.html" target="_blank">announced</a> our goal to research, design, and document a scalable, emergency urban environment plan to help victims of natural disasters to reintegrate into society. Fourteen years in the making, we have now published the <a href="https://kynamatrix.org/proximity" target="_blank">framework</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-41835453981275112112022-12-21T15:41:00.001-08:002022-12-21T15:41:11.728-08:00The future of farmingexample of future farming: youtu.be/gNomTdkmzs8
container farms: farmboxfoods.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-8905636184625619262022-11-17T13:04:00.003-08:002022-11-17T13:04:36.390-08:00The fuzzy origin<p>Fuzz testing origins: pages.cs.wisc.edu/~bart/fuzz<br />
Fuzzing introduction: microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/a-brief-introduction-to-fuzzing-and-why-its-an-important-tool-for-developers<br />
Fuzz testing in-depth: fuzzingbook.org<br />
Simple fuzzer: carstein.github.io/2020/04/18/writing-simple-fuzzer-1.html</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-48592446022538877062021-11-30T20:05:00.004-08:002021-11-30T20:22:39.807-08:00The cooling factor<p>Scientists at Purdue University have developed a white paint that reflects up to 98.1<span face="acumin-pro, "Franklin Gothic", sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">%</span> of sunlight. See: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q2/the-whitest-paint-is-here-and-its-the-coolest.-literally..html</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-1422145146429858042021-10-16T14:28:00.002-07:002021-10-16T14:28:18.351-07:00The multimodal locomotion effect<p>https://youtu.be/H1_OpWiyijU </p><p>https://aerospacerobotics.caltech.edu</p><p>https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abf8136 <br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-81414949293860562652021-08-05T11:06:00.002-07:002021-11-30T20:24:01.974-08:00The stair climbing concepthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CNaHG-wHpUkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-86527138707188151832021-04-22T17:13:00.004-07:002021-11-30T20:23:00.870-08:00The collaboration principleCoordinated UAV lifting of larger packages: rh.gatech.edu/news/645616/control-system-helps-several-drones-team-deliver-heavy-packagesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-38335907277263591292021-01-04T17:23:00.004-08:002021-11-30T20:22:17.654-08:00The obstacle reconfiguration<p><a href="https://youtu.be/MwHHErfX9hI">Brick Experiment Channel demonstrates a robotic climber:</a></p><blockquote style="border-left: 3px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 1.5em 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #030303; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Testing a Lego car against different obstacles and improving it until it becomes a capable climber. Demonstrates what you need to consider: wheel diameter, gear ratio, 4-wheel drive, tire grip, breakover angle, weight distribution.</span></p></blockquote><p>Quite the climber!<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-55914425036816611372020-09-26T18:37:00.003-07:002020-09-26T18:37:38.416-07:00Autonomy is system-level technology<p> An interdisciplinary approach is required to design and develop autonomy into systems. <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.07363.pdf" target="_blank">more</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-3351537277734670912020-08-14T16:59:00.007-07:002021-11-30T20:13:51.469-08:00Predictions realized<p>The vision of telecommuting is finally becoming a reality: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/07/27/google-employees-will-work-from-home-through-next-summer/#53f212c53268">https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/07/27/google-employees-will-work-from-home-through-next-summer/#53f212c53268</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-54868842103985849152020-06-06T09:41:00.000-07:002020-06-06T09:41:16.551-07:00Math and science visualizationFascinating and plentiful source of inspiring visualizations: <a href="https://blog.matthen.com/">https://blog.matthen.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-65568767335117593082020-04-11T13:34:00.000-07:002023-12-24T10:30:20.590-08:00The robot dogAdventures with Boston Dynamics <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJtitKU0CAehsqCh24iG5ZbZvCa4YQkvf" target="_blank">robot dog</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-45032316360448247272019-10-11T17:48:00.000-07:002020-05-14T00:52:56.970-07:00Robotic kit for researchFrom Ghost Robotics: <a href="https://twitter.com/Ghost_Robotics/status/1182020570550022146?s=20" target="_blank">tweet</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-68771931108266954382019-06-05T01:37:00.003-07:002019-06-05T02:15:58.710-07:00Machine learningAn interesting, short video introduction to machine learning and an example application of listening to the signatures of electrical devices connected to a power distribution system: <a href="http://youtu.be/P7Bf_Ynnsj0" target="_blank">link</a><br />
Note: This is not an endorsement of the vendor. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-2310586299359231672018-12-15T06:20:00.001-08:002018-12-15T06:20:50.833-08:00Drone morphs in mid-flightQuadcopter alters its shape in flight depending on the situational needs: <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/foldable-drone-changes-its-shape-in-mid-air">more</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-13519895921990039222018-01-16T07:18:00.001-08:002018-01-16T07:18:40.748-08:00Computer science educationUpdate on CS education in the US: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/expansion-of-ap-computer-science-draws-more-girls-and-minorities/2018/01/08/cd5932d8-e040-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?utm_term=.0409d1560430">link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-66796296984944397062018-01-01T01:17:00.000-08:002018-01-01T01:17:47.600-08:00Gravitational wavesLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/physics-found-gravitational-waves-now-come-the-existential-questions/" target="_blank">link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-41460080217554587402017-12-31T04:56:00.000-08:002017-12-31T04:58:36.163-08:00The European Quantum Technologies RoadmapAn updated summary of the 150-page QT Roadmap: <a href="https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1712/1712.03773.pdf" target="_blank">link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-78462556961307229872017-12-03T11:26:00.001-08:002023-12-24T10:30:40.824-08:00The bricklaying botBricklaying robot lays 1,000+ bricks per hour! The Caterpillar-backed bot could be in production by the end of year. <a href="https://youtu.be/FXhZEV22Jrw" target="_blank">more</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-52012800097241935162017-11-17T02:35:00.001-08:002017-12-28T19:58:51.955-08:00CapsuleNetAre we at the dawn of a new era in convolutional networks?<br />
Is it possible to combine CapsuleNet with <a href="https://engineering.purdue.edu/elab/CortexNet" target="_blank">CortexNet</a>? <br />
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<b>News:</b><br />
<a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608911/is-ai-riding-a-one-trick-pony/" target="_blank">Technology Review</a><br />
<a href="https://medium.com/mlreview/deep-neural-network-capsules-137be2877d44" target="_blank">ML Review</a><br />
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<b>Notable papers:</b><br />
2017<br />
Dynamic Routing Between Capsules<br />
Sara Sabour, Nicholas Frosst, Geoffrey Hinton<br />
<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.09829.pdf" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
(Under review; submitted to ICLR 2018)<br />
Matrix capsules with EM routing<br />
<a href="https://openreview.net/pdf?id=HJWLfGWRb" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
2014<br />
Optimizing Neural Networks that Generate Images<br />
Tijmen Tieleman<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~tijmen/tijmen_thesis.pdf" target="_blank">See page 26</a><br />
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2011<br />
Transforming Auto-encoders<br />
Geoffrey Hinton, Alex Krizhevsky, Sida D. Wang<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~fritz/absps/transauto6.pdf" target="_blank">more</a><br />
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2006<br />
To Recognize Shapes, First Learn to Generate Images<br />
Geoffrey Hinton<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton/absps/montrealTR.pdf" target="_blank">See page 4, "fifth strategy"</a><br />
<br />
1995<br />
The wake-sleep algorithm for unsupervised neural networks<br />
Geoffrey Hinton, Peter Dayan, Brendan Frey, Radford Neal<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~fritz/absps/ws.pdf" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
1981<br />
Shape representation in parallel systems<br />
Geoffrey Hinton<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton/absps/shape81.pdf" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
1979<br />
Some demonstrations of the effects of structural descriptions in mental imagery<br />
Geoffrey Hinton<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton/absps/cube.pdf" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
1958<br />
Oliver Selfridge<br />
Pandemonium: A paradigm for learning<br />
<a href="http://ccrg.cs.memphis.edu/tutorial/PDFs/Pandemonium%20Theory.pdf" target="_blank">See also</a><br />
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<b>Video:</b><br />
<br />
2017 <br />
Aurélien Géron<br />
Capsule Networks (CapsNet) - Tutorial<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/pPN8d0E3900" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
How to implement CapsNets using TensorFlow<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/2Kawrd5szHE" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
2014<br />
Geoffrey Hinton<br />
What is wrong with Convolutional Neural Networks?<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/rTawFwUvnLE?t=55m24s" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
2012<br />
Geoffrey Hinton: "Does the Brain do Inverse Graphics?"<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/TFIMqt0yT2I?t=29m33s" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
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<b>Blogs:</b><br />
Adrian Colyer<br />
Dynamic routing between capsules <br />
<a href="https://blog.acolyer.org/2017/11/13/dynamic-routing-between-capsules/" target="_blank">more</a> <br />
<br />
Max Pechyonkin<br />
Understanding Hinton’s Capsule Networks. Part I: Intuition<br />
<a href="https://medium.com/@pechyonkin/understanding-hintons-capsule-networks-part-i-intuition-b4b559d1159b" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
Understanding Hinton’s Capsule Networks. Part II: How Capsules Work<br />
<a href="https://medium.com/@pechyonkin/understanding-hintons-capsule-networks-part-ii-how-capsules-work-153b6ade9f66" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
Understanding Hinton’s Capsule Networks. Part III: Dynamic Routing Between Capsules<br />
<a href="https://medium.com/ai%C2%B3-theory-practice-business/understanding-hintons-capsule-networks-part-iii-dynamic-routing-between-capsules-349f6d30418" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
Jonathan Hui<br />
Understanding Dynamic Routing between Capsules (Capsule Network)<br />
<a href="https://jhui.github.io/2017/11/03/Dynamic-Routing-Between-Capsules" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
Kendrick Tan<br />
Capsule Networks Explained<br />
<a href="https://kndrck.co/posts/capsule_networks_explained" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
Mike Ross<br />
A Visual Representation of Capsule Network Computations<br />
<a href="https://medium.com/@mike_ross/a-visual-representation-of-capsule-network-computations-83767d79e737" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
Debarko De<br />
What is a CapsNet or Capsule Network?<br />
<a href="https://hackernoon.com/what-is-a-capsnet-or-capsule-network-2bfbe48769cc" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
Thibault Neveu<br />
Understand and apply CapsNet on Traffic sign classification<br />
<a href="https://becominghuman.ai/understand-and-apply-capsnet-on-traffic-sign-classification-a592e2d4a4ea" target="_blank">more</a><br />
<br />
__________________________________<br />
<b>Discussion:</b><br />
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/78zvc4/r_171009829_dynamic_routing_between_capsules" target="_blank">dynamic_routing_between_capsules</a> <br />
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/7c78sw/r_capsule_networks_explained" target="_blank">capsule_networks_explained</a><br />
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/7cx9bv/a_visual_representation_of_capsule_network" target="_blank">a_visual_representation_of_capsule_network</a><br />
<br />
How to treat Hinton's thesis "Dynamic Routing Between Capsules"? (Chinese)<br />
<a href="https://www.zhihu.com/question/67287444/answer/251460831" target="_blank">more</a><br />
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<b>Implementation:</b><br />
<a href="https://github.com/ageron/handson-ml/blob/master/extra_capsnets.ipynb" target="_blank">CapsuleNet on TensorFlow on MNIST</a><b> </b><br />
<a href="https://github.com/XifengGuo/CapsNet-Keras" target="_blank">CapsuleNet in Keras on MNIST</a> <br />
<a href="https://github.com/GreensboroAI/Keras-Cifar-Capsulenet" target="_blank">CapsuleNet in Keras on Cifar dataset</a><br />
<a href="https://github.com/thibo73800/capsnet-traffic-sign-classifier" target="_blank">CapsuleNet in TensorFlow on German traffic sign dataset</a><br />
<a href="https://github.com/naturomics/CapsNet-Tensorflow" target="_blank">CapsuleNet in TensorFlow on MNIST</a><br />
<a href="https://www.kaggle.com/kmader/capsulenet-on-mnist" target="_blank">CapsuleNet in Kaggle on MNIST</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-58492788455018292182017-07-19T17:47:00.000-07:002017-07-19T17:47:14.672-07:00Amazon Alexa’s Ashwin Ram talks AI with Sebastian Thrun<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #757c81; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.16px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Required viewing for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of AI: <a href="http://blog.udacity.com/2017/07/ashwin-ram-sebastian-thrun-discuss-ai.html" target="_blank">here</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-30382045033989386702017-07-12T15:35:00.000-07:002017-07-12T15:35:25.139-07:00Public LiDAR data setNew York University <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/nyu-releases-the-largest-lidar-dataset-ever-to-help-urban-development/" target="_blank">releases</a> a large laser scanned data set for urban development. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-84058862730993130862017-07-11T12:29:00.002-07:002017-07-11T12:29:31.941-07:00Motion vectors, inertia, and strategyFor a deeper understanding of vectors, inertia, and motion strategy, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack_(game)" target="_blank">Racetrack</a>:<br />Try not to crash online <a href="http://www.harmmade.com/vectorracer" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />Further discussion <a href="http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2016/5881/pdf/21.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-47706456427364177602017-07-11T10:42:00.001-07:002018-01-14T11:56:43.795-08:00Folding Building Technology<br />
Scalable, shape-shifting structures: <a href="http://vimeo.com/232343273" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hslm7g6Aew" target="_blank">here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874746735634540089.post-73115072502610197182017-07-08T22:40:00.003-07:002017-07-08T22:40:26.419-07:00Autonomous DrivingFYI: an open-access overview of <a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-662-48847-8.pdf" target="_blank">autonomous driving</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com