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Frontiers in Virtual Reality Seminar Series 3: Fostering inclusion and social interaction in XR

May 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

Online Seminar Series Inclusion, accessibility, and social interaction in virtual and augmented reality environments is key to ensure the success of the deployment of this [...]

Machine learning helps researchers separate compostable from conventional plastic waste with ‘very high’ accuracy

March 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Compostable plastics are on the rise. Despite their merits, these products, including wrappers and [...]

Scientists unveil plan to create biocomputers powered by human brain cells

February 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Liad Hollender, Frontiers science writer Credit: Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University Despite AI’s impressive track record, its computational power pales in [...]

‘My dream is for AI and brain organoids to explore each other’s capabilities’

February 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Liad Hollender, Frontiers science writer Image: Prof Thomas Hartung Over just a few decades, computers shrunk from massive installations to slick devices that fit in our [...]

Smart ‘Joey’ bots could soon swarm underground to clean and inspect our pipes

November 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Joey’s design. Image credit: TL Nguyen, A Blight, A Pickering, A Barber, GH Jackson-Mills, JH Boyle, R Richardson, M Dogar, [...]

How do we stop ‘robot evolution’ from spiraling out of control? Two essential articles on the future of robotics and AI

October 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers Science Communications Manager Image: Shutterstock.com Robotics and AI have quickly outgrown as tropes of science fiction and are almost ubiquitous [...]

New walking robot design could revolutionize how we build things in space

October 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Researchers have designed a state-of-the-art walking robot that could revolutionize large construction [...]

Sharing a laugh: Scientists teach a robot when to have a sense of humor

September 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Peter Rejcek, science writer ERICA being trained on how to have a sense of humor. Image: Inoue et al No one can really agree on what makes each of us laugh, so designing [...]

Bees’ ‘waggle dance’ may revolutionize how robots talk to each other in disaster zones

July 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Conn Hastings, science writer Image credit: rtbilder / Shutterstock.com Honeybees use a sophisticated dance to tell their sisters about the location of nearby flowers. [...]

Frontiers in Virtual Reality Seminar Series 2: striving for social harmony in XR

May 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

Image: Shutterstock.com Online Seminar Series 25th May – 22nd June 2022 This seminar series is presented by field chief editor of the Frontiers in Virtual [...]

AI breakthrough could revolutionize how we research dinosaur fossils

January 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Peter Rejcek, science writer Image credit: Natalia van D / Shutterstock.com The use of x-ray computed tomography has greatly improved the ability of paleontologists to [...]

Scientists develop revolutionary AI system to find music you’ll like

September 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Mr Khalil Damak (graduate student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Louisville), Dr Olfa Nasraoui (professor, Department of Computer [...]

Why is Covid-19 more severe in some patients? Using AI, we found a likely answer

September 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Dr Emmanuelle Logette, EPFL Blue Brain Project Dr Emmanuelle Logette of the EPFL Blue Brain Project Why does Covid-19 present itself more severe in some patients but not [...]

Researchers’ VR walking simulator feels surprisingly close to the real thing

April 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer Image: wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock.com Researchers in Japan have developed a virtual reality platform that mimics the sensation of [...]

A robotic cat can teach us how real animals move

April 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

Robots can replace animals to teach us more about biology: Frontiers in Neurorobotics [...]

Robot swarms follow instructions to create art

October 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

Swarm of painting robots can cooperate to create art after human instructions: Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

The moral machine

May 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

Machines can be taught ‘right’ from ‘wrong’ to analyze the development of moral values over time: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence [...]

Frontiers in Virtual Reality – Online Seminar Series

May 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Editorial board of Frontiers in Virtual Reality is pleased to present a series of virtual seminars on virtual and augmented reality. [...]

Who’s a bot and who’s not

April 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

Behavioral differences between bots and humans could inform new algorithms for bot detection: Frontiers in Physics [...]

Mirror, mirror, on the wall

March 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

People rate their own bodies as more attractive when viewed from a third-person perspective: Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

Frontiers to sponsor HRI 2020

January 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

The theme of this year’s HRI conference is “Real World Human-Robot Interaction”. [...]

Frontiers partners with machine learning challenge platform AIcrowd

October 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Partnership with AIcrowd will transform crowdsourced solutions to machine learning challenges into peer-reviewed, open-access articles. [...]

Crop-boosting AI can benefit many fields

October 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

Machine learning algorithms developed to select high-yield food crops could be applied to 'hyperspectral analysis' in other disciplines, from astronomy to espionage; Frontiers in Plant Science [...]

Magnets can help AI get closer to the efficiency of the human brain

May 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

New brain-like networks could help robots approach human-like efficiency at object recognition tasks; Frontiers in Neuroscience [...]

Will cyborg circuits be made from melanin?

March 26, 2019 // 2 Comments

Scientists have achieved a billion-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of melanin, that could unleash its potential in safe, sustainable bioelectronics; Frontiers in Chemistry [...]

Artificial intelligence can predict your personality — simply by tracking your eyes

January 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

A study has shown for the first time that computers can predict individuals’ personality traits from their eye movements while engaged in everyday tasks; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience [...]

Researchers in Japan make android child’s face strikingly more expressive

December 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Researchers at Osaka University have made their robot child face more expressive, by measuring and calibrating 3D movement at over 100 facial areas; Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

Good news for immersive journalism: look at your audience

November 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Frontiers in Robotics and AI: A new study in collaboration with the BBC finds that users feel more engaged in a virtual reality news experience when virtual characters acknowledge them - even by simple gaze.

A new study in collaboration with the BBC finds that users feel more engaged in a virtual reality news experience when virtual characters acknowledge them - even by simple gaze; Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

Virtual reality could help doctors spot child abuse

August 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

Image of doctor wearing virtual reality glasses. VR could become a vital tool for training doctors to look out for hard-to-detect signs of child abuse: Frontiers in Robotics and AI

The VR environment allowed doctors to interact with virtual, avatar patients in the same way as they would in a 'real' consultation: Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

On the road to Damascus – Frontiers in Robotics and AI addresses the ‘uncanny valley’ of human-robot interaction

July 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

Specialty Chief Editor of Human-Robot Interaction Bilge Mutlu

Robots have been a part of our culture for centuries, but it is only in the last decade or two that robotic technology has really become integrated into daily life. [...]

Artificial intelligence tricked by optical illusion, just like humans

April 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Frontiers in Psychology: AI tricked by optical illusion, just like humans

A study using deep neural networks suggests that predictive coding theory is the basis of illusory motion: Frontiers in Psychology [...]

Virtual humans can identify post-traumatic stress in soldiers

October 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

Soldiers are more likely to open up to a computer-generated virtual interviewer than by taking a survey, say researchers in Frontiers in Robotics and AI [...]

Google Glass app helps autistic children with social interactions

September 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Wearable technology described in Frontiers in Robotics and AI can recognize conversational prompts and provide the user with suitable responses. [...]

Why humans find faulty robots more likeable

August 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Participants in the study liked the faulty robot significantly more than the flawless one. This finding confirms the Pratfall Effect, which states that people's attractiveness increases when they make a mistake.

New study, published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, finds that humans prefer interacting with faulty robots more than with flawless robots. [...]

Empowering robots for ethical behavior

July 27, 2017 // 1 Comment

Researchers have developed a concept called Empowerment to help robots and humans to work and live side-by-side safely and effectively. [...]

Robot epigenetics: adding complexity to embodied robot evolution

April 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

For the first time, researchers in the field of evolutionary robotics have used physically embodied robots to study epigenetic effects on robot evolution. [...]

Robotic tutors for primary school children

November 4, 2016 // 6 Comments

By Ian Salter, Frontiers Science Writer The use of robotic tutors in primary school classrooms is one step closer according to research recently published in the open access [...]

Can a Brain-Computer Interface Convert Your Thoughts to Text?

October 26, 2016 // 9 Comments

By Srividya Sundaresan, Science Writer Recent research shows brain-to-text device capable of decoding speech from brain signals Ever wonder what it would be like if a [...]

Changing the self through immersive Virtual Reality: an interview with Mel Slater

October 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

“I still find immersive Virtual Reality as thrilling now as when I first tried it 20 years ago,” writes Professor Mel Slater, Field Chief Editor of Frontiers [...]

Your next nurse could be a robot

September 29, 2016 // 1 Comment

The nursing assistant for your next trip to the hospital might be a robot. This is the implication of research recently published by Dr. Elena De Momi and colleagues in the open access journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Artificial Intelligence). [...]

Living with a prosthesis that learns: A case-study in translational medicine

August 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Every year 1,900 new upper-limb amputations occur in Europe, maintaining a population of such disabled persons hovering around 90,000. What can assistive robotics, rehabilitation science and engineering do for these people? [...]

Putting humanoid robots in contact with their environment

August 16, 2016 // 1 Comment

Researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia put their humanoid robot iCub to the test using manipulation and interaction as sources of knowledge and new experience, as well as, providing a means to explore and control the environment. Read more. [...]