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Using a new field of applied mathematics, a computer scientist at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to enhance the perception capabilities of robots. William Beksi, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is investigating how to effectively process 3-D point cloud data captured from low-cost sensors--information that robots could use to facilitate intelligent tasks in complex scenarios. Beksi's work is funded with a two-year, $175,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Three-dimensional point clouds are sets of points in space, sometimes with color information, that can be obtained from inexpensive 3-D sensors. However, data generated by these sensors can suffer from anomalies, such as the presence of noise and variation in density of the points. These issues limit the reliability, efficiency and scalability of robotic perception applications that use 3-D point clouds for manipulation, navigation, and object detection and classification.

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Robots - 2016 News and Articles - Robotic Technology(Full Documentary) As humans, all of our greatest dreams and biggest fears about technology seem to be provoked by the stirring topic of robotic technologies. Robots have the potential to eliminate a great amount of monotonous work, provide assistance to human workers and serve in highly specialized environments, like hospitals or factories. At the same time, people can be concerned with how this technology will change daily life and worry about increasing isolation among humans or the loss of a job as a result. Even major names in technology development have showed signs of being spooked by robotics. In a talk given at a technology symposium held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called robots the "biggest existential threat" to the human race, even arguing for national and international regulatory oversight on artificial (AI) development.