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New Algorithm Optimally Divvies up Tasks for Human-Robot Teams
A new algorithmic planner developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute divides up tasks optimally between humans and robots.As robots increasingly join people working on the factory floor, in warehouses, and elsewhere on the job, determining who will do which tasks increases in complexity and importance. People are better suited for some jobs, robots for…
May 24, 2022
This algorithm knows about recreational drugs that don’t even exist yet
Doug Johnson is a Canadian writer, editor, and journalist. This story originally featured on Undark. In recent years, underground chemists have increasingly made small chemical tweaks on known recreational drugs to skirt laws, creating novel designer versions. Instead of cannabis, for instance, these chemists could offer up XLR-11, or instead of PCP they might have…
December 29, 2021