Nurse’s Mechanical Helper: Inside the Moxi AI-Powered Hospital Robot
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Nurse’s Mechanical Helper: Inside the Moxi AI-Powered Hospital Robot

Hospitals are using robots to lighten the load on clinical staff. A number of U.S. hospitals are using Moxi, a robot from Diligent Robotics, to ferry supplies, lab specimens, soiled laundry, and other items.

May 11, 20222 min read
Nurse’s Mechanical Helper: Inside the Moxi AI-Powered Hospital Robot
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Nurse’s Mechanical Helper: Inside the Moxi AI-Powered Hospital Robot

Hospitals are using robots to lighten the load on clinical staff. A number of U.S. hospitals are using Moxi, a robot from Diligent Robotics, to ferry supplies, lab specimens, soiled laundry, and other items.

May 11, 20222 min read
Less Data for Vision Transformers: Boosting Vision Transformer Performance with Less Data
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Less Data for Vision Transformers: Boosting Vision Transformer Performance with Less Data

Vision Transformer (ViT) outperformed convolutional neural networks in image classification, but it required more training data. New work enabled ViT and its variants to outperform other architectures with less training data.

May 4, 20222 min read
Less Data for Vision Transformers: Boosting Vision Transformer Performance with Less Data
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Less Data for Vision Transformers: Boosting Vision Transformer Performance with Less Data

Vision Transformer (ViT) outperformed convolutional neural networks in image classification, but it required more training data. New work enabled ViT and its variants to outperform other architectures with less training data.

May 4, 20222 min read
The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers
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The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers

Overhead cameras equipped with computer vision are spotting distracted drivers on the road. A system from Melbourne-based Acusensus alerts police when drivers are engaged in risky activities such as using a cell phone, not wearing a seatbelt, or speeding.

April 27, 20222 min read
The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers
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The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers

Overhead cameras equipped with computer vision are spotting distracted drivers on the road. A system from Melbourne-based Acusensus alerts police when drivers are engaged in risky activities such as using a cell phone, not wearing a seatbelt, or speeding.

April 27, 20222 min read
Who Needs Training? Graph neural network selects optimal weights for image tasks.
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Who Needs Training? Graph neural network selects optimal weights for image tasks.

When you’re training a neural network, it takes a lot of computation to optimize its weights using an iterative algorithm like stochastic gradient descent. Wouldn’t it be great to compute the best parameter values in one pass? A new method takes a substantial step in that direction.

March 16, 20223 min read
Who Needs Training? Graph neural network selects optimal weights for image tasks.
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Who Needs Training? Graph neural network selects optimal weights for image tasks.

When you’re training a neural network, it takes a lot of computation to optimize its weights using an iterative algorithm like stochastic gradient descent. Wouldn’t it be great to compute the best parameter values in one pass? A new method takes a substantial step in that direction.

March 16, 20223 min read
Remote Meter Reader: Computer vision tool reads analog gauges at industrial sites.
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Remote Meter Reader: Computer vision tool reads analog gauges at industrial sites.

Industrial gauges are often located on rooftops, underground, or in tight spaces — but they’re not out of reach of computer vision. The Okinawa startup LiLz Gauge provides a system that reads analog gauges and reports their output to a remote dashboard.

February 23, 20221 min read
Remote Meter Reader: Computer vision tool reads analog gauges at industrial sites.
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Remote Meter Reader: Computer vision tool reads analog gauges at industrial sites.

Industrial gauges are often located on rooftops, underground, or in tight spaces — but they’re not out of reach of computer vision. The Okinawa startup LiLz Gauge provides a system that reads analog gauges and reports their output to a remote dashboard.

February 23, 20221 min read
The Limits of Pretraining: More pretraining doesn't guarantee a better fine-tuned AI.
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The Limits of Pretraining: More pretraining doesn't guarantee a better fine-tuned AI.

The higher the accuracy of a pretrained model, the better its performance after fine-tuning, right? Not necessarily. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of image-recognition experiments and performed some of their own.

February 9, 20222 min read
The Limits of Pretraining: More pretraining doesn't guarantee a better fine-tuned AI.
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The Limits of Pretraining: More pretraining doesn't guarantee a better fine-tuned AI.

The higher the accuracy of a pretrained model, the better its performance after fine-tuning, right? Not necessarily. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of image-recognition experiments and performed some of their own.

February 9, 20222 min read
Fake Faces Are Good Training Data: Synthetic data improves face recognition performance.
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Fake Faces Are Good Training Data: Synthetic data improves face recognition performance.

Collecting and annotating a dataset of facial portraits is a big job. New research shows that synthetic data can work just as well.

February 2, 20222 min read
Fake Faces Are Good Training Data: Synthetic data improves face recognition performance.
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Fake Faces Are Good Training Data: Synthetic data improves face recognition performance.

Collecting and annotating a dataset of facial portraits is a big job. New research shows that synthetic data can work just as well.

February 2, 20222 min read
Let the Model Choose Your Outfit: Inside Amazon's AI-powered clothes stores.
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Let the Model Choose Your Outfit: Inside Amazon's AI-powered clothes stores.

Amazon’s first brick-and-mortar clothing store is getting ready to deliver automated outfit recommendations. The ecommerce giant announced plans to open a flagship Amazon Style location at a Los Angeles-area mall this year.

January 26, 20221 min read

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