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How sure is sure? Incorporating human error into machine learning

10 Aug 2023

Researchers are developing a way to incorporate one of the most human of characteristics – uncertainty – into machine learning systems.

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The life robotic: Meet the Cambridge University researchers fostering human wellbeing using robots

19 Jul 2023

The team is exploring the capacity robots have to inspire self-reflection, and support the work of psychologists and clinicians.

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Robot ‘chef’ learns to recreate recipes from watching food videos

05 Jun 2023

Researchers have trained a robotic ‘chef’ to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate the dish itself.

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It’s all in the wrist: energy-efficient robot hand learns how not to drop the ball

12 Apr 2023

Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects – and not drop them – using just the movement...

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“Elegant” algae solution wins Cambridge Zero student Climate Challenge

13 Mar 2023

A team of student entrepreneurs who see algae as a potential business solution for reducing methane emissions from landfill and waste-water sites won...

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Machine learning algorithm predicts how to get the most out of electric vehicle batteries

23 Aug 2022

Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm that could help reduce charging times and prolong battery life in electric vehicles by...

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AI tackles the challenge of materials structure prediction

27 Jul 2022

Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict the structure of new materials with five times the efficiency of the current...

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Live long and prosper

14 Jul 2022

Meet Daniel Ives, co-founder of a Cambridge start-up with one big ambition: to put an end to ageing and the diseases that come with it.

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Taste of the future: robot chef learns to ‘taste as you go’

04 May 2022

A robot ‘chef’ has been trained to taste food at different stages of the chewing process to assess whether it’s sufficiently seasoned.

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Improved approach to the ‘Travelling Salesperson Problem’ could improve logistics and transport sectors

26 Apr 2022

A new approach to solving the Travelling Salesperson Problem – one of the most difficult questions in computer science – significantly outperforms...

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‘Transformational’ approach to machine learning could accelerate search for new disease treatments

29 Nov 2021

Researchers have developed a new approach to machine learning that ‘learns how to learn’ and out-performs current machine learning methods for drug...

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Professor Zoubin Ghahramani

Cambridge researcher named as Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellow

30 Jul 2021

Five internationally-recognised researchers, including Cambridge’s Professor Zoubin Ghahramani, have been appointed as the first Turing AI World-...

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