
Are machines smarter than a 6-year-old?
Mohammad Rostami of USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute studies how to teach machines to learn without any supervision.
Mohammad Rostami of USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute studies how to teach machines to learn without any supervision.
Experts at the USC Information Sciences Institute are working to make machines that can engage in conversations the way humans do.
When USC’s Information Sciences Institute launched in 1972, the video game, pocket calculator and floppy disk were new and the internet as we know it did not exist. What will the next 50 years bring?
Researchers will study optimized symbiotic vehicles for use in warehouses and for robot deliveries.
USC Viterbi researchers and colleagues outline how robots and other machines of the future can achieve lifelong learning.
At an industry-leading AI conference, USC experts lead the discussion on topics such as language learning, 3D-object recognition, thinking robots and data management.
For your next coffee and pancake order, all you need is a couple of robots — and USC Viterbi students to program them.
USC researchers are testing next-generation droids that can clean, explore and play.
An engineer-turned-surgeon advances next-generation tools.
Tie-dye provides a fun example of how robots can support the garment industry, while emphasizing human creativity.
The USC Viterbi robotic system “watches” people and figures out what they’ll need next, insights that could also be used to help people with disabilities through robot-assisted eating or meal prep.
USC Viterbi-developed technology that helps robots navigate labyrinthine retail warehouses honored in international awards.
USC researchers find sea stars’ shape plays an important role in their ability to withstand dynamic water forces and remain attached to surfaces, a discovery that could translate to robotics.
A team of USC Viterbi master’s students has created a disinfection robot called LASER-D that can help sanitize hard-to-reach places.
USC researchers have developed a method that could allow robots to learn new tasks, like setting a table or driving a car, from observing a small number of demonstrations.
LASER-D — Legged-Agile-Smart-Efficient Robot for Disinfection — can go most anywhere a person can go, disinfect the space and even check its work.
Engineers at USC have come up with a new way to eliminate coronavirus in tiny, hard-to-reach spaces: robots with UV wands. The project could help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
USC researchers developed personalized learning robots for children with autism and studied whether the robots could autonomously gauge the child’s engagement in long-term, in-home therapeutic interventions.
New research, led by a USC Viterbi doctoral candidate, proposes areas where robots can make a difference in the lives of children with developmental disorders.
What USC researchers have uncovered about sea star locomotion could help scientists design simpler decentralized systems for all sorts of devices.
Researchers at the USC Viterbi Center for Advanced Manufacturing have reduced robot path planning through complex workspaces from minutes to seconds with minimal human input.
According to a team of USC computer scientists, showing robots “tough love” can help them succeed at new tasks.
Using computer-aided design modeling, a team of student engineers have created a soft robotic fish that can be used to study marine life and even help design underwater vehicles.
Rather than worrying about finding a career path right away, Bethany Chen is taking advantage of her time as an undergrad to explore her diverse interests.