AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s robotic hand AI can learn to rotate Baoding balls with minimal training data

September 27, 2019
Using several fingers at once to grasp and manipulate objects is a straightforward ask of humans, despite the primitiveness of our hand anatomy. But robots have a much tougher go of it. That’s because tasks like writing on paper with a pencil require physics models directing the imparting of forces onto the target object, as well as the repeated establishing and breaking of contacts. And with…
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GamingNews

Here’s a cute controller to go with your cute Switch Lite

September 27, 2019
If you just picked up a Nintendo Switch Lite and are looking for a suitably adorable controller to match, 8BitDo has just the thing. Today, the company announced the appropriately named 8BitDo Lite, a rectangular gamepad that emulates the look of the Switch Lite so precisely…
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Samsung Galaxy A70s arrives with 64MP camera, 4,500 mAh battery, new design

September 27, 2019
After several major leaks in the past week, the Samsung Galaxy A70s is finally official. The phone was launched in India and features minor improvements over the Galaxy A70 such as the new 64MP Samsung Bright GW1 camera, prism gradient design and 4,500 mAh battery. Looking at the front you’d be pressed to find any changes. You get the same 6.7-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED panel with a waterdrop notch…
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8BitDo Lite is a new minimalist gamepad for the Switch

September 27, 2019
You cannot use the new Nintendo Switch Lite on a television, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pair external controllers with it. Connecting a giant standard gamepad with the smaller portable, however, seems almost silly. That’s where the 8BitDo Lite comes in. The 8BitDo peripheral company is launching preorders for the 8BitDo Lite today for $25. It begins shipping October 30. This is a more…
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Samsung Galaxy Fold launches today – are you buying one? [Poll]

September 27, 2019
It’s been a  road to get the Samsung Galaxy Fold to market. After years of teasing, the foldable finally made an exciting debut earlier this year. That was followed by a spectacular crash, but Samsung has fixed some of the issues and the Galaxy Fold is finally launching today for customers to buy. Will you be one of them? The Galaxy Fold made headlines earlier this year…
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