machine learning

Robotic pets: The bots_alive robot is attracted to the blue target, and blocked by the red obstacles.

Bots_alive Upgrades Your Average Robot into an Electronic Pet

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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Take a store bought hexbug and give it new intelligence.

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NVIDIA Jetson TX1

With New Board, Nvidia Makes It Easier to Build ‘Thinking Machines’

By Patrick Houston

Patrick Houston

Patrick Houston is a veteran technology editor and online publishing executive. He is a former editor-in-chief of CNET, and he led the team that launched Yahoo Tech. He is also a media entrepreneur who believes the Maker Movement is at the cutting edge of a new economic epoch that will thrive on inventors, startups, and the 'micro-enterprise.'

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The Jetson TX1 Developer Kit makes it more practical to develop super-smart bots and other ‘autonomous’ devices

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