Research Update Simplicity versus adaptability: Understanding the balance between habitual and goal-directed behaviors New study on learning provides insights into adaptive behaviors.
Research Update Enter the Gridworld: Using geometry to detect danger in AI environments New AI safety analysis method could bolster safety in robots and autonomous vehicles, scientists reveal.
Research Update Can Science and Technology Help Increase our Confidence? Researchers search for the neural mechanisms behind optimism, as part of the Moonshot Goal 9 protect, a large-scale national research project
Research Update Expectations vs reality: How robots update their behavior based on their experience The unpredictability of everyday life can inform our expectations of the future, says Professor Jun Tani, who is revealing the underlying neural networks of predictions by exploring robotic minds.
Research Update First year PhD student awarded Softbank scholarship Hiroki Sawada, an OIST PhD student, has received a 1-million-yen scholarship for his proposed research on AI for space rovers.