Typically displayed on large video flatscreens, these virtual peers have been used to assess and strengthen the social skills of autistic children and to investigate the role of vernacular in the classroom, among other applications. By employing dynamic balance, Ballbot can maneuver in offices, homes and other environments designed for humans.Ĭassell will demonstrate "virtual peers," animated video characters that can engage students in conversation. Ralph Hollis, professor of robotics, will demonstrate his Ballbot, a robot about the width and height of a person that moves and balances atop a sphere the size of a bowling ball. Andy will traverse a pit at the LaFarge North America's aggregate mining site in West Mifflin, which, under the artificial lighting necessary during what will be nighttime in Pennsylvania, will resemble a lunar landscape. In a demonstration led by William "Red" Whittaker, professor of robotics, participants will be given the chance to remotely drive CMU's Andy lunar rover half a world away near Pittsburgh. Moore also will be part of a Thursday panel discussion, "Navigating the Next Technological Revolution," chaired by Klaus Schwab, the WEF's founder and executive chairman.Ĭarnegie Mellon's pre-eminence in robotic technology will be on display throughout the conference in a "Meet the Robots" exhibition curated by Cassell in collaboration with WEF staff. Jason Hong, associate professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute Tom Mitchell, head of the Machine Learning Department Daniel Neill, associate professor of information systems and Aarti Singh, assistant professor of machine learning, will be discussion leaders, while Jeffrey Drazen, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine will serve as facilitator. One highlight on Wednesday will be an IdeasLab presented by CMU on "Machine Learning for Health." Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science and author of a recent WEF commentary on how artificial intelligence can make people healthier, will introduce the session, which will cover such topics as using machine learning to predict neuro-degenerative disease, using predictive analytics to prevent epidemics and the ways in which machine learning might help doctors, hospitals and health insurers. Fifteen CMU faculty members, students and staff will be participating in a number of presentations and demonstrations throughout the conference. More than 1,500 global leaders in business, government, civil society, academia and media are expected to attend this year's meeting in Dalian, often called "Summer Davos" in reference to the WEF's influential winter conference in Davos, Switzerland. "The Annual Meeting of the New Champions, held in China each year, attracts business, government, and civil society leaders who are looking for exactly these sorts of discoveries that will speed the rate of technological progress, while ensuring economic prosperity for all," added Cassell, who is a member of the WEF's Global Agenda Council on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, the Global Agenda Meta-Council on the Future of Health, and the Steering Committee for the WEF New Visions for Education project. "Carnegie Mellon is always on the cutting edge of technology innovation, particularly technologies that collaborate with people to address the most pressing challenges of our time, so the World Economic Forum meetings are natural venues in which to share our ideas and demonstrate our technologies," said Justine Cassell, CMU's associate vice provost of Technology Strategy and Impact. Renaissance of Robotics: The Top 10 Marvels in the Post-COVID Age. Why Letting the Machines Do the Tending Will Open the Door to the Next Industrial Revolution.Logistics Robots in the Ready-to-wear Fashion.Talking PACK Expo with Brenton Engineering.
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