Relevant eBooks
Robot Learning from Human Teachers by Publication Date: 2014Learning from Demonstration (LfD) explores techniques for learning a task policy from examples provided by a human teacher. The field of LfD has grown into an extensive body of literature over the past 30 years, with a wide variety of approaches for encoding human demonstrations and modeling skills and tasks. Additionally, we have recently seen a focus on gathering data from non-expert human teachers (i.e., domain experts but not robotics experts). In this book, we provide an introduction to the field with a focus on the unique technical challenges associated with designing robots that learn from naive human teachers...
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Wired Science
Wired is a magazine / on-line periodical, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics. These articles are currently on their Science blog:
Higgs Boson Particles
The latest on the Higgs Boson Particles, also known as the God Particle, from Google News.
Scientific American
The oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., Scientific American was founded in 1845. It is a leading source for science information for a general audience and is read in print by 3.5 million people ("Press Room," 2012).
New York Times
One of the world's leading news sources, The New York Times provides in-depth coverage of many topics affecting everyday life. Their science coverage is especially complete.
National Academy of Science
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the public good.