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Robot competition the finale of summer school in robotics

There was plenty of laughter and emotions were running high as the summer school’s robot football tournament was battled out. In total, six matches were played and the robots of “The Cheeky Nandos” won the final with a score of 3–0.

New AI method makes self-driving vehicles better drivers

A cyclist drops out of sight for a few seconds behind a car – a not-so-uncommon traffic situation for us humans. But for a self-driving vehicle, the cyclist ceases to exist. “We have succeeded in developing a new way for self-driving vehicles to...

SEK 4 million for research on more human-centred artificial intelligence

Working together with robots and AI systems in the future will need to be more proactive and human-centred. This is the goal of Professor Alessandro Saffiotti’s research project, which has received SEK 4 million in funding from the Swedish Research...

Silicon Valley next stop for Ravi’s innovation: “It feels amazing’”

Silicon Valley has made a name for itself as the breeding ground for world-renowned tech companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. Now an innovation from Örebro has made its way over there.

Örebro is part of multi-million investment in mining research: “to set new world standard”

LKAB is investing SEK 80 million in research towards sustainable mining. Örebro University, with its expertise in AI and autonomous systems, is one of three universities whose researchers will contribute to the development.

AI and eye tracking may help doctors make difficult patient decisions

Doctors could get an objective report to make better decisions about patients’ medical fitness to possess a driving licence using artificial intelligence and eye tracking. This is the goal of the new AI project Dash at Örebro University.

AI and eye tracking may help doctors make difficult patient decisions

New research: It may take 20 years for businesses to adopt AI

It will take a long time, closer to 20 years, before today’s AI technology will be in full use within businesses. New data simulation developed by researchers at Örebro University shows that this lengthy process will result in many of the companies...

Using AI to optimise taste and nutrition in plants

Basil is being grown in a robotic cultivation testbed at Örebro University. Each plant is monitored by sensing technology, providing researchers with valuable big data. Data that can be then used together with artificial intelligence to determine how to...

Cristina Trenta new member of EU expert group

Örebro researcher Cristina Trenta has been appointed member of the expert group tasked by the European Commission to monitor developments within online platform economy. “I am so pleased and deeply honoured by this appointment, which is also a...