Showing robots how to drive a car…in just a few easy lessons
USC researchers have developed a method that could allow robots to learn new tasks, like setting a table or driving a car, from observing a small number of demonstrations.
New flow battery could help unleash renewable energy
USC scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem that limits the widespread use of renewable energy.
What if airplanes could repair their own damage?
USC researchers 3-D-printed the next-generation of high strength, lightweight structures that can autonomously heal impact damage.
Research boosts hope USC’s COVID-19 self-triage tool can ease hospitals’ burden
In March 2020, a team at USC’s Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Science and Innovation helped create a patient self-assessment tool to help people determine whether they might have the novel coronavirus.
Correcting grammar, one misplaced modifier at a time
Stylebot provides students with automated responses to their common copy-editing questions. This encourages students to engage with copy editing in a more accessible and intuitive way.
Longtime chemistry staffer finishes late professor’s decades-long project
Just as it’s harder to have a conversation in a crowded sports arena than in an intimate coffeeshop, random background noise stymies scientists’ best efforts to collect and measure data.