How Do Robots Learn Through Exploration?
How does learning appear within the context of coordinated exploration? Within the context of exploration, learning emerges the more the system operates. The system improves with operation because the more that it operates, the more experience it acquires about how the actions it takes given the appearance and nature of the environment will impact the […]
Inside Hardware: Designing a Circuit Board
Why are circuit boards important? At the simplest level, circuit boards are the glue that integrates all of the higher-level system features together. Where do you start when designing a circuit board? There is a lot that goes into circuit boards — power regulation, filtering, different communications, buses, and chips — but before you get […]
On Reaching New Milestones
When my brother, Brandon, and I founded Shield AI with Andrew in 2015, we set out to create a defining company in the emerging defense technology sector to serve service members and first responders. We wanted to use AI to protect those who go to war and civilians caught in conflict by providing the best […]
How do Robots Communicate with Each Other?
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. In terms of multi-robot systems, how do we think about coordination in terms of how robots communicate with each other and learn together? When we talk about multi-robot exploration and teams of […]
Our Philosophy On Professional Development
“What does good leadership look like?” If you were to pose that question to ten people, you would receive ten different answers with some common themes. Each answer would draw heavily from the individual’s personal experiences. One person might describe the leadership of their high school coach, another the style of their favorite college professor, […]
What is Multi-Robot Exploration?
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. What do we mean by multi-robot exploration? Exploration for a single robot system in our context considers uncertainty reduction in an unknown environment performed by a single agent. It involves the system […]
How Artificial Intelligence Manifests Through Exploration
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. In reference to robotic systems, what do we mean by exploration? Typically, when we talk about exploration with an autonomous robotic system for the types of scenarios that we consider, we’re talking […]
Designing UX to Consider Cognitive Load
In User Experience, our goal is to constantly improve our customer’s interaction with our product. We iterate on our feature designs based on insights and feedback from user experience evaluations. This cyclical process brings us ever closer to a product that is intuitive, useful, and delightful for its users. Many qualities contribute to creating a […]
Meet Our Leaders: A Conversation with Brad Holmes
A conversation with Brad Holmes, Shield AI’s VP of Product Development and Software Engineering. You’ve spent 20 years working at some of the biggest names in tech: Dell, Microsoft, Ericsson and TiVo. Why did you choose to join Shield AI? I immediately recognized the company focus on the mission driving Shield AI, and I was […]
Shield AI Fundamentals: On Resilient Intelligence
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. You are the director of the Resilient Intelligence Lab (RISLab) at Carnegie Mellon University. When choosing to name the lab, why did you use the term resilient? The goal of the research […]
