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 […]
When is the Right Time in Your Career to Join a Start-up?
Small, growing companies like start-ups have a reputation for catering to the under-30 set and those just beginning their careers. Shield AI has broken this mold, with teammates of all backgrounds and ages. We sat down with three of our recent additions to discuss their motivations in joining the company. What follows is our conversation […]
The Relationship Between Intelligence & Learning
A conversation with Professor Nathan Michael, Shield AI’s Chief Technology Officer. This is a continuation of our conversation about Trust and Robotic Systems. How do you define intelligence in the context of robotic systems? Within the context of organic systems — humans, animals, plants — there are more formal definitions of what we mean by […]
Navigating a Path to Corporate Leadership
A conversation with Mike Child, Shield AI’s Chief of Staff. Before joining Shield AI, you were an officer in the US Army. What does it mean to be part of the infantry? To put it succinctly, the infantry is composed of the soldiers that fight on foot. It’s the running back of the football team […]
Meet Our Leaders: A Conversation with Brad Post
A conversation with Brad Post, Shield AI’s VP of Software Engineering. Why did you choose to become a software engineer? What was it about software engineering that drew you in? I think it chose me, actually. I played around with computers when I was younger and wrote small programs in basic and simple assembly. But […]
What is Deep Learning?
A conversation with Vivek Krishnan, an AI Engineer at Shield AI. This is the first part of our conversation about Deep Learning. What is deep learning? Deep learning is a specific branch of machine learning that creates models using deep neural networks. The two terms have become somewhat interchangeable — deep learning and deep neural […]
