AI can turn a cloud of scuba bubbles into an early warning for divers

University of Minnesota researchers taught an underwater robot to estimate a diver’s breathing from exhaled bubbles, creating a contactless monitor that could eventually flag unusual respiration without pretending it can diagnose distress.

Video Friday: A Robot Hand With Artificial Muscles and Tendons
Video Friday: A Robot Hand With Artificial Muscles and Tendons

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.ICRA 20…