Adventurous Math for the Playground Crowd" are back with another fun math game they call Function Machines. I introduced Maria Droujkova and Yelena McManaman last week. The two met when McManaman ...

Economists call it a utility function, but Omohundro says it’s not that different from the sort of math problem going ... For the most part, we want machines to operate exactly this way.

These robots don't break into a jig or jump, but their ability to do single tasks cheaply and efficiently is attracting investor dollars as focus shifts to function from flash.

PASADENA – Huddled over over a grey LEGO robot, Thai Isenberg-Crawford pushed the start button and watched as the small machine lurched ... speed and distance. For math teacher Steve Crosby ...