Shape-shifting drone flies and dives to seek aquatic environmental clues (w/video)
A new 'dual robot' drone can both fly through air and land on water to collect samples and monitor water quality.
Jun 14th, 2022
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Scientists craft living human skin for robots (w/video)
In not-at-all-creepy news, scientists have made living human skin for robots, and they say it's a bit 'sweaty'.
Jun 9th, 2022
Read moreResearchers study society's readiness for AI ethical decision making
A research team has studied how humans react to the introduction of AI decision making. Specifically, they explored the question, 'is society ready for AI ethical decision making?' by studying human interaction with autonomous cars.
Jun 3rd, 2022
Read moreCreating artificial intelligence that acts more human by 'knowing that it knows'
A research group has taken a big step towards creating a neural network with metamemory through a computer-based evolution experiment.
Jun 2nd, 2022
Read moreWhen AI is the inventor - who gets the patent?
It's not surprising these days to see new inventions that either incorporate or have benefitted from artificial intelligence (AI) in some way, but what about inventions dreamt up by AI - do we award a patent to a machine?
May 31st, 2022
Read moreTaking the strain out of parking in busy cities with AI technology
Scientists are developing artificial intelligence that steers drivers towards parking spaces in busy city centres and helps keep pollution down.
May 30th, 2022
Read moreAgriculture smart tech opens possibility of food cyber attacks
Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural production but international researchers warn this digital-age phenomenon could reap a crop of another kind - cybersecurity attacks.
May 27th, 2022
Read moreA helping hand for robotic manipulator design (w/video)
With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.
May 26th, 2022
Read moreTiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot (w/video)
Smaller than a flea, robot can walk, bend, twist, turn and jump.
May 26th, 2022
Read moreResearchers develop algorithm to divvy up tasks for human-robot teams
As robots increasingly join people on the factory floor, in warehouses and elsewhere on the job, dividing up who will do which tasks grows in complexity and importance. People are better suited for some tasks, robots for others. And in some cases, it is advantageous to spend time teaching a robot to do a task now and reap the benefits later.
May 24th, 2022
Read moreResearchers demonstrate significant energy savings using neuromorphic hardware
Research illustrates neuromorphic technology is up to sixteen times more energy-efficient for large deep learning networks than other AI systems.
May 24th, 2022
Read moreTwisted soft robots navigate mazes without human or computer guidance (w/video)
These soft robots demonstrate a concept called 'physical intelligence', meaning that structural design and smart materials are what allow the soft robot to navigate various situations, as opposed to computational intelligence.
May 24th, 2022
Read moreUsing everyday WiFi to help robots see and navigate better indoors (w/video)
Engineers have developed a low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately map their way indoors, even in poor lighting and without recognizable landmarks or features.
May 19th, 2022
Read moreA drone for ultrafast transitions between air and water (w/video)
A new robot is capable of switching from an underwater drone to an aerial vehicle in less than one second. The robot also features a suction disc inspired by the remora fish, which enables it to hitchhike on wet or dry moving objects to significantly reduce its power consumption.
May 19th, 2022
Read moreCharting a safe course for autonomous robots through a highly uncertain environment
A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.
May 19th, 2022
Read moreAccelerating the pace of machine learning
Researchers want to bring efficiency to distributed learning techniques emerging as crucial to modern artificial intelligence and machine learning.
May 19th, 2022
Read moreArtificial muscles help robot vacuum manipulators get a grip
The system can adapt almost instantaneously to changes in form, switching seamlessly between differently shaped parts. The articulated gripper is driven electrically, is lightweight and accelerates rapidly and is even able to tell whether it is holding the object securely enough.
May 16th, 2022
Read moreAI traffic light system could make traffic jams a distant memory
New artificial intelligence system reads live camera footage and adapts the lights to compensate. In testing, the system significantly outperformed all other methods.
May 11th, 2022
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