Robotics, AI and SmartTech News – Latest Headlines

The physical intelligence of ant and robot collectives (w/video)

How ants and robots pull-off a prison escape without a plan or a planner.

December 22, 2022 Read more

Designing better battery electrolytes with AI and robot-assisted labs

Researchers lay out their vision for electrolyte design in future generations of batteries.

December 20, 2022 Read more

Researchers develop winged robot that can land like a bird

Researchers have developed a method that allows a flapping-wing robot to land autonomously on a horizontal perch using a claw-like mechanism. The innovation could significantly expand the scope of robot-assisted tasks.

December 20, 2022 Read more

Scientists use machine learning to get an unprecedented view of small molecules

A new tool to identify small molecules offers benefits for diagnostics, drug discovery and fundamental research.

December 20, 2022 Read more

New robot does 'the worm' when temperature changes

A new gelatinous robot that crawls, powered by nothing more than temperature change and clever design, brings 'a kind of intelligence' to the field of soft robotics.

December 15, 2022 Read more

Researchers pioneer biocompatible all-water Aquabots

Researchers invented an all-water robotic system that resolves these constraints through revolutionary scientific advances.

December 15, 2022 Read more

The smallest robotic arm you can imagine is controlled by artificial intelligence

Researchers used deep reinforcement learning to steer atoms into a lattice shape, with a view to building new materials or nanodevices.

December 10, 2022 Read more

What do gecko feet and intelligent robotic gripping systems have in common?

Researchers are addressing the question how artificial intelligence can be used to create a robot gripping system that is as versatile and energy-efficient as possible.

December 9, 2022 Read more

Soft robot detects damage and heals itself

Researchers combined optical sensors with a composite material to create a soft robot that can detect when and where it was damaged - and then heal itself on the spot.

December 8, 2022 Read more

Six-dimensional force and torque sensor helps robot feel and touch

The sensor can be used for real-time force feedback control and mechanical property testing of intelligent robots. It allows robots to simultaneously detect surrounding force and moment information.

December 5, 2022 Read more

Robots can identify and remove space junk

There is a lot of space junk orbiting the Earth. Researchers believe that in the future, there will be a market for its removal and have developed an entirely new type of robot vision that will make this possible.

December 5, 2022 Read more

Revealing crystal structures robotically

Machine learning and robotic process automation combine to speed up and simplify a process used to determine crystal structures.

December 1, 2022 Read more

Making 'transport' robots smarter

Engineers are working to speed up the order delivery process by optimizing warehouse operations using a collaborative human-robot order picking system.

December 1, 2022 Read more

3D-Printed microrobot assembly line (w/video)

Researchers simplified the process of producing soft microrobots powered by biomolecular motor muscles by 3D-printing the constituent modules, including actuators and grabbers, in situ.

December 1, 2022 Read more

A simpler path to better computer vision

New research reveals a scalable technique that uses synthetic data to improve the accuracy of AI models that recognize images.

November 24, 2022 Read more

AI tailors artificial DNA for future drug development

With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells' protein production.

November 24, 2022 Read more

A far-sighted approach to machine learning (w/video)

New system can teach a group of cooperative or competitive AI agents to find an optimal long-term solution.

November 23, 2022 Read more

Researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency

Although blockchain is best known for securing digital currency payments, researchers are using it to track a different kind of exchange: It's the first time blockchain has ever been used to validate communication among devices on the electric grid.

November 23, 2022 Read more