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Bio-inspired robotic fish for environmental monitoring

Researchers are developing a bio-inspired robot equipped with special chemical sensors able to detect the pH of water.

May 10th, 2017

How will robots handle life or death decisions?

A lecture series dealt with what life will be like when robots and artificial intelligences become common. We may be allowing machines to make life and death decisions, so it makes sense to think about what values we program into them.

May 9th, 2017

Robot radiology: Low cost A.I. could screen for cervical cancer better than humans

An artificial intelligence image detection method has the potential to outperform PAP and HPV tests in screening for cervical cancer; Low-cost technique could be used in less-developed countries, where 80 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur.

Apr 24th, 2017

Be careful what you tell your robot to do, expert warns

AIs won't wake up and want to kill us but they might hurt us by accident.

Apr 11th, 2017

Researchers control soft robots using magnetic fields

A team of engineering researchers has made a fundamental advance in controlling so-called soft robots, using magnetic fields to remotely manipulate microparticle chains embedded in soft robotic devices.

Mar 29th, 2017

Toward printable, sensor-laden 'skin' for robots

New 3-D-printed device mimics the goldbug beetle, which changes color when prodded.

Mar 23rd, 2017

'Tree-on-a-chip' device may be used to make small robots move

Engineers have designed a microfluidic device they call a 'tree-on-a-chip', which mimics the pumping mechanism of trees and plants. Like its natural counterparts, the chip operates passively, requiring no moving parts or external pumps. It is able to pump water and sugars through the chip at a steady flow rate for several days.

Mar 20th, 2017

Security for multirobot systems

New technique could protect robot teams' communication networks from malicious hackers.

Mar 17th, 2017

Songs that make robots cry

Machine learning writes songs that elicits emotions from its listeners.

Mar 9th, 2017

Artificial intelligence in quantum systems, too

Scientists use quantum simulators to imitate life, natural selection, learning and memory.

Mar 7th, 2017

Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently

Robotics researchers have developed an algorithm that lets robots ask for clarification when they're not sure what a person wants.

Mar 6th, 2017

Six-legged robots faster than nature-inspired gait (w/video)

Researchers revealed that there is in fact a faster way for robots to locomote on flat ground, provided they don't have the adhesive pads used by insects to climb walls and ceilings.

Feb 17th, 2017

Ground-breaking robotic arms that could transform your weekly food shop

Robotics researchers have developed versatile robotic grippers to pick thousands of supermarket items.

Feb 16th, 2017

In pursuit of artificial intelligence with a human mind (w/video)

Getting to the heart of human-like action with robots and computer models.

Feb 14th, 2017

Now you can 'build your own' bio-bot

Researchers have been developing a class of walking 'bio-bots' powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical and optical pulses. Now, they are sharing the recipe for the current generation of bio-bots.

Feb 13th, 2017

Transparent gel-based robots can catch and release live fish (w/video)

Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection.

Feb 1st, 2017