AI method radically speeds predictions of materials' thermal properties
The approach could help engineers design more efficient energy-conversion systems and faster microelectronic devices, reducing waste heat.
Jul 18th, 2024
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Ant insights lead to robot navigation breakthrough (w/video)
Drone researchers used ant-inspired methods of visual recognition and step counting to create an autonomous navigation strategy for tiny, lightweight robots.
Jul 18th, 2024
Read moreA new twist on artificial muscles for safer, softer robots
Simplified, low-cost soft actuators enable worm-like crawling, bicep-like lifting and more.
Jul 10th, 2024
Read moreLight-controlled artificial maple seeds could monitor the environment even in hard-to-reach locations
Researchers have developed a tiny robot replicating the aerial dance of falling maple seeds. In the future, this robot could be used for real-time environmental monitoring or delivery of small samples even in inaccessible terrain such as deserts, mountains or cliffs, or the open sea.
Jun 27th, 2024
Read moreTowards edible robots and robotic food
Edible robots and robotic food, systems that perceive, process, and act upon stimulation, offer new opportunities in healthcare, environmental management, and promoting healthier eating. They could enable precise drug delivery, in vivo health monitoring, autonomously targeted nutrition in emergencies, waste reduction in farming, wild animal vaccination, and novel gastronomical experiences.
Jun 21st, 2024
Read morePhotonic chip integrates sensing and computing for ultrafast machine vision
Researchers have demonstrated a new intelligent photonic sensing-computing chip that can process, transmit and reconstruct images of a scene within nanoseconds.
Jun 13th, 2024
Read moreFully 3D-printed shape memory mini-actuators can move small soft robots
Researchers have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick.
Jun 11th, 2024
Read moreIntroducing the hybrid-driven robotic origami gripper
Researchers have unveiled a novel hybrid-driven origami gripper, designed to tackle the challenge of grasping and manipulating objects with unprecedented versatility and precision.
Jun 2nd, 2024
Read moreRevolutionizing robotics: A breakthrough in soft actuator technology
A newly developed wrist-inspired soft actuator capable of bidirectional torsion promises to transform soft robotics.
Jun 2nd, 2024
Read moreHow AI helps programming a quantum computer
Generative models like Stable Diffusion and Dall.e transform machine learning by producing high-quality images from text. A new model now generates quantum circuits from text descriptions.
May 21st, 2024
Read morePhysicists propose path to faster, more flexible robots
Physicists revealed a microscopic phenomenon that could greatly improve the performance of soft devices, such as agile flexible robots or microscopic capsules for drug delivery.
May 18th, 2024
Read moreAnimal brain inspired AI game changer for autonomous robots
Researchers have developed a drone that flies autonomously using neuromorphic image processing and control based on the workings of animal brains.
May 16th, 2024
Read moreArtificial intelligence calculates phase diagrams
Researchers have developed a new method for calculating phase diagrams of physical systems that works similarly to ChatGPT. This artificial intelligence could even automate scientific experiments in the future.
May 16th, 2024
Read moreNew snail-inspired robot can climb walls
Adding to the increasing innovative new ways robots can navigate, researchers fitted the robot with a sliding suction mechanism enabling the device to slide on water, a substitute of a snail's mucus which also acts as an adhesive.
May 14th, 2024
Read moreIs the end of the package holiday provider near? Blockchain technology could revolutionise our travel experiences
The research looked into user acceptance of blockchain-based sharing platforms similar to Airbnb. The study found that blockchain technology could eliminate intermediaries, such as holiday providers, potentially slashing costs by bypassing booking platforms.
May 13th, 2024
Read moreSwarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously (w/video)
Researchers describe swarms of microscale robots (microrobots) that captured bits of plastic and bacteria from water. Afterward, the bots were decontaminated and reused.
May 8th, 2024
Read moreCaterbot? Robatapillar? It crawls with ease through loops and bends
Engineers have combined ancient paperfolding and modern materials science to create a soft robot that bends and twists through mazes with ease.
May 7th, 2024
Read moreRandom robots are more reliable
New AI algorithm for robots consistently outperforms state-of-the-art systems.
May 2nd, 2024
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