New soft robot shifts from land to sea with ease
Researchers have created soft robots that can seamlessly shift from walking to swimming, for example, or crawling to rolling.
Mar 14th, 2023
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Researchers have created soft robots that can seamlessly shift from walking to swimming, for example, or crawling to rolling.
Mar 14th, 2023
Read moreEngineers have developed a soft material with metal-like conductivity and self-healing properties that is the first to maintain enough electrical adhesion to support digital electronics and motors. This marks a breakthrough in softbotics and the fields of robotics, electronics, and medicine.
Mar 9th, 2023
Read moreResearchers have altered a commonly used computer model of memory called a Hopfield network in a way that improves performance by taking inspiration from biology . They found that not only does the new network better reflect how neurons and other cells wire up in the brain, it can also hold dramatically more memories.
Mar 6th, 2023
Read moreResearchers have developed a contact control system, driven by artificial intelligence, to greatly reduce contact of moving parts in machines with damaged areas.
Mar 3rd, 2023
Read moreResearchers are making grasshopping robots possible. They have found that latches can not only mediate energy output but can also mediate energy transfer between robotic jumpers and the environment that they are jumping from.
Mar 2nd, 2023
Read moreA process that seeks feedback from human specialists proves more effective at optimization than automated systems working alone.
Mar 2nd, 2023
Read moreHaptic holography promises to bring virtual reality to life, but a new study reveals a surprising physical obstacle that will need to be overcome.
Mar 2nd, 2023
Read moreThis is the first robot built by replicating the morphology and the functioning of real earthworms.
Mar 1st, 2023
Read moreResearchers expand the concept of swarmalators, short for 'swarming oscillators' to make it more useful for engineering microrobots, better understand existing, observed biological behaviors, and for theoreticians to experiment in this field.
Mar 1st, 2023
Read moreResearchers have examined the general intelligence of the language model GPT-3. Using psychological tests, they studied competencies such as causal reasoning and deliberation, and compared the results with the abilities of humans.
Mar 1st, 2023
Read moreThe untethered soft robot could one day help doctors perform surgery.
Feb 27th, 2023
Read moreResearchers have developed a physiologically accurate model of octopus arm muscles. This model, the first of its kind, not only provides insight into the biological problem, but a framework for design and control of soft robots going forward.
Feb 27th, 2023
Read moreMiniature robots that mimic living organisms are being developed to explore and support real-life ecosystems.
Feb 25th, 2023
Read moreDetailed virtual copies of physical objects, called digital twins, are opening doors for better products across automotive, health care, aerospace and other industries. According to a new study, cybersecurity may also fit neatly into the digital twin portfolio.
Feb 25th, 2023
Read moreFor the first time, scientists have used machine learning to create brand-new enzymes, which are proteins that accelerate chemical reactions. This is an important step in the field of protein design as new enzymes could have many uses across medicine and industrial manufacturing.
Feb 22nd, 2023
Read moreScientists who study different aspects of artificial intelligence discuss what ChatGPT has in common with human intelligence, and its implications for society.
Feb 18th, 2023
Read moreThe enormous amount of data obtained by filming biological processes using a microscope has previously been an obstacle for analyses. Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers can now follow cell movement across time and space.
Feb 16th, 2023
Read moreResearchers present a bionic finger that can create 3D maps of the internal shapes and textures of complex objects by touching their exterior surface.
Feb 15th, 2023
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