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Engineers devise a modular system to produce efficient, scalable aquabots

The system's simple repeating elements can assemble into swimming forms ranging from eel-like to wing-shaped.

February 7, 2023 Read more

Shaking things up: Using machine learning to predict vibrational stability

A new machine learning model predicts the vibrational stability of new inorganic crystal compounds for use in photonics, medicine superconductivity, energy, and programmable materials.

February 7, 2023 Read more

Tech that turns household surfaces into touch sensors is a touch closer to application

Researchers have developed a new calibration algorithm for technology that turns common materials into touch sensors. HumTouch detects the current that runs from our fingertips to any partially conductive surface and locates where it was touched.

February 4, 2023 Read more

Robots and A.I. team up to discover highly selective catalysts

Researchers used a chemical synthesis robot and computationally cost effective A.I. model to successfully predict and validate highly selective catalysts.

February 3, 2023 Read more

Artificial intelligence improves efficiency of genome editing

Researchers have developed a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to predict the efficacy of various genome-editing repair options. Unintentional errors in the correction of DNA mutations of genetic diseases can thus be reduced.

February 2, 2023 Read more

Cybersecurity: Six parts of your car that gather data on you

The data that many vehicles now collect can reveal the patterns of our daily lives and provide insights into our behaviour, actions and even our state of mind.

January 31, 2023 Read more

Legged robots need more testing before real-world use

Study suggests framework for ensuring bots meet safety standards.

January 31, 2023 Read more

Artificial intelligence learns to visualize extensive datasets

A new AI algorithm is aimed at visualizing datasets as clearly as possible. The project demonstrated that the solution chosen independently by the algorithm was often very close to that most commonly favoured by humans.

January 31, 2023 Read more

A fairy-like robot flies by the power of wind and light

The loss of pollinators, such as bees, is a huge challenge for global biodiversity and affects humanity by causing problems in food production. Researchers have now developed the first passively flying robot equipped with artificial muscle. Could this artificial fairy be utilised in pollination?

January 30, 2023 Read more

Risk management framework aims to improve trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence

New guidance seeks to cultivate trust in AI technologies and promote AI innovation while mitigating risk.

January 28, 2023 Read more

Tiny T-1000 terminator-like robot shifts between liquid and solid states, escapes tiny jail cell (w/video)

International researchers have designed miniature legoman-like robots that can shift between liquid and solid states, like some kind of tiny T-1000 Terminator.

January 25, 2023 Read more

Fish sensory organ key to improving navigational skills of underwater robots

Researchers have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behaviour which could be employed on underwater robots.

January 25, 2023 Read more

Click beetle-inspired robots jump using elastic energy (w/video)

Researchers have made a significant leap forward in developing insect-sized jumping robots capable of performing tasks in the small spaces often found in mechanical, agricultural and search-and-rescue settings.

January 24, 2023 Read more

Soft robots harness viscous fluids for complex motions

One of the virtues of untethered soft robots is their ability to mechanically adapt to their surroundings and tasks. Now they are poised to become even more agile and controlled.

January 23, 2023 Read more

Microelectronics give researchers a remote control for biological robots (w/video)

The hybrid 'eBiobots' are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle and microelectronics.

January 19, 2023 Read more

New grasshopper-like material can leap 200 times its own thickness

Engineers have designed a new, rubber-like film that can leap high into the air like a grasshopper - all on its own and without needing outside intervention. Just heat it up and watch it jump.

January 19, 2023 Read more

A robot able to 'smell' using a biological sensor

Researchers say that the biological sensor sensitivity to smell is 10,000 times higher than that of existing electronic devices.

January 17, 2023 Read more

ChatGPT writes convincing fake scientific abstracts that fool reviewers in study

Even skeptical reviewers can't spot all the fake abstracts.

January 16, 2023 Read more