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Nanostructured fibers can impersonate human muscles

Researchers have created a new type of fiber that can perform like a muscle actuator, in many ways better than other options that exist today. And, most importantly, these muscle-like fibers are simple to make and recycle.

June 3, 2022 Read more

Researchers study society's readiness for AI ethical decision making

A research team has studied how humans react to the introduction of AI decision making. Specifically, they explored the question, 'is society ready for AI ethical decision making?' by studying human interaction with autonomous cars.

June 3, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence centered cancer nanomedicine: Diagnostics, therapeutics and bioethics

The book 'Artificial Intelligence Based Cancer Nanomedicine: Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Bioethics' gives a comprehensive explanation of the role of machine learning and artificial intelligence in cancer nanomedicine. It presents 10 chapters that cover multiple dimensions of the subject.

June 2, 2022 Read more

Creating artificial intelligence that acts more human by 'knowing that it knows'

A research group has taken a big step towards creating a neural network with metamemory through a computer-based evolution experiment.

June 2, 2022 Read more

When AI is the inventor - who gets the patent?

It's not surprising these days to see new inventions that either incorporate or have benefitted from artificial intelligence (AI) in some way, but what about inventions dreamt up by AI - do we award a patent to a machine?

May 31, 2022 Read more

Taking the strain out of parking in busy cities with AI technology

Scientists are developing artificial intelligence that steers drivers towards parking spaces in busy city centres and helps keep pollution down.

May 30, 2022 Read more

Agriculture smart tech opens possibility of food cyber attacks

Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural production but international researchers warn this digital-age phenomenon could reap a crop of another kind - cybersecurity attacks.

May 27, 2022 Read more

A helping hand for robotic manipulator design (w/video)

With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.

May 26, 2022 Read more

Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot (w/video)

Smaller than a flea, robot can walk, bend, twist, turn and jump.

May 26, 2022 Read more

Researchers develop algorithm to divvy up tasks for human-robot teams

As robots increasingly join people on the factory floor, in warehouses and elsewhere on the job, dividing up who will do which tasks grows in complexity and importance. People are better suited for some tasks, robots for others. And in some cases, it is advantageous to spend time teaching a robot to do a task now and reap the benefits later.

May 24, 2022 Read more

Traveling wave of light sparks simple liquid crystal microposts to perform complex dance

Mastering control over the dynamic interplay among optical, chemical and mechanical behavior in single-material, liquid crystalline elastomers, results in microposts that combine bending, twisting and turning into complex dances. The advancement could contribute toward further development of soft robotics and other devices.

May 24, 2022 Read more

Researchers demonstrate significant energy savings using neuromorphic hardware

Research illustrates neuromorphic technology is up to sixteen times more energy-efficient for large deep learning networks than other AI systems.

May 24, 2022 Read more

Research project on machine learning for molecular systems

Representing and calculating the properties of molecules in a computer is anything but trivial. One of the main challenges is that researchers first have to generate new data instead of working with existing data as they normally do.

May 24, 2022 Read more

Easy as an inkjet, a new soft printing technique has opened the way for pixelated elastics

Borrowing a technique from inkjet printers, researchers have rolled out a pixel-by-pixel method to program and manufacture soft structures for use in robotics, biomedical devices or architectural features.

May 24, 2022 Read more

Twisted soft robots navigate mazes without human or computer guidance (w/video)

These soft robots demonstrate a concept called 'physical intelligence', meaning that structural design and smart materials are what allow the soft robot to navigate various situations, as opposed to computational intelligence.

May 24, 2022 Read more

Using everyday WiFi to help robots see and navigate better indoors (w/video)

Engineers have developed a low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately map their way indoors, even in poor lighting and without recognizable landmarks or features.

May 19, 2022 Read more

A drone for ultrafast transitions between air and water (w/video)

A new robot is capable of switching from an underwater drone to an aerial vehicle in less than one second. The robot also features a suction disc inspired by the remora fish, which enables it to hitchhike on wet or dry moving objects to significantly reduce its power consumption.

May 19, 2022 Read more

Charting a safe course for autonomous robots through a highly uncertain environment

A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.

May 19, 2022 Read more