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Smart glove to train young surgeons

A glove is being trialled at a hospital that gives surgical trainees instant and accurate feedback. Researchers say the gloves could also be used by musicians and artists.

March 26, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence and robotics uncover hidden signatures of Parkinson's disease

Researchers unveil a new platform for discovering cellular signatures of disease that integrates robotic systems for studying patient cells with artificial intelligence methods for image analysis.

March 25, 2022 Read more

How to investigate when a robot causes an accident - and why it's important that we do

Robot accidents are becoming a concern for two reasons. First, the increase in the number of robots will naturally see a rise in the number of accidents they're involved in. Second, we're getting better at building more complex robots.

March 24, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence to bring museum specimens to the masses

Scientists are using cutting-edge artificial intelligence to help extract complex information from large collections of museum specimens.

March 24, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence based on 'competing' enzymes

How do living cells compute? What do calculation and computing actually mean in nature? Would it be possible to create artificial intelligence in this way, based on a set of chemical reactions?

March 24, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence tool may help predict heart attacks

Investigators have created an artificial intelligence-enabled tool that may make it easier to predict if a person will have a heart attack.

March 23, 2022 Read more

Engineers develop a 'magnetic tentacle robot' to pass into the narrow tubes of the lung

Engineers and scientists have developed proof of concept for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs - to take tissue samples or deliver cancer therapy.

March 22, 2022 Read more

'Off label' use of imaging databases could lead to bias in AI algorithms, study finds

New study highlights the problems that can arise when data published for one task are used to train algorithms for a different one.

March 22, 2022 Read more

Robotic exoskeleton uses machine learning to help users stand up

Researchers have used a combination of lightweight material engineering and artificial intelligence to create an exoskeleton robot that could help people with mobility impairments. An important element of the new device is technology that allows the skeleton to effectively guess the intentions of the user.

March 22, 2022 Read more

Identifying toxic materials in water with machine learning

New research can quickly identify toxins from oil sands and tailing ponds.

March 21, 2022 Read more

A new type of robotic prosthesis learns from the user - and the user learns from the prosthesis

Researchers have developed and tested a new type of technology that enables better compatibility between a prosthesis and the amputated area.

March 19, 2022 Read more

Artificial intelligence paves the way to discovering new rare-earth compounds

Researchers trained a machine-learning model to assess the stability of rare-earth compounds. The framework they developed builds on current state-of-the-art methods for experimenting with compounds and understanding chemical instabilities.

March 19, 2022 Read more

Decoding brain signals to control a robotic arm

Researchers have developed a mind-reading system for decoding neural signals from the brain during arm movement. The method can be used by a person to control a robotic arm through a brain-machine interface.

March 18, 2022 Read more

Mathematical paradoxes demonstrate the limits of AI

Humans are usually pretty good at recognising when they get things wrong, but artificial intelligence systems are not. According to a new study, AI generally suffers from inherent limitations due to a century-old mathematical paradox.

March 17, 2022 Read more

Web3 technology puts farmers in charge of their data

Web3 could offer tools to allow smallholder farmers more control and ownership of their data through data sovereignty - the principle that data is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located.

March 17, 2022 Read more

BirdBot is energy-efficient thanks to nature as a model

A team of scientists constructed a robot leg that, like its natural model, is very energy efficient. BirdBot benefits from a foot-leg coupling through a network of muscles and tendons that extends across multiple joints. In this way, BirdBot needs fewer motors than previous legged robots.

March 17, 2022 Read more

Robot vision to capture transparent objects in three dimensions

A new 3D measurement technique can detect objects with reflective or light-absorbing surfaces spatially and reliably for the first time.

March 16, 2022 Read more

Moving around remotely from tourism to metaverse with a new robotic avatar (w/video)

The new iCub3 robot advanced teleoperation system enables a human operator to visit remotely, say, Venice staying 300 kilometers away.

March 16, 2022 Read more