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Researchers are developing robot swarms that turn into buildings, vehicles, and more
There are two schools of thought when it comes to building bridges. There’s the traditional way involving humans assembling materials to create a unique structure. And then there’s the way MIT and the US Army […]
» In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers found that greener farming methods don’t compromise yields
Going green doesn’t always require a sacrifice. A recent study shows that farmers who embrace sustainable cultivation measures like soil tillage and the incorporation of prairie strips and hedgerows into their fields, are able to […]
Researchers explore materials for transforming robots made of robots
Army and MIT’s way of linking metamaterials makes building a supermileage vehicles, like this one from collaborators Toyota Automotive Society, possible. Supermileage vehicles aim to get the most mileage out of a single tank of […]
Technology Researchers Develop Robotic Arm for Blind Veterans
Technology researchers Kiran George, Anand Panangadan and their students are working on developing a robotic arm to assist blind veterans in performing routine tasks and activities. For those who are visually impaired, doing the simplest […]
Researchers hack a robotic vacuum cleaner to record speech remotely
Scientists have found that robotic vacuum cleaners could allow snoopers to remotely listen in to household conversations, despite not being fitted with microphones. US experts found they can perform a remote eavesdropping attack on a Xiaomi […]
Every robot has its day: Watchung Hills alum, researchers use positive reinforcement to train robot | Echoes Sentinel News
WARREN TWP. - What do dogs and robots have in common? A team of Johns Hopkins University computer scientists, including Warren native Andrew Hundt, a graduate of Watchung Hills Regional High School and a PhD […]
Charged EVs | DERConnect will enable researchers to test integration of renewable energy and EV batteries into the power grid
The National Science Foundation has awarded $39 million to a team of engineers and computer scientists at the University of California San Diego to build a test bed to better understand how to integrate distributed […]
Researchers Give Robotic AI Spontaneous Behavior
Researchers and roboticists are continually trying to achieve autonomous functions in robots, and they often look toward the animal brain as a point of inspiration for control mechanisms. Because of the task-specific nature of robotic […]
Two by two includes corals too? Researchers call for a coral “Noah’s Ark”
Zoccola, D., Ounais, N., Barthelemy, D., Calcagno, R., Gaill, F., Henard, S., … & Salvat, B. (2020). The World Coral Conservatory: A Noah’s ark for corals to support survival of reef ecosystems. PLoS biology, 18(9), e3000823. In […]
KIT researchers develop versatile assistance robots for managing everyday life
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 10 2020 Staying independent and in familiar surroundings as long as possible in old age - this is the wish of the most of us. It will be made possible […]
Researchers Developer a Robot Trunk That Can Grip Objects
In another example of unsettling biomimicry, engineering researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney were inspired by an elephant’s trunk and designed what looks more like a robotic tongue that can firmly […]
Stanford researchers create a highly automated device that can detect COVID-19 in 30 minutes
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 5 2020 Throughout the pandemic, infectious disease experts and frontline medical workers have asked for a faster, cheaper and more reliable COVID-19 test. Now, leveraging the so-called “lab on a […]
Researchers find that praise delivered by robots and virtual agents improves offline learning — ScienceDaily
Social rewards such as praise are known to enhance various stages of the learning process. Now, researchers from Japan have found that praise delivered by artificial beings such as robots and virtual graphics-based agents can […]
Living with children does not increase adults’ risk of severe COVID-19, say researchers
Researchers working on behalf of NHS England have found no evidence that adults who live with school-age children are at any increased risk of severe outcomes following infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 […]
Charged EVs | Researchers claim their graphene “SuperBattery” achieves a 15-second charging time
Researchers claim their graphene “SuperBattery” achieves a 15-second charging time Posted November 3, 2021 by Tom Lombardo & filed under Newswire, The Tech. Skeleton Technologies and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) say they have […]
Researchers identify a novel vulnerability in advanced prostate cancer
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 3 2020 Researchers at the University of Bern led an international team that has identified a novel vulnerability in advanced prostate cancer that is no longer responding to hormonal therapy. […]
Researchers advance efforts to accurately measure glyphosate pesticide in oats
Samples of oatmeal and oat-based products analyzed for glyphosate and AMPA. Credit: J. Murray/NIST Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of insect-borne diseases, but since […]
NIST researchers advance efforts to accurately measure glyphosate pesticide in oats
IMAGE: NIST researcher Jacolin Murray records the mass of an oat flour sample. view more Credit: J. Murray/NIST Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of insect-borne […]
NIST researchers advance efforts to accurately measure glyphosate pesticide in oats
IMAGE: NIST researcher Jacolin Murray records the mass of an oat flour sample. view more Credit: J. Murray/NIST Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of insect-borne […]
Disney researchers create a creepy robot with a life-like gaze
When humans are talking, typically, eye contact is something we do intuitively to show that we are involved and interested in the conversation. Researchers at Disney want robots to better connect with humans and have […]
Researchers use robot dog ‘Spot’ to remotely map radiation levels in Russia’s Chernobyl
The robot dog was tasked with surveying levels of radiation in the zone of nuclear reactor number four, and then creating a 3D map of its distribution Still from HBO’s show Chernobyl. Researchers from the […]
UK researchers use robot dog ‘Spot’ to remotely map radiation levels in Russia’s Chernobyl
The robot dog was tasked with surveying levels of radiation in the zone of nuclear reactor number four, and then creating a 3D map of its distribution Still from HBO’s show Chernobyl. Researchers from the […]
Researchers report outcomes of salvage low dose RT brachytherapy after EBRT for prostate cancer
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 28 2020 Researchers involved in the phase II NRG Oncology RTOG 0526 trial studying low dose rate (LDR) prostate brachytherapy (BT) following local recurrence (LR) after external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) […]