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September 5, 2024

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Fungus-Controlled Robots Tap Into the Unique Power of Nature

Sep. 4, 2024 — In creating a pair of new robots, researchers cultivated an unlikely component, one found on the forest floor: fungal mycelia. By harnessing mycelia's innate electrical signals, the researchers discovered a new way of controlling 'biohybrid' robots ...

Artificial Intelligence Improves Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Aug. 23, 2024 — A team of researchers has created a digital pathology platform based on artificial intelligence. The platform uses new algorithms developed by the team and enables fully automated analysis of tissue sections from lung cancer patients. The platform ...

Hydrogels Can Play Pong by 'Remembering' Previous Patterns of Electrical Simulation

Aug. 22, 2024 — Non-living hydrogels can play the video game Pong and improve their gameplay with more experience, researchers report. The researchers hooked hydrogels up to a virtual game environment and then ...

Beetle That Pushes Dung With the Help of 100 Billion Stars Unlocks the Key to Better Navigation Systems in Drones and Satellites

Aug. 21, 2024 — An insect species that evolved 130 million years ago is the inspiration for a new research study to improve navigation systems in drones, robots, and orbiting ...

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Adaptive 3D Printing System to Pick and Place Bugs and Other Organisms

Aug. 20, 2024 — A new adaptive 3D printing system can identify the positions of randomly distributed organisms and safely move them to specific locations for ...

Engineers Design Tiny Batteries for Powering Cell-Sized Robots

Aug. 16, 2024 — A zinc-air microbattery could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas ...

Robot Planning Tool Accounts for Human Carelessness

Aug. 15, 2024 — A new algorithm may make robots safer by making them more aware of human inattentiveness. In computerized simulations of packaging and assembly lines where humans and robots work together, the ...

Delivery Robots' Green Credentials Make Them More Attractive to Consumers

Aug. 13, 2024 — The smaller carbon footprint, or wheel print, of automatic delivery robots can encourage consumers to use them when ordering food, according to a new study. The suitcase-sized, self-driving electric ...

New Method for Orchestrating Successful Collaboration Among Robots

Aug. 12, 2024 — New research shows that programming robots to create their own teams and voluntarily wait for their teammates results in faster task completion, with the potential to improve manufacturing, ...

Engineers Make Tunable, Shape-Changing Metamaterial Inspired by Vintage Toys

Aug. 12, 2024 — Common push puppet toys in the shapes of animals and popular figures can move or collapse with the push of a button at the bottom of the toys' base. ...

Redefining the Computer Whiz: Research Shows Diverse Skills Valued by Youth

Aug. 11, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered a more nuanced view of what makes an 'ideal' computer science student, challenging long-held stereotypes of geeky, clever, detail-oriented men, who lack social ...

Using Photos or Videos, These AI Systems Can Conjure Simulations That Train Robots to Function in Physical Spaces

Aug. 7, 2024 — Two new studies introduce AI systems that use either video or photos to create simulations that can train robots to function in the real world. This ...

Artificial Compound Eye to Revolutionize Robotic Vision at Lower Cost but Higher Sensitivity

Aug. 8, 2024 — A research team has recently developed a novel artificial compound eye system that is not only more cost-effective, but demonstrates a sensitivity at ...

AI for Mental Health Screening May Carry Biases Based on Gender, Race

Aug. 5, 2024 — A growing body of AI tools screen how people talk, searching for subtle changes that could indicate mental health concerns like depression or anxiety. A study finds that these tools don't perform ...

Shape-Shifting 'Transformer Bots' Inspired by Origami

July 29, 2024 — Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 configurations using only three active ...

Robotics: Self-Powered 'Bugs' Can Skim Across Water to Detect Environmental Data

July 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed a self-powered 'bug' that can skim across the water, and they hope it will revolutionize aquatic ...

Generative AI Pioneers the Future of Child Language Learning

July 26, 2024 — Researchers create a storybook generation system for personalized vocabulary ...

Researchers Leveraging AI to Train (Robotic) Dogs to Respond to Their Masters

July 23, 2024 — An international collaboration seeks to innovate the future of how a mechanical man's best friend interacts with its owner, using a combination of AI and edge computing called edge intelligence. ...

New Video Test for Parkinson's Uses AI to Track How the Disease Is Progressing

July 23, 2024 — An automated assessment technique that uses artificial intelligence could revolutionize the management of Parkinson's ...

Development of 'Living Robots' Needs Regulation and Public Debate

July 22, 2024 — Researchers are calling for regulation to guide the responsible and ethical development of bio-hybrid robotics -- a ground-breaking science which fuses artificial components with living tissue and ...

Can Consciousness Exist in a Computer Simulation?

July 19, 2024 — A new essay explores which conditions must be met for consciousness to exist. At least one of them can't be found in a ...

Ant Insights Lead to Robot Navigation Breakthrough

July 17, 2024 — Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, ...

Chatbot Iris Offers Students Individual Support

July 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed the chatbot Iris, which offers informatics students personalized assistance with programming assignments. A study has now confirmed the chatbot's success: Iris ...

Scientists Develop New Artificial Intelligence Method to Create Material 'Fingerprints'

July 16, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new technique that pairs artificial intelligence and X-ray ...

AI Found to Boost Individual Creativity -- At the Expense of Less Varied Content

July 12, 2024 — A new study finds that AI enhances creativity by boosting the novelty of story ideas as well as the 'usefulness' of stories -- their ability to engage the target audience and potential for ...

Learning Dance Moves Could Help Humanoid Robots Work Better With Humans

July 11, 2024 — Engineers have trained a humanoid robot to perform a variety of expressive movements, from simple dance routines to gestures like waving, high-fiving and hugging, all while maintaining a steady gait ...

How Risk-Averse Are Humans When Interacting With Robots?

July 11, 2024 — How do people like to interact with robots when navigating a crowded environment? And what algorithms should roboticists use to program robots to interact with humans? These are the questions that a ...

AI Chatbots Have Shown They Have an 'Empathy Gap' That Children Are Likely to Miss

July 10, 2024 — Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have frequently shown signs of an 'empathy gap' that puts young users at risk of distress or harm, raising the urgent need for 'child-safe ...

A New Twist on Artificial 'Muscles' for Safer, Softer Robots

July 10, 2024 — Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting -- just like a human muscle. To demonstrate their new device, called an actuator, the ...

A Genetic Algorithm for Phononic Crystals

July 3, 2024 — Researchers tested phononic nanomaterials designed with an automated genetic algorithm that responded to light pulses with controlled vibrations. This work may help in the development of ...

New and Improved Camera Inspired by the Human Eye

July 1, 2024 — Computer scientists have invented a camera mechanism that improves how robots see and react to the world around them. Inspired by how the human eye works, their innovative camera system mimics the ...

Light-Controlled Artificial Maple Seeds Could Monitor the Environment Even in Hard-to-Reach Locations

June 27, 2024 — Researchers have developed a tiny robot replicating the aerial dance of falling maple seeds. In the future, this robot could be used for real-time environmental monitoring or delivery of small ...

Researchers Develop New Training Technique That Aims to Make AI Systems Less Socially Biased

June 25, 2024 — Researchers have created a new, cost-effective training technique for artificial intelligence systems that aims to make them less socially ...

Next Platform for Brain-Inspired Computing

June 25, 2024 — Computers have come so far in terms of their power and potential, rivaling and even eclipsing human brains in their ability to store and crunch data, make predictions and communicate. But there is ...