Cue in Xenobots 3.0. The world’s first living microbots capable of producing offspring of their own through a method known as “kinetic replication”. Xenobots were first created in 2020 by …
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At some point in your life, you’ve probably used a combination of sight and touch to find something hidden beneath your couch cushions. And for a while now, robotics researchers …
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Scientists have used the stem cells of frogs to create new living robots that can heal themselves and even record memories. Named “Xenobots” after the Xenopus laevis frog that supplies their …
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Robotic surgery systems are used in thousands of hospitals around the world. A decade ago they were clunky machines built to assist with routine procedures. Today, they’re capable of conducting …
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Robots hit the dance floor as Anderson Cooper goes behind-the-scenes at Boston Dynamics
On 60 Minutes Sunday, Anderson Cooper got a behind-the-scenes look at Boston Dynamics where he got a chance to meet the next generation of robots, and as it turns out, …
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We are living through an AI renaissance thought wholly unimaginable just a few decades ago — automobiles are becoming increasingly autonomous, machine learning systems can craft prose nearly as well …
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While bees, birds, and ants swarm together to mate or protect themselves against predators, these worms are able to braid themselves together to accomplish tasks that unconnected individuals can’t handle. …
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Scientists from Cornell University have developed a way for robots to identify physical interactions just by analyzing a user’s shadows. Their ShadowSense system uses an off-the-shelf USB camera to capture the shadows produced …
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It’s been suggested that an advance party of robots will be needed if humans are ever to settle on other planets. Sent ahead to create conditions favorable for humankind, these …
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MIT’s new ‘liquid’ neural network learns on the job — so robots can adapt to changing conditions
MIT researchers have invented an adaptive “liquid” neural network that could improve decision-making in self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. The algorithm adjusts to changes experienced by real-world systems by changing their …
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Hidden from sight, under the UK’s roads, buildings, and parks, lie about one million kilometers of pipes. Maintaining and repairing these pipes require about 1.5 million road excavations a year, …
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Back in 2019, Walmart started piloting its first local fulfillment center in Salem, which uses robots called the Alphabot to pick items from shelves. Now, the retail giant is turning …
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MIT researchers have developed a new way of speeding up a robot’s reactions. They call it “robomorphic computing.” The method is designed to shrink the gap between a robot’s “mind” …
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A garbage truck unloads waste at a landfill. getty First off, the robots can help sort the plastic that’s set aside for recycling. Second, the chemicals can help break down …
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Tom Cruise gets robots on the sets of ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ to ensure everyone follows safety protocols
Tom Cruise is back on the sets of ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ post- December break and he is ensuring that coronavirus safety protocols are being enforced on the sets the right …
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In the GIF below, we see Bluebots trying another task: a search mission. This behavior is a bit more complex, guided by a few separate directives in the algorithm. The …
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Samsung The revamped Bot Care is more of a personal assistant and companion. Using AI, it can “take care of all the little details in your life,” Samsung Research head …
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The Gundam warrior robot in Yokogama’s Ymahita Habor is a big attraction for Japanese Sci-Fi fans. Photo: Tim Hornyak When Boston Dynamics posted its latest video of its robots performing …
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Interacting in a confined space, a swarm of ‘smarticles’ can form spontaneous choreographies.Image: Courtesy Thomas Berrueta In January 2020, a second-floor lab at Northwestern University was filled with the mild-mannered …
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Today, we’ve got stories on Apple’s “ultra” security measures, someone squeezing entire movies on floppy disks and a deep dive on the ways we might connect, without touch, in a …
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Boston Dynamics robots have attracted a mix of amazement and terror for their diverse range of feats. The bots have already sniffed out bombs, patrolled oil rigs, monitored COVID-19 patients, done parkour, and occasionally …
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Boston Dynamics’ Atlas and Spot robots can do a lot of things: sprinting, gymnastic routines, parkour, backflips, open doors to let in an army of their friends, wash dishes, and …