Robotics News
May 28, 2025
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May 28, 2025 Engineers have developed a real-life Transformer that has the 'brains' to morph in midair, allowing the drone-like robot to smoothly roll away and begin its ground operations without pause. The increased agility and robustness of such robots could ...
May 14, 2025 have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously -- without wires, surgery, or stress-inducing electrical shocks. The system uses a small ultraviolet (UV) light helmet to steer cockroaches by taking advantage of their natural ...
May 22, 2025 Is artificial intelligence (AI) capable of suggesting appropriate behavior in emotionally charged situations? A team put six generative AIs -- including ChatGPT -- to the test using emotional intelligence (EI) assessments typically designed for ...
May 21, 2025 SeaSplat is an image-analysis tool that cuts through the ocean's optical effects to generate images of underwater environments reveal an ocean scene's true colors. Researchers paired the color-correcting tool with a computational model that converts ...
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May 19, 2025 Humans no longer have exclusive control over training social robots to interact effectively, thanks to a new study. The study introduces a new simulation method that lets researchers test their ...
May 19, 2025 Researchers have developed a novel framework named WildFusion that fuses vision, vibration and touch to enable robots to 'sense' and navigate complex outdoor environments much like humans ...
May 19, 2025 A research team has developed a novel haptic device designed to enhance both safety and efficiency for workers in industrial ...
May 15, 2025 Researchers have found a way to observe clotting activity in blood as it happens -- without needing invasive procedures. Using a new type of microscope and artificial intelligence (AI), their study ...
May 14, 2025 Scientists inspired by the octopus's nervous system have developed a robot that can decide how to move or grip objects by sensing its ...
May 14, 2025 Researchers have developed a digital laboratory (dLab) system that fully automates the material synthesis and structural, physical property evaluation of thin-film samples. With dLab, the team can ...
May 13, 2025 Engineers built E-BAR, a mobile robot designed to physically support the elderly and prevent them from falling as they move around their homes. E-BAR acts as a set of robotic handlebars that follows ...
May 13, 2025 A robotic hand can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than ...
May 12, 2025 Engineers have taught a simple submarine robot to take advantage of turbulent forces to propel itself through ...
May 8, 2025 What makes people think an AI system is creative? New research shows that it depends on how much they see of the creative act. The findings have implications for how we research and design creative ...
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May 8, 2025 Engineers developed a ping-pong-playing robot that quickly estimates the speed and trajectory of an incoming ball and precisely hits it to a desired location on the ...
May 8, 2025 A team of researchers has unveiled a cutting-edge Amphibious Robotic Dog capable of roving across both land and water with remarkable ...
May 8, 2025 An edible robot leverages a combination of biodegradable fuel and surface tension to zip around the water's surface, creating a safe -- and nutritious -- alternative to environmental monitoring ...
May 7, 2025 The growing use of smart home devices is undermining the privacy and safety of domestic workers. New research reveals how surveillance technologies reinforce a sense of constant monitoring and ...
May 7, 2025 A research team develops disinfection robot combining physical wiping and UV-C ...
May 6, 2025 While service robots with male characteristics can be more persuasive when interacting with some women who have a low sense of decision-making power, 'cute' design features -- such as big ...
May 5, 2025 Researchers argue that the problem that has been lurking in the margins of many papers about touch sensors lies in the robotic skin ...
May 5, 2025 Computer scientists have developed a new AI text-to-video model that learns real-world physics knowledge from time-lapse ...
May 5, 2025 Researchers developed a framework to enable decentralized artificial intelligence-based building automation with a focus on privacy. The system enables AI-powered devices like cameras and interfaces ...
May 1, 2025 A next-generation technology developed in 2023, conversational swarm intelligence (CSI), combines the principles of ASI with the power of large language ...
May 1, 2025 While exploring a digitally represented object through artificially created sense of touch, brain-computer interface users described the warm fur of a purring cat, the smooth rigid surface of a door ...
May 1, 2025 Estimating the pose of hand-held objects is a critical and challenging problem in robotics and computer vision. While leveraging multi-modal RGB and depth data is a promising solution, existing ...
Apr. 24, 2025 Humans are better than current AI models at interpreting social interactions and understanding social dynamics in moving scenes. Researchers believe this is because AI neural networks were inspired ...
Apr. 24, 2025 An international team has explored how in future aerial robots could process construction materials precisely in the air -- an approach with great potential for difficult-to-access locations or work ...
Apr. 24, 2025 Researchers developed a more efficient way to control the outputs of a large language model, guiding it to generate text that adheres to a certain structure, like a programming language, and remains ...
Apr. 24, 2025 Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study. A combination of electromyography and force ...
Apr. 23, 2025 Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can ...
Apr. 23, 2025 After uncovering a unifying algorithm that links more than 20 common machine-learning approaches, researchers organized them into a 'periodic table of machine learning' that can help ...
Apr. 23, 2025 Most people generally are more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence than they are about a theoretical future in which AI threatens humanity. A new study reveals that ...
Apr. 23, 2025 The invention is a metamaterial, which is a material engineered to feature new and unusual properties that depend on the material's physical structure rather than its chemical composition. In ...
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Ping Pong Bot Returns Shots With High-Speed Precision
- Robotic Dog Mimics Mammals for Superior Mobility on Land and in Water
- Eco-Friendly Aquatic Robot Is Made from Fish Food
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Smart Home Devices Used to Monitor Domestic Workers Raise Safety Concerns
- Transforming Hospital Sanitation: Autonomous Robots for Wiping and UV-C Disinfection
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Robotic Touch Sensors Are Not Just Skin Deep
- Text-to-Video AI Blossoms With New Metamorphic Video Capabilities
- Privacy-Aware Building Automation
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Using Principles of Swarm Intelligence, Study Compared Platforms That Allow Brainstorming Among Large Groups
- Artificial Sense of Touch, Improved
- Researchers Develop a Novel Vote-Based Model for More Accurate Hand-Held Object Pose Estimation
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Awkward. Humans Are Still Better Than AI at Reading the Room
- Flying Robots Unlock New Horizons in Construction
- Making AI-Generated Code More Accurate in Any Language
- Combining Signals Could Make for Better Control of Prosthetics
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Engineering a Robot That Can Jump 10 Feet High -- Without Legs
- 'Periodic Table of Machine Learning' Could Fuel AI Discovery
- Current AI Risks More Alarming Than Apocalyptic Future Scenarios
- Material? Robot? It's a Metabot
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Robot See, Robot Do: System Learns After Watching How-to Videos
- AI Tool Grounded in Evidence-Based Medicine Outperformed Other AI Tools -- And Most Doctors On USMLE Exams
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- A New Robotic Gripper Made of Measuring Tape Is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking
- Hopping Gives This Tiny Robot a Leg Up
- 3D-Printed Open-Source Robot Offers Accessible Solution for Materials Synthesis
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
- How Can Science Benefit from AI? Risks?
- Artificial Intelligence Has Potential to Aid Physician Decisions During Virtual Urgent Care
Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Monday, March 31, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Mini Rolling Robot Takes Virtual Biopsies
- Philosophy: Cultural Differences in Exploitation of Artificial Agents
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Revolutionizing Touch: Researchers Explore the Future of Wearable Multi-Sensory Haptic Technology
- These Electronics-Free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Coffee-Making Robot Breaks New Ground for AI Machines
- 'Democratizing Chemical analysis':Chemists Use Machine Learning and Robotics to Identify Chemical Compositions from Images
- Revolutionary Blueprint to Fuse Wireless Technologies and AI
Monday, March 17, 2025
- New AI Model Analyzes Full Night of Sleep With High Accuracy in Largest Study of Its Kind
- Artificial Muscle Flexes in Multiple Directions, Offering a Path to Soft, Wiggly Robots
- Magnetic Microalgae on a Mission to Become Robots
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Paralyzed Man Moves Robotic Arm With His Thoughts
- Smart, Energy-Efficient Robot Grippers Cut Production Costs
- AI Has 'great Potential' For Detecting Wildfires, New Study of the Amazon Rainforest Suggests
- Artificial Muscles for Tremor Suppression
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Scientists Develop Open-Source Software for Modeling Soft Materials
- Are Robotic Hernia Repairs Still in the 'learning Curve' Phase?
- My Compliments to the Chef: Researcher Studies Robots in the Kitchen
- Feeling Is Believing: Bionic Hand 'knows' What It's Touching, Grasps Like a Human
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- A Springtail-Like Jumping Robot
- Morphing Robot Turns Challenging Terrain to Its Advantage
- New Low-Cost Challenger to Quantum Computer: Ising Machine
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- A New Model Accurately Predicts the Movement of Elite Athletes to Catch the Ball in Parabolic Flight
- AI Tool Mimics Radiologist Gaze to Read Chest X-Rays
Friday, February 21, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- A Miniature Swimming Robot Inspired by Marine Flatworms
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals How Topology Drives Complexity in Brain, Climate, and AI
- A Robust and Adaptive Controller for Ballbots
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Adults Don't Trust Health Care to Use AI Responsibly and Without Harm
- Scientists Optimize Biohybrid Ray Development With Machine Learning
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Combining Millions of Years of Evolution With Tech Wizardry: The Cyborg Cockroach
- Research Uses AI to Make Infrastructure More Resilient, Sustainable
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Can Artificial Intelligence Save the Great Barrier Reef?
- Biohybrid Hand Gestures With Human Muscles
- Scientists Develop Novel Self-Healing Electronic Skin for Health Monitoring
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
- Truly Autonomous AI Is on the Horizon
- Scientists Enhance Smart Home Security With AIoT and WiFi
- People's Trust in AI Systems to Make Moral Decisions Is Still Some Way Off
Monday, February 3, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Recommendations for Studying the Impact of AI on Young People's Mental Health
- Neuromorphic Semiconductor Chip That Learns and Corrects Itself?
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- Fine-Tuned Brain-Computer Interface Makes Prosthetic Limbs Feel More Real
- Autonomous AI Assistant to Build Nanostructures
- Robots Should Be Repurposed Rather Than Recycled to Combat Rising Scale of E-Waste, Scientists Warn
- Wearable Devices Can Detect and Predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare-Ups
- Innovative 6D Pose Dataset Sets New Standard for Robotic Grasping Performance
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- This Fast and Agile Robotic Insect Could Someday Aid in Mechanical Pollination
- A New Research Program Is Indigenizing Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Using Robots in Nursing Homes Linked to Higher Employee Retention, Better Patient Care
- AI Predicts Cancer Prognoses, Responses to Treatment
- Electrohydraulic Wearable Devices Create Unprecedented Haptic Sensations
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- How Does a Hula Hoop Master Gravity? Mathematicians Prove That Shape Matters
- Artificial Intelligence: Algorithms Improve Medical Image Analysis