Female AI 'Teammate' Generates More Participation from Women
June 11, 2024 An artificial intelligence-powered virtual teammate with a female voice boosts participation and productivity among women on teams dominated by men, according to new ...
3D-Printed Mini-Actuators Can Move Small Soft Robots, Lock Them Into New Shapes
June 11, 2024 Researchers have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick. The researchers have also ...
Researchers Harness AI for Autonomous Discovery and Optimization of Materials
June 11, 2024 Today, researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. A novel tool that leverages those ...
Trash-Sorting Robot Mimics Complex Human Sense of Touch
June 11, 2024 Researchers are breaking through the difficulties of robotic recognition of various common, yet complex, items. Their layered sensor is equipped with material detection at the surface and pressure ...
Four-Legged, Dog-Like Robot 'Sniffs' Hazardous Gases in Inaccessible Environments
June 10, 2024 Nightmare material or truly man's best friend? A team of researchers equipped a dog-like quadruped robot with a mechanized arm that takes air samples from potentially treacherous situations, ...
Researchers Create Skin-Inspired Sensory Robots to Provide Medical Treatment
June 10, 2024 Scientists have created innovative soft robots equipped with electronic skins and artificial muscles, allowing them to sense their surroundings and adapt their movements in ...
Liquid Metal-Based Electronic Logic Device That Mimics Intelligent Prey-Capture Mechanism of Venus Flytrap
June 6, 2024 A research team has developed a liquid metal-based electronic logic device that mimics the intelligent prey-capture mechanism of Venus flytraps. Exhibiting memory and counting properties, the device ...
Using AI to Decode Dog Vocalizations
June 4, 2024 Have you ever wished you could understand what your dog is trying to say to you? Researchers are exploring the possibilities of AI, developing tools that can identify whether a dog's bark ...
New Model Allows a Computer to Understand Human Emotions
June 4, 2024 Researchers have developed a model that enables computers to interpret and understand human emotions, utilizing principles of mathematical psychology. In the future, the model can help the computer ...
A Technique for More Effective Multipurpose Robots
June 3, 2024 MIT researchers developed a technique to combine robotics training data across domains, modalities, and tasks using generative AI models. They create a combined strategy from several different ...
Children's Visual Experience May Hold Key to Better Computer Vision Training
May 31, 2024 A novel, human-inspired approach to training artificial intelligence (AI) systems to identify objects and navigate their surroundings could set the stage for the development of more advanced AI ...
Designing Environments That Are Robot-Inclusive
May 31, 2024 To overcome issues associated with real-life testing, researchers successfully demonstrated the use of digital twin technology within robot simulation software in assessing a robot's suitability ...
AI Saving Humans from the Emotional Toll of Monitoring Hate Speech
May 30, 2024 A team of researchers have developed a new machine-learning method that detects hate speech on social media platforms with 88 per cent accuracy, saving employees from hundreds of hours of emotionally ...
The AI Paradox: Building Creativity to Protect Against AI
May 30, 2024 Cultivating creativity in schools is vital for a future driven by artificial intelligence (AI). But while teachers embrace creativity as an essential 21st century skill, a lack of valid and reliable ...
Bio-Inspired Cameras and AI Help Drivers Detect Pedestrians and Obstacles Faster
May 29, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) combined with a novel bio-inspired camera achieves 100 times faster detection of pedestrians and obstacles than current automotive cameras. This important step for ...
Tracking Animals Without Markers in the Wild
May 28, 2024 Researchers developed a computer vision framework for posture estimation and identity tracking which they can use in indoor environments as well as in the wild. They have thus taken an important step ...
AI Headphones Let Wearer Listen to a Single Person in a Crowd, by Looking at Them Just Once
May 24, 2024 Engineers have developed an artificial intelligence system that lets someone wearing headphones look at a person speaking for three to five seconds to 'enroll' them. The system then plays ...
AI Poised to Usher in New Level of Concierge Services to the Public
May 23, 2024 Concierge services built on artificial intelligence have the potential to improve how hotels and other service businesses interact with customers, a new paper ...
3D Printing Robot Creates Extreme Shock-Absorbing Shape, With Help of AI
May 21, 2024 See how an autonomous robot created a shock-absorbing shape no human ever could -- and what it means for designing safer helmets, packaging, car bumpers, and ...
Robot-Phobia Could Exacerbate Hotel, Restaurant Labor Shortage
May 20, 2024 Using more robots to close labor gaps in the hospitality industry may backfire and cause more human workers to quit, according to a new study. The study, involving more than 620 lodging and food ...
