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Engineers develop a bird-scale flapping robot for aerial-aquatic travel
12+ hour, 19+ min ago (649+ words) Researchers have developed a new kind of robot that flies through the air, swims through the water, and transitions between the two realms. Researchers have developed a new kind of robot. It can't write our theme music. Only BJ Leiderman…...
A new kind of robot swims the seas and soars the skies
1+ week, 2+ day ago (912+ words) Scientists tested their aerial-aquatic flying robot in Lake Geneva, proving that it had enough speed and power to lift itself out of the water with its wings alone. Raphael Zufferey hide caption Mechanical engineer Raphael Zufferey's lab at MIT contains…...
NASA's race against time to rescue a falling satellite: Short Wave
1+ week, 3+ day ago (360+ words) A valuable NASA satellite observatory is falling to Earth faster than scientists expected. It’s called the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, or “Swift” for short, and it can respond to celestial events much faster than its sky-gazing counterparts. To save Swift…...
Why scientists launched two little robots to the moon: Short Wave
4+ week, 1+ day ago (332+ words) Two tiny transforming robots landed on the moon! These baseball-sized bots accompanied Japan's first successful lunar lander. They rolled out of SLIM as balls and transformed into a rover. The bots cracked down the middle to reveal a little camera…...
Photo: Bodhisattvas in South Korea's National Museum: NPR
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (251+ words) Greetings from a Seoul museum, where Buddhist masterpieces offer calm away from city bustle NPR Greetings from a Seoul museum, where Buddhist masterpieces offer calm away from city bustle The National Museum of Korea is a short walk from my…...
Scientists are teaching AI-powered robots to run lab experiments
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1004+ words) Reshma Shetty, co-founder and COO of Ginkgo Bioworks, walks through an autonomous lab where AI robots replace lab benches. Shetty says using AI has already fundamentally changed the way she practices science. "The really wild moment was the first time…...
The case for merging human bodies with machines: TED Radio Hour
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (108+ words) From robot helpers to smart body parts, the line between human and machine is blurring. This hour, TED speakers design tech that enhances us without diminishing our humanity. Guests include robot choreographer and computer scientist Catie Cuan, engineer and biophysicist…...
He filmed himself doing household tasks — for AI robots
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (71+ words) NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Reece Rogers of WIRED about a new wave of data collection marketplaces, where users can sell their videos of everyday tasks to AI developers. He filmed himself doing household tasks — for AI robots NPR's Scott…...
Researchers are building AI-powered robot labs. What does this mean for science?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (118+ words) Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots. Researchers are building AI-powered robot labs. What does this mean for science?...
AI on the agenda as Trump heads to China
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (43+ words) Artificial intelligence on the agenda for President Trump's upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. AI on the agenda as Trump heads to China Artificial intelligence on the agenda for President Trump's upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Become…...