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Assembly Line Robot Predicts Co-Workers' Intentions
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Assembly Line Robot Predicts Co-Workers' Intentions

A team of scientists from Three Gorges University in China claim to have built an industrial robot that can read co-workers' intentions with 96% accuracy by monitoring...

Researchers Observe a Surprising Source of Conductivity
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Researchers Observe a Surprising Source of Conductivity

A research team probing the properties of a semiconductor combined with a novel thin oxide film have observed a surprising source of electrical conductivity from...

Bristol Braces for Bruising Bot Battle
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Bristol Braces for Bruising Bot Battle

University of Bristol electronic engineering and computer science teacher Joe Brown and his team are preparing for the "BBB: Beetle Brawl 2022," a battle between...

Economists Are Revising Their Views on Robots and Jobs
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Economists Are Revising Their Views on Robots and Jobs

There is little evidence of a pandemic-induced surge in automation.

Club Gets a Leg Up From Robotic Arm
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Club Gets a Leg Up From Robotic Arm

The Robotics Club at Montclair State University is looking to attract more women and underrepresented minorities to the STEM field.

Scientists to Build AI-Powered Robot for E-Waste Recycling
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Scientists to Build AI-Powered Robot for E-Waste Recycling

The potential impact of AI robots on e-waste recycling might soon become clear thanks to a research project that seeks to develop AI-powered tools that allow a...

Researchers Resurrect, Improve Technique for Detecting Transistor Defects
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Researchers Resurrect, Improve Technique for Detecting Transistor Defects

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a frequency-modulated charge pumping technique to identify and count defects in...

Haptic Interface Will Control Lunar Robot from Space Station
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Haptic Interface Will Control Lunar Robot from Space Station

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station could soon be using an immersive control station with a high level of robotic dexterity to explore lunar or planetary...

This 22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents' Garage
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This 22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents' Garage

22-year-old Sam Zeloof used a collection of salvaged and homemade equipment to produce a chip with 1,200 transistors. Next up: a chip on the scale of Intel's historic...

Plan Will Send Rehabilitation Robots Home With Stroke Patients
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Plan Will Send Rehabilitation Robots Home With Stroke Patients

Rehabilitation robots developed by researchers from Chulalongkorn University and Chula Medicine will be available for use at home by recovering stroke patients....

AI Innovation Incubator Aims for Advances for Applied Science
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AI Innovation Incubator Aims for Advances for Applied Science

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has established the AI Innovation Incubator (AI3), a collaborative hub aimed at uniting experts in artificial intelligence...

Engineers Produce 140m Flexible Rechargeable Battery
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Engineers Produce 140m Flexible Rechargeable Battery

Researchers have developed a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in the form of an ultra-long fiber that could be woven into fabrics.

IBM, Samsung Unveil Vertical Transistor Architecture
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IBM, Samsung Unveil Vertical Transistor Architecture

IBM and Samsung Electronics announced the Vertical Transport Field-Effect Transistors (VTFET) design that potentially extends Moore's Law scaling beyond current...

Researchers Team With Tech Firms on Grid-Tied Energy Storage
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Researchers Team With Tech Firms on Grid-Tied Energy Storage

A U.S. Department of Energy grant pairs two Binghamton University professors with two tech firms trying to better capture and store the electric power generated...

Team Builds Living Robots That Automatically Design New Machines in Simulation
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Team Builds Living Robots That Automatically Design New Machines in Simulation

A team of scientists has repurposed living cells and assembled them into new life-forms, millimeter-wide biological machines can move toward a target and heal themselves...

Tackling the Pangenomics Computing Challenge
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Tackling the Pangenomics Computing Challenge

Christopher Batten at Cornell University is leading the Panorama project, a five-year, $5 million effort to create the first integrated rack scale acceleration...

Apple's Original Computer Fetches $500,000 at U.S. Auction
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Apple's Original Computer Fetches $500,000 at U.S. Auction

An original Apple computer built by firm co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976 has fetched $500,000 at auction in the United States.

Roboticists Find Inspiration in Starfish Larva
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Roboticists Find Inspiration in Starfish Larva

Researchers at ETH Zürich have developed a tiny robot that mimics the movement of a starfish larva.

Team's Process Enables Wash-and-Wear Biosensors
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Team's Process Enables Wash-and-Wear Biosensors

Researchers have developed a process that turns clothing fabric into biosensors which measure a muscle's electrical activity.

Giving Robots Social Skills
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Giving Robots Social Skills

MIT researchers have incorporated social interactions into a framework for robotics, enabling machines to estimate whether their actions will help or hinder another...
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