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Robotics
Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning and robotics
Large language models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly useful for programming and robotics tasks, but for more complicated reasoning problems, the gap between these systems and humans looms large. Without the ability to learn ...
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Machine learning & AI
Science has an AI problem: Research group says they can fix it
AI holds the potential to help doctors find early markers of disease and policymakers to avoid decisions that lead to war. But a growing body of evidence has revealed deep flaws in how machine learning is used in science, ...
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A new roadmap to close the carbon cycle
A major approach to achieving net-zero carbon emissions relies on converting various parts of the economy, such as personal vehicles and heating, to run via electricity generated from renewable sources. But carbon cannot ...
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A miniature wireless robot that can effectively move through tubular structures
Robots have already proved to be promising tools to complete complex and demanding maintenance tasks. While engineers have developed a wide range of robots that could help to maintain and repair infrastructure, many of these ...
A framework to enhance the safety of text-to-image generation networks
The emergence of machine learning algorithms that can generate texts and images following human users' instructions has opened new possibilities for the low-cost creation of specific content. A class of these algorithms that ...
Energy & Green Tech
Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel with plasma-driven process
In a world first, University of Sydney researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Computer Sciences
AI speech analysis may aid in assessing and preventing potential suicides, says researcher
Speech is critical to detecting suicidal ideation and a key to understanding the mental and emotional state of people experiencing it. Suicide hotline counselors are trained to quickly analyze speech variation to better help ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Engineering
New research reports on buckling: When structures suddenly collapse
Last summer, when the Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion on its way to take passengers to see the Titanic shipwreck, it was a dramatic example of the failure of a thin-walled structure. Those structures, ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Robotics
Paper power: Origami technology makes its way into quadcopters
Over the past decade, researchers all around the world have been finding new and exciting use cases for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Commonly called "drones," UAVs have proved their worth across many fields, including ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Hardware
Turning up the heat on data storage: New memory device paves the way for AI computing in extreme environments
A smartphone shutting down on a sweltering day is an all-too-common annoyance that may accompany a trip to the beach on a sunny afternoon. Electronic memory within these devices isn't built to handle extreme heat.
Apr 30, 2024
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Robotics
Trotting robots reveal emergence of animal gait transitions
A four-legged robot trained with machine learning by EPFL researchers has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking—a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists interested ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Research team improves voltage of aqueous rechargeable batteries in the quest for safer, cheaper options
A QUT-led team of international researchers has made a breakthrough in the development of a type of battery that is much safer and cheaper than the batteries currently charging our smart devices.
Apr 30, 2024
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Software
An affordable miniature car-like robot to test control and estimation algorithms
The development and testing of algorithms for robotics applications typically requires evaluations in both simulated and physical environments. Some algorithms, however, can be difficult to deploy in simple hardware experiments, ...
Robotics
A six-armed robot for precision pollination
Over the past decades, dozens of animal species have become extinct, while thousands of others are now at risk of disappearing. Endangered species include various pollinators, including bees and some types of moths, butterflies, ...
Engineering
Scientists harness the wind as a tool to move objects
Researchers have developed a technique to move objects around with a jet of wind. The new approach makes it possible to manipulate objects at a distance and could be integrated into robots to give machines ethereal fingers.
Apr 29, 2024
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Software
Computational workflow engine, matched with robotic platform, used to drive experiments for the first time
Computational and experimental methods in materials science are often described as entirely separate affairs. On one side, computer simulations are used to explain and predict the properties of materials, including novel ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Analysis of future EV load using real-world data shows major upgrade needed for California in the coming decades
A pair of environmental engineers at the University of California, Davis, has found that in order to meet the needs of the growing number of electric vehicles (EV) in that state in the coming decades, California power producers ...
