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Pneumatic Actuators Give Robot Cheetah-Like Acceleration
Researchers at South Africa's University of Cape Town developed a legged robot that uses pneumatic actuators to accelerate and maneuver like cheetahs.
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Will Robots Triumph Over World Cup Winners by 2050?
The RoboCup dream has inspired generations of roboticists.
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A Wearable Robotic Assistant That's All Over You
The Calico assistive robot developed by researchers at the University of Maryland can be worn on the user's clothes, where it runs along a track to perform various...
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Benchmarking Robots with Dog-Inspired Barkour
Scientists from Google DeepMind evaluated the agility of quadripedal robots with a dog-agility-inspired course called Barkour.
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Nano-Tattoos Don't Need Batteries or Wires
Backscattering-based nano-tattoo sensor tattoos can communicate with nearby devices without needing batteries or wires.
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Meet the Forksheet: Imec's In-Between Transistor
The architecture shrinks circuits in a valuable step toward the ultimate CMOS device.
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U.S. Universities Building New Semiconductor Workforce
U.S. universities are training next-generation semiconductor engineers and technicians to fill the jobs needed for the CHIPS Act, signed by President Biden in August...
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Ostrich-Inspired Robot Gives Its Neck a Stretch
Researchers at Japan's University of Tokyo have developed a robotic manipulator based on the muscles and tendons in an ostrich's neck.
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Industry Out of Phase With Supercomputers
Chip-industry changes threaten U.S. supercomputing.
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DIY Neurotech: Making BCI Accessible
The costs of hardware required for brain-computer interfaces, particularly electrodes and amplifiers, have made it difficult for researchers outside big tech companies...
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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready
What the Avatar XPrize revealed about the future of telepresence robots.
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Organoid Intelligence: Computing on the Brain
Researchers have proposed using brain organoids—spherical masses cultured from neural tissue—as computational systems.
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Humans (Mostly) Love Trash Robots
Simple robots wander NYC asking for trash and recycling, and it's adorable.
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Roboticists Want to Give You a Third Arm
Unused bandwidth in neurons can be tapped to control extra limbs.
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Stacking Turns Organic Transistors Up
Scientists in the U.S. and China have adopted a vertical framework to produce high-performance organic electrochemical transistors.
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Cosmic Rays Are Quantum Computers' Kryptonite
University of Chicago researchers reduced the rate of catastrophic quantum computing errors attributable to cosmic rays from about once every 10 seconds to once...
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Computing With Chemicals Makes Faster, Leaner AI
Battery-inspired artificial synapses are gaining ground.
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Contactless ECG Continuously Monitors the Heart
Researchers in China have invented a contactless electrocardiogram system that infers electrical signals through artificial intelligence and millimeter-wave radar...
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Goalkeeping Robot Dog Tends Net Like a Pro
The Mini Cheetah robotic goalie developed by scientists in the University of California, Berkeley's Hybrid Robotics Lab can save 87.5% of shots taken on goal.
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