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Origami-Inspired Robot Gripper Grasps Objects p to 120 Times Its Weight
Researchers have designed a robot-mounted gripper that can lift items of various weights, shapes, and sizes.
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Welcome the Plants That Move on their Own
Exploring the potential of plant-robot hybrids that can produce architectural artifacts and living spaces.
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Stanford Helped Pioneer Artificial Intelligence. Now the University Wants to Put Humans at Its Center.
A Stanford University scientist coined the term artificial intelligence. Others at the university created some of the most significant applications of it, such...
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The ncanny Valley Nobody's Talking About: Eerie Robot Voices
Call it the Great Convergence of Creepiness. The first bit, the uncanny valley, we're all familiar with by now: If a humanoid robot looks super realistic, but not...
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Drones That Perch Like Birds Could Go on Much Longer Flights
Yale University researchers have designed an observational drone that can perch like a bird to save energy.
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Escalating Battle with Huawei Ensnares S Allies
The Trump administration's standoff with Chinese tech giant Huawei is entering a new phase, one that could put existing intelligence-sharing agreements with U.S...
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Opportunity's Parting Shot Was a Beautiful Panorama
Over 29 days last spring, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity documented this 360-degree panorama from multiple images taken at what would become its final...
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Breakthrough Research sing Quantum Cryptography Addresses Security in 5G Networks
Researchers have demonstrated a solution for securing future critical communications infrastructure, including emerging 5G networks.
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niversity of Washington Team Creates Voice-Controlled Robot to Help People Eat
A voice-controlled robot can feed pieces of fruit to humans on command.
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.S. Warns Germany: sing Huawei Could Crimp Intelligence-Sharing Between Agencies
The U.S. has apparently warned Germany that if Chinese tech companies such as Huawei help build the country's new 5G telecom infrastructure, U.S. agencies might...
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Tonight's Dinner? In a Cooler-Sized Robot That Knows Where You Live
Venture-backed startups have been dispatching cooler-sized robots in cities around the U.S. to deliver food and groceries to customers' doorsteps.
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Shuttering of NSA Surveillance Program Emboldens Privacy Groups
The potential end to a controversial National Security Agency phone records collection program is energizing privacy groups and lawmakers who have long called for...
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How Quantum Sensing Is Changing the Way We See the World
Imagine a world where you can find out exactly what lies under your feet, get advanced warning of volcanic eruptions, look around corners or into rooms, and detect...
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Huawei Suit Against .S. Tries to Go Where Russian Firm Failed
Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese telecom giant facing multiple criminal indictments in the U.S., is expanding on a Russian company's failed legal argument to...
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New Zealand Farmers Have New Tool for Herding Sheep: Drones That Bark Like Dogs
New Zealand farmers are using drones to herd livestock.
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Jerry Merryman, Co-Inventor of the Pocket Calculator, Dies at 86
Jerry Merryman, a self-taught electrical engineer who helped design the first pocket calculator, died on Feb. 27 in Dallas. He was 86.
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Triton Is the World's Most Murderous Malware, and It's Spreading
As an experienced cyber first responder, Julian Gutmanis had been called plenty of times before to help companies deal with the fallout from cyberattacks.
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Huawei Sues .S. Over Equipment Ban, Escalating Legal Clash
Huawei Technologies Co. sued the U.S. government for barring its equipment from certain networks, delivering a legal riposte to American accusations it aids China...
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