A team led by aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor Jeff Baur has developed a low-energy, scalable technique that ...

If you want to build an actual HAL 9000, all you need is an LED, some carpentry skills, and any laptop accessing a talking AI ...

Abstract: While natural systems often present collective intelligence that allows them to self-organize and adapt to changes, the equivalent is missing in most artificial systems. We explore the ...

Abstract: Accurate localization is critical for autonomous robots, particularly in indoor environments where Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are unreliable. This study investigates the ...

Whether we’re in full-throttle holiday mode or not, household chores are things that very few of us get thrilled about making time for. Still, those chores have to be done, so we find time…somehow.

Iraq on Tuesday denied claims that a Syrian man has been sentenced to death for praising Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara, who once fought as a militant in Iraq. The death sentence issued by a ...

Humanoid robots have been getting a lot of buzz this year. But quadrupeds — the mechanical “dogs” — are emerging as the true proving ground for embodied artificial intelligence. These four-legged ...

Yann LeCun is famously pessimistic on whether LLMs can get us to AGI, but he also seems to be pessimistic about the recent advances in humanoid robotics. The Meta Chief AI Scientist, a Turing Award ...

Learn how lessons from medical robot design can be applied to all robotics from cobots to humanoids and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Enjoying Machine Design’s Motion Systems content? Be sure to ...

Ever since Donald Trump was first elected President, in 2016, a slew of books have attempted to reckon with the growing divide between urban and rural populations in the United States. Few do so as ...

Storm Benjamin is set to bring massive rainfall, flooding and winds of up to 75mph to parts of the UK, with yellow weather warnings issued for all of Britain, but what can we expect here in Ireland?

President Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted. Paul Ingrassia, who was ...