Thomas Anderson – otherwise known as Neo – is walking up a flight of stairs when he sees a black cat shake itself and walk past a doorway. Then the moment seems to replay before his eyes. Just a touch ...

The overall weight of Black Panther 2.0 is 38 kg and the standing height is 0.63 m. HIC-ZJU claims it is currently the fastest quadruped robot in the world, with a speed of up to 10 m/s. The R&D team ...

As more robots start showing up in warehouses, offices, and even people’s homes, the idea of large language models hacking into complex systems sounds like the stuff of sci-fi nightmares. So, ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

It's now actually not that unusual to see quadruped robots that have powered wheels for feet, allowing them to either walk or roll as the situation dictates. The modular D1 is different, though, in ...

The idea that we’re living inside a simulation, as popularized by “The Matrix” franchise, has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed in a highly ...

The true nature of our universe as been an open debate for millennia, and recently, scientists and philosophers have pondered whether it might be a hyper-realistic simulation perpetuated by some super ...

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If such a simulation were possible, the simulated universe could itself give rise to life, which in turn might create its own simulation. This recursive possibility makes it seem highly unlikely that ...

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What if robots could learn to adapt to their surroundings as effortlessly as humans do? The rise of quadruped robots, like Boston Dynamics’ Spot, is turning this vision into reality. By integrating ...

Scientists from the LASSIE project with their quadruped robot at White Sands National Park, New Mexico in August. The quadruped robot was able to scout and train autonomously. The work is part of NASA ...