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Telepresence Robots can Aid in Remote Learning

Telepresence robots help university students learning remotely to feel more a part of the class, new research by Oregon State University suggests.

11 Jun 2020

Cable-Driven Robot Tracks and Interacts with Free-Flying Insects

Flying insects have developed effective strategies for navigating in natural environments.

11 Jun 2020

Danish Robots Assisting Hard-Pressed Laboratory Technicians with Covid-19 Testing Work

A Danish pipetting robot is automating Covid testing processes in hospitals around Europe. The robot, called flowbot ONE, significantly reduces the time it takes for laboratories to produce results for patients to tell them whether they are infected with Covid-19.

From Flower Robotics, Inc. 11 Jun 2020

Valmet to Supply Automation to a Gas Clean-up System at Viridor’s Site in Scotland, UK

Valmet will supply automation to a gas clean-up system at Viridor’s Dunbar Landfill site in East Lothian, Scotland, UK. The first-of-its-kind system allows the successful capture of CO2 and transforms landfill gas into transport fuels. The clean-up system will be supplied by the Dutch company CarbonOrO.

From Valmet 10 Jun 2020

Engineers Put Tens of Thousands of Artificial Brain Synapses on a Single Chip

MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors — silicon-based components that mimic the information-transmitting synapses in the human brain.

10 Jun 2020

New AI Classifies Common Type of Brain Tumor into Low or High Grades

A new machine learning approach classifies a common type of brain tumour into low or high grades with almost 98% accuracy, researchers report in the journal IEEE Access.

9 Jun 2020

Improved Mole-Bot Could be Used for Space Exploration and Mining

Mole-bot, a drilling biomimetic robot designed by KAIST, boasts a stout scapula, a waist inclinable on all sides, and powerful forelimbs.

8 Jun 2020

New AI Platform Expedites R&D to Produce Commercially Desirable Materials

A technology named “Artificial Chemist” developed by researchers at North Carolina State University and the University at Buffalo integrates artificial intelligence (AI) and an automated system to carry out chemical reactions to ramp up R&D and manufacture commercially desirable materials.

5 Jun 2020

New Complex AI-Based Solution to Prevent COVID-19 Disease Spread

Fever Screener is a complex AI-based solution for crowded areas. The system detects people with high body temperature in public places.

5 Jun 2020

Researchers Develop Smallest, Most Dexterous Cockroach-Inspired Robot

HAMR-JR, a minuscule robot developed by researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, cannot climb up the waterspout.

4 Jun 2020

UV Lamp-Fitted Robots Effective at Killing Powdery Mildew in Vineyards

Robots installed with UV lamps and wandering through vineyards at night have been found to be effective at destroying powdery mildew, a catastrophic pathogen for various crops, including grapes.

4 Jun 2020

AI System Reveals Clues about the Birth of Planets and Stars

Over 2000 large protostars—new stars that are still emerging and may hold clues to the genesis of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy—have now been identified by an artificial intelligence (AI) system.

4 Jun 2020

New App Uses AI to Assess Risk Factors, Key Biomarkers of COVID-19

A new mobile app can help clinicians determine which patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are likely to have severe cases.

4 Jun 2020

New AI-Driven System can Measure Staff Comfort, Focus in Work Spaces

Computer scientists have developed a way to measure staff comfort and concentration in flexible working spaces using artificial intelligence.

4 Jun 2020

New Mobile Robotic Platform for Construction Sites

Husky A200—a mobile robotic platform—is being investigated by scientists for possible applications in autonomous logistic tasks performed on construction locations.

3 Jun 2020