Nov 21, 2024 | China, Featured, Robots
China has overtaken Germany in the use of robots in industry, an annual report published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) showed on Wednesday, underscoring the challenges facing Europe’s biggest economy from Beijing. In terms of robot density,...
Nov 19, 2024 | Healthcare, Robots
Researchers have developed a robot capable of performing surgical procedures with the same skill as human doctors by training it using videos of surgeries. The team from Johns Hopkins and Stanford Universities harnessed imitation learning, a technique that allowed the...
Nov 14, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Marine Science, Robots
New technology that enables robots to work stably in turbulent seas could make it cheaper, faster and safer to maintain offshore wind farms and tidal turbines, researchers say. Until now, the unpredictable nature of waves—which make it difficult for machines to remain...
Nov 7, 2024 | Featured, Robots, Space
At long last, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is on its way. After overcoming financial and technological hurdles, the $5 billion mission launched on October 14 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. It is now en route to its target: Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa,...
Nov 7, 2024 | Marine Science, Robots
Seagrass punches above its weight. The marine plant only occupies 0.1% of the ocean floor but can be credited with supporting marine ecosystems of plants and fish, filtering ocean water and capturing quite a bit of carbon. Seagrass is also being...
Nov 5, 2024 | Healthcare, Robots
Robots could soon play a larger role in surgery thanks to recent AI developments, experts say, in a Science Robotics paper. Advances in generative AI and other areas could enable robots to assist human surgeons during certain tasks that require significant...
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