Teaching legged robots with human cues, then letting simulation do the repetition
What will become of the consequence when the next ability of a robot is not possible to preload in the…
Knee-like rolling joints cut alignment error by 99.6% and let small grippers carry 3.5× more
Robots do not fail very often, except when the motors used are too small; the joints use the energy wastefully….
Helion’s 150-million-degree plasma raises the stakes for fusion power by 2028
The prototype machine with 150 million o C indoors is not a power plant, but it marks the boundary: that…
Particle Accelerators Could Turn Nuclear Waste Into Power and Shrink Its Danger Window
In the case of the most recalcitrant by-product of the nuclear industry, physics has never been the bottleneck. It has…
Scientists found AI’s hidden weakness: “reasoning” models still miss obvious rules
When a system sold on the basis of having the ability to reason fails to do so with the reliability…
A robot face practiced lip-sync in a mirror, and the hard part was “B”
A mouth which lacks a consonant at a few millimeters can do away with a whole humanoid contact. Columbia University…
Richtech and Microsoft put “agentic” AI where robots actually meet customers
In retail robotics, “smarter” only counts when it survives a lunch rush. The partnership between Richtech Robotics and Microsoft is…
Teen Turned Down $300,000 to Keep Farm AI in Class
So what is a 16 year old to do when a dropout bid is made before a driver license is…
Why Engineering Schools Are Rethinking AI, Ethics, and Human Judgment
Today, one ethics course simply isn’t sufficient for the engineer working with AI. It’s the blunt inlay of a broad…