For years, engineers have sought better ways to build tiny, efficient lasers that can be integrated directly onto silicon chips, a key step toward faster, more capable optical communications and computing. Today’s commercial lasers are mostly…
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Scientists discover forgotten particle that could unlock quantum computers
Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today’s fastest supercomputers. But today’s machines are notoriously fragile. The quantum bits, or “qubits,” that store and process information are easily disrupted by…
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Unitree H1 – ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics
History
Unitree Robotics was founded in 2016 by Xingxing Wang, whose early work on legged locomotion began during his graduate studies with the development of a low-cost quadruped robot called XDog. That prototype featured custom-designed…
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Unitree G1 – ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics
History
Founded in 2016 by Xingxing Wang, Unitree Robotics emerged from academic research focused on low-cost, high-performance legged locomotion. While pursuing his master’s degree, Wang independently developed the XDog—a quadruped robot…
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Can fake faces make AI training more ethical?
AI has long been guilty of systematic errors that discriminate against certain demographic groups. Facial recognition was once one of the worst offenders.
For white men, it was extremely accurate. For others, the error rates could…
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RoboCup@Work League: Interview with Christoph Steup
RoboCup@Work League teams at the event in Brazil.
RoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal of advancing the state of the art of intelligent robots, AI and automation. The
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A star torn apart by a black hole lit up the Universe twice
- Astronomers used a UC Santa Cruz-led AI system to detect a rare supernova, SN 2023zkd, within hours of its explosion, allowing rapid follow-up observations before the fleeting event faded.
- Evidence suggests the blast was triggered by a…
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Denisovan DNA May Have Helped Ancient Humans Survive in Americas
Thousands of years ago, ancient Homo sapiens undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of km of ice over the Bering Strait to the unknown world of the Americas. Now, a new study suggests that these people carried something surprising…
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Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Strengthens Ties With University of Guadalajara
Collaboration Creates Opportunities for Undergraduate Researchers From Mexico
08/21/2025 Aaron Aupperlee
Martial Hebert and Marco Antonio Pérez Cisneros
The Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Summer Scholars…
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Interview with Haimin Hu: Game-theoretic integration of safety, interaction and learning for human-centered autonomy
In this interview series, we’re meeting some of the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants to find out more about their research. In this latest interview, Haimin Hu tells us about his…
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