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The debate over deep-sea mining has focused almost entirely on environmental…
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ICRA Outstanding Interaction Paper Award
June 7, 2023
Congratulations to members of Changliu Liu’s Intelligent Control Lab Alvin Shek, Bo Ying Su and Rui Chen for winning the 2023 ICRA Outstanding Interaction Paper Award!
The…
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RISLab Receives Honorable Mention for IEEE T-RO King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award
June 1, 2023
Congratulations to Wennie Tabib, Kshitij Goel, John Yao, Curtis Boirum, and Nathan Michael for receiving an honorable mention for the IEEE T-RO King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper…
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Reachy 2 – ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics
History
Pollen Robotics was founded in 2016 by Matthieu Lapeyre and Pierre Rouanet, who were former roboticists at the French research center Inria. Headquartered in Bordeaux, France, Pollen aims to make AI and robots accessible and useful in the…
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Human remains found at Cal Pa i Figues necropolis died from the Black Death
Archaeologists from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have found traces of Yersinia pestis (the Black Death) in human remains found at the Cal Pa i Figues necropolis in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, Spain.
The Black Death was a…
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Sweater-Wrapped Robots Can Feel and React to Human Touch
RobotSweater’s knitted fabric consists of two layers of conductive yarn made with metallic fibers to conduct electricity. Sandwiched between the two is a net-like, lace-patterned layer. When pressure is applied to the fabric — say, from…
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Archaeologists discover cave paintings using drones
Archaeologists from the University of Alicante have discovered cave paintings in Penáguila, Spain.
The team were conducting a drone survey of the Castellet-Barranc del Salt ravine and Port de Penáguila, revealing Neolithic cave paintings from…
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Arid regions of South Africa were once home to ancient lakes
Recently discovered evidence supporting the existence of ancient lakes in remarkably dry areas of South Africa indicates that Stone Age humans may have inhabited a more extensive range across the continent than initially believed.
A study led by…
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Congratulations to our 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients
May 16, 2023
Congratulations to this year’s National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Recipients from the Robotics Institute!
Rohan Choudhury
Siva Kailas
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Skeleton found in rock shelter corresponds with the relatively unknown Janambre Culture
The Janamabre were an ethnic group of nomadic hunter-gatherers that opposed the colonisation of the northeast of New Spain, Mexico, between the 17th and 18th centuries.
At the time, the Kingdom of New Spain was a territorial entity of the Spanish…
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