10/30/2023 Aaron Aupperlee
Update: Congratulations to Zakia on winning in the AI in Research – AI Researcher of the Year category!
Zakia Hammal, a systems scientist in Carnegie Mellon…
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Evidence of ritual beheading identified at Maya pyramid
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have identified evidence of ritual beheading during excavations of a pyramidal structure at the Maya ruins of Moral-Reforma.
Moral Reforma is a Maya city from the…
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NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars Search
In June 2023, NASA’s Mars Exploration Program leaders joined their counterparts from the Australian Space Agency, ESA (European Space Agency), and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on a field…
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Extreme cooling caused extinction of early humans in Europe
Study led by the University College London (UCL) suggests that an extreme cooling period approximately 1.1 million years ago likely contributed to the extinction of early human populations in Europe.
Based on palaeoclimate evidence, the…
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Watch NASA Engineers Put a Mars Lander’s Legs to the Test
Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on the Red Planet.
NASA’s Perseverance rover continues to rack up tubes filled with rock core samples for the planned Mars Sample Return campaign. The…
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Parenting a 3-Year-Old Robot – Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University
08/08/2023 Aaron Aupperlee
CMU, Meta AI Researchers Develop Robotic Learning Agent That Can Master Multiple Skills
RoboAgent can complete 12 manipulation skills across differing scenes. This research points toward a…Continue Reading
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How geometry solves architectural problems for bees and wasps
Honeybees and yellow jackets don’t look much like mathematicians — for one thing, they’re smaller. But collectively, the insects can solve a common architectural conundrum using a geometric solution that they evolved independently…
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Enabling Autonomous Exploration – Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University
July 19, 2023
CMU’s Autonomous Exploration Research Team has developed a suite of robotic systems and planners enabling robots to explore more quickly, probe the darkest corners of unknown environments, and create…
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Archaeologists decipher ancient Kuschana script
Archaeologists from the University of Cologne have deciphered parts of the Kuschana script that has puzzled researchers for over seventy years.
The Kuschana script is a writing system used in parts of central Asia that is associated with the early…
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This Carnegie Mellon Researcher Says Tesla Started a Revolution by Advancing EV Performance Specs
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Where I live, in Berkeley, CA, it can seem like every other car is either a…
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