Robotic automation is rapidly becoming the norm in large-scale manufacturing, especially in high-risk industries like steel and heavy machinery. Machines now perform repetitive or dangerous tasks with increasing autonomy.
Yet, many…
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AI brings CERN scientists closer to cracking the Higgs boson’s charm
Researchers at CERN have used artificial intelligence (AI) to explore one of the Higgs boson’s most elusive behaviors, shedding light on its subtle interaction with charm quarks and bringing science closer to understanding how the so-called…
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Empowering robots with human-like perception to navigate unwieldy terrain (w/video)
May 19, 2025 A new AI system fuses vision, vibrations, touch and its own body states to help robots understand and move through difficult in-the-wild environments.
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Scientists sew up smart t-shirt, gesture-reading gloves using sound waves
Wearable tech is moving into a new era — and it’s not powered by electronics.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a T-shirt that can measure breathing and gloves that can translate hand movements into commands for a computer.
Led by…
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Empowering robots with human-like perception to navigate unwieldy terrain
The wealth of information provided by our senses that allows our brain to navigate the world around us is remarkable. Touch, smell, hearing, and a strong sense of balance are crucial to making it through what to us seem like easy environments…
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Remotely controlled robots at your fingertips: Enhancing safety in industrial sites
A research team led by Professor Keehoon Kim and Ph.D. candidate Jaehyun Park from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH has developed a novel haptic device designed to enhance both safety and efficiency for workers in industrial…
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Nimble dimples: Agile underwater vehicles inspired by golf balls
Underwater or aerial vehicles with dimples like golf balls could be more efficient and maneuverable, a new prototype developed at the University of Michigan has demonstrated.
Golf ball dimples cut through pressure drag — the resistance force an…
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Transforming VR with Real Touch
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.
Virtual reality( VR) can provide people with dynamic and immersive experiences—at least visually. But imagine if users also had physical objects…
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New sodium-ion EV battery hits 80% in 6 minutes, runs 3,000+ cycles
The world is moving fast on clean energy, from electric cars in cities to solar panels in villages, and the need for better batteries is growing.
However, current lithium-ion batteries are expensive and depend on rare raw…
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Panama monkeys steal babies from rival species, puzzling scientists
On Jicarón Island in Panama’s Coiba National Park, a population of wild white-faced capuchin monkeys exhibits a striking and deeply perplexing new behavior: abducting infant howler monkeys.
What began as a rare and seemingly isolated…
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