Chemical products such as medicines, plastics, soap, and paint are still often based on fossil raw materials. This is not sustainable, so there is an urgent need for ways to make a ‘materials…
Category: Engineering
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Jennifer Lewis ScD ’91: “Can we make tissues that are made from you, for you?” | MIT News
“Can we make tissues that are made from you, for you?” asked Jennifer Lewis ScD ’91 at the 2025 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture, organized by MIT.nano, on Nov. 3. “The grand challenge goal is to create these…
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Study reveals limitations of AI-based material prediction
Computer simulations and artificial intelligence often make significant errors when predicting the properties of new, high-performance materials. This is the finding of an international study where the authors also provide tools to address this…
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Helping Robots Think on Their Feet
CMU, Meta Develop New Framework That Allows Humanoids To Learn Independently
12/09/2025 Mallory Lindahl
The Breakdown
- The BFM-Zero system lets humanoid robots switch seamlessly between many skills.
- It relies on…
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Google Cloud and Autonomous Robotics: How Google Is Redefining Factory 5.0
In the global race toward Factory 5.0 dominated by the convergence of autonomous robotics, artificial intelligence, and distributed cloud Google is gradually imposing a radical vision: an industry where robotic perception, multimodal AI,…
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AI Enhances Hearing Devices for Clearer Conversations
Inside a crowded bar, even the best noise-canceling earbuds struggle. They can either shut the whole world out or let everything in, but they can’t do what humans do naturally: focus on the voices that matter while ignoring everything else. A…
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Privacy Concerns in Health Tech for Seniors
I was interviewing a 72-year-old retired accountant who had unplugged his smart glucose monitor. He explained that he “didn’t know who was looking” at his blood sugar data.
This wasn’t a man unfamiliar with technology—he had successfully…
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This tiny implant sends secret messages to the brain
In a major step forward for neurobiology and bioelectronics, scientists at Northwestern University have created a wireless device that uses light to transmit information directly into the brain. The technology bypasses traditional sensory routes…
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Generations in Dialogue: Embodied AI, robotics, perception, and action with Professor Roberto Martín-Martín
Generations in Dialogue: Bridging Perspectives in AI is a podcast from AAAI featuring thought-provoking discussions between AI experts, practitioners, and enthusiasts from different age groups…
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Weekly Robotics #339
During the weekend, I’ve been reviewing the talk proposals for our Robotics and Simulation devroom at FOSDEM 2026, and I can already tell we will have a tough time choosing the finalists and building a schedule – the proposals were so…
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