Claire chatted to Frances Zhu from the Colorado School of Mines about intelligent robotic systems for space exploration.
Frances Zhu has a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a…
Category: Engineering
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A tiny detector could unveil gravitational waves we’ve never seen before
Scientists have introduced a novel technique for detecting gravitational waves in the milli-Hertz frequency range, giving researchers access to cosmic and astrophysical signals that current instruments cannot capture.
Gravitational waves, the…
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Electrify Faster. Spend Less: Why Fleet Managers Are Turning to Automated Load Management
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Overcome the Biggest Barriers to Fleet Electrification
This whitepaper demonstrates how Automated Load Management (ALM) enables you to install charging stations that exceed your site’s…
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Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life
Scientists absorb data on monitors in mission control for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. NASA/Bill Ingalls, CC BY-NC-ND.
By Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College
NASA’s search for evidence of past…
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Accounting for uncertainty to help engineers design complex systems | MIT News
Designing a complex electronic device like a delivery drone involves juggling many choices, such as selecting motors and batteries that minimize cost while maximizing the payload the drone can carry or the distance it can…
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Dexterous Robots Move From Labs to Industry With NSF Support
CMU-Led Research Group Designing Robotic Hands For Use in Health, Agriculture, Manufacturing
10/01/2025 Mallory Lindahl
The NSF Convergence Accelerator phase two kickoff meeting was held in Pittsburgh in July and brought…
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DOLPHIN AI uncovers hundreds of invisible cancer markers
McGill University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can detect previously invisible disease markers inside single cells.
In a study published in Nature Communications, the researchers demonstrate how the tool, called…
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Princeton’s AI reveals what fusion sensors can’t see
Imagine watching a favorite movie when suddenly the sound stops. The data representing the audio is missing. All that’s left are images. What if artificial intelligence (AI) could analyze each frame of the video and provide the audio…
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Rethinking how robots move: Light and AI drive precise motion in soft robotic arm
Photo credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University
By Silvia Cernea Clark
Researchers at Rice University have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating around an…
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