A friction-driven strategy for agile steering wheel manipulation by humanoid robots

by Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co. Researchers from School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology. Credit: Zhaoyang Cai, School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Humanoid robots…

Riding high on AI, Nvidia is no bubble, says Wall Street

Jensen Huang, cofounder and CEO of Nvidia, waves as he arrives for a media roundtable in Kuala Lumpur on December 8, 2023. The emergence of AI bots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT…

Autism Social Difficulties Linked to Specific Gene

Summary: Researchers shed light on the genetic underpinnings of social behavior, focusing on the gene GTF2I’s role in Williams syndrome and its contrast in autism spectrum disorders. The study, utilizing…

All-light communication network bridges space, air and sea for seamless connectivity

Researchers developed an all-light communication network that enables seamless connectivity across space, air and underwater environments. It combines blue light communication (BLC) for controlling unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) with white…

Examining the potential benefits and dangers of AI

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing and soon will be ubiquitous in everyday life, making us more productive and helping to solve complex problems while simultaneously…

‘Iron Man’ pilots race in jet suits against a backdrop of Dubai skyscrapers

Jet suit pilots race in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Dubai on Wednesday hosted what it called its first-ever jet suit race. Racers zipped along a route…

Data leaks can sink machine learning models

Researchers found 37 mine sites in Australia that could be converted into renewable energy storage

A potential pumped hydro site using the Cadia Hill Gold Mine near Orange in NSW. Credit: Google, Airbus. The world is rapidly moving towards a renewable energy future. To support…

OpenAI seeks dismissal of parts of NY Times copyright suit

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain OpenAI asked a US judge to dismiss several elements of a lawsuit brought by The New York Times, which accuses the ChatGPT creator of using millions…

Imperfect Harmony: Rethinking Pythagoras’ Musical Consonance

Summary: New research challenges Pythagoras’s ancient theory on musical consonance, revealing our preference for slight imperfections in chords rather than the perfect integer ratios traditionally associated with beautiful music. The…