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Australia Will Use Robot Boats to Find Asylum Seekers at Sea
Australia is deploying unmanned robot boats to patrol its waters and monitor weather and wildlife, as well as identifying boats potentially transporting asylum...
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Human-like Cyborg Eye Could Power Itself Using Sunlight
A new spherical visual sensor mimics the structure of the human eye.
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Small Robots Could Help Look After Salmon Without Stressing Them Out
Salmon seem to prefer small robots to larger ones, a discovery that could help guide how fish farms are automated.
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Swarms of Golf Ball-Sized Robots Could Detect Leaks in the Sewers
Researchers have developed golf ball-sized robots designed to collect data as they float through pipes.
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Robot Arm Lets You Remotely Lend Friends Helping Hand with Repairs
Researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. have developed a handheld robot for remote assistance with repairs.
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Fast Swimming Fish Robot Could Perform Underwater Surveillance
University of Virginia researchers have built a fish-inspired robot that can swim as fast as actual fish, and faster than similar robots.
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Artificial Skin Can Sense 1,000 Times Faster Than Human Nerves
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed artificial skin containing physical sensors that can detect pressure, bending, and temperature...
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Tiny Jellyfish Robot Could Swim Inside the Bladder to Deliver Drugs
Researchers in Germany have developed a robotic jellyfish that can swim, burrow, and transport objects.
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Drone Can Transform into a Tiny Car to Slide nder Small Gaps
A new shape-shifting drone flies, and can transform into a car once it touches down.
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Robots Conduct Daily Health Inspections of Schoolchildren in China
More than 2,000 preschools in China are using a robot to check the health status of students each day before they enter the classroom.
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Robotic Tube for Surgery Autonomously Navigates Inside a Beating Heart
Harvard Medical School researchers have developed a robotic catheter that can autonomously navigate inside a beating heart.
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Robot Swarm Inspired by Cells Can Keep Moving Even if Its Parts Fail
Researchers created a swarm of disc-shaped robots inspired by living cells, that can join together, squeeze through gaps, and keep moving even if many of its parts...
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Self-Taught Robot Figures Out What It Looks Like, What It Can Do
Columbia University researchers have developed a robot that learns what it looks like without any outside help.
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Hackers Are Stealing Computer Power to Make Millions in Cryptocurrency
Groups of hackers are stealing millions of dollars through cryptojacking, which works by illicitly harnessing the computing power of thousands to mine cryptocurrency...
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Robot Hand That Plays Jingle Bells Could Help Make Better Limbs
It's not the best version of Jingle Bells you'll ever hear—it's being played by a rubber robot hand. But the hand could point the way to better designs for robot...
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K Police Wants AI to Stop Violent Crime Before It Happens
Police in the UK want to predict serious violent crime using artificial intelligence, New Scientist can reveal. The idea is that individuals flagged by the system...
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NATO Military Exercise Will Test Robots, Autonomous Vehicles
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is conducting a month-long military exercise using a variety of new technologies.
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Your Brain Is Like 100 Billion Mini-Computers All Working Together
Each of our brain cells could work like a mini-computer, according to the first recording of electrical activity in human cells at a super-fine level of detail....
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Smartphone With a Finger Crawls Across the Table to Stroke Your Wrist
MobiLimb is a realistic-looking mechanical finger that plugs into the USB port of a mobile device as an additional way to interact with a smartphone or tablet. ...
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