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Picotaur—the unrivaled microrobot
Picture this: hundreds of ant-sized robots climb over rubble, under rocks and between debris to inspect the damage of a fallen building before human...
Engineers conduct first in-orbit test of ‘swarm’ satellite autonomous navigation
Someday, instead of large, expensive individual space satellites, teams of smaller satellites—known by scientists as a "swarm"—will work in collaboration, enabling greater accuracy, agility,...
Ukraine to unleash robot dogs on its front lines
Ukraine could soon unleash robot dogs on its front lines, replacing soldiers for perilous missions like spying on Russian trenches or detecting mines.
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A new algorithm to help robots practice skills independently to adapt to unfamiliar environments
The phrase "practice makes perfect" is usually reserved for humans, but it's also a great maxim for robots newly deployed in unfamiliar environments.
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Using photos or videos, these AI systems can conjure simulations that train robots to function in physical spaces
Researchers working on large artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT have vast swaths of internet text, photos and videos to train systems. But roboticists training...