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• Machine psychology: A bridge to general AI? December 20, 2024
  Artificial intelligence that is as intelligent as humans may become possible thanks to psychological learning models, combined with certain types of AI.
• Laser-based artificial neuron mimics nerve cell functions at lightning speed December 19, 2024
  Researchers developed a laser-based artificial neuron that fully emulates the functions, dynamics and information processing of a biological graded neuron, which could lead to new breakthroughs in advanced computing. With a processing speed a billion times faster than nature, chip-based laser neuron could help advance AI tasks such as pattern recognition and sequence prediction.
• Swarms of 'ant-like' robots lift heavy objects and hurl themselves over obstacles December 18, 2024
  Scientists have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The findings suggest that these microrobot swarms -- operating under a rotating magnetic field -- could be used to take on difficult tasks in challenging environments that individual […]
• Developing artificial intelligence tools for health care December 18, 2024
  Reinforcement Learning, an artificial intelligence approach, has the potential to guide physicians in designing sequential treatment strategies for better patient outcomes but requires significant improvements before it can be applied in clinical settings, finds a new study.
• Tiny robots, big impact: Revolutionizing infertility treatment with magnetic microrobots December 17, 2024
  Infertility affects an estimated 186 million people worldwide, with fallopian tube obstruction contributing to 11%-67% of female infertility cases. Researchers have developed an innovative solution using a magnetically driven robotic microscrew to treat fallopian tube blockages. The microrobot is made from nonmagnetic photosensitive resin, coated with a thin iron layer to give it magnetic properties. […]
• Breaking barriers: Study uses AI to interpret American Sign Language in real-time December 16, 2024
  A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures. Each image was annotated with 21 key landmarks on the hand, providing detailed spatial information about its structure and position. Combining MediaPipe and YOLOv8, a deep […]
• Empowering older adults with home-care robots December 10, 2024
  The rapidly increasing aging population will lead to a shortage of care providers in the future. While robotic technologies are a potential alternative, their widespread use is limited by poor acceptance. In a new study, researchers have examined a user-centric approach to understand the factors influencing user willingness among caregivers and recipients in Japan, Ireland, […]
• Scientists create AI that 'watches' videos by mimicking the brain December 9, 2024
  Imagine an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can watch and understand moving images with the subtlety of a human brain. Now, scientists have made this a reality by creating MovieNet: an innovative AI that processes videos much like how our brains interpret real-life scenes as they unfold over time.
• Black-box forgetting: A new method for tailoring large AI models December 9, 2024
  Pretrained large-scale AI models need to 'forget' specific information for privacy and computational efficiency, but no methods exist for doing so in black-box vision-language models, where internal details are inaccessible. Now, researchers addressed this issue through a strategy based on latent context sharing, successfully getting an image classifier to forget multiple classes it was trained […]
• Not so simple machines: Cracking the code for materials that can learn December 9, 2024
  Physicists have devised an algorithm that provides a mathematical framework for how learning works in lattices called mechanical neural networks.
• Bird-inspired drone can jump for take-off December 6, 2024
  Researchers have built a drone that can walk, hop, and jump into flight with the aid of birdlike legs, greatly expanding the range of potential environments accessible to unmanned aerial vehicles.
• Helping robots make good decisions in real time December 4, 2024
  An innovative algorithm called Spectral Expansion Tree Search helps autonomous robotic systems make optimal choices on the move.
• Manta rays inspire fast swimming soft robot yet December 4, 2024
  A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, drawing inspiration from manta rays to improve their ability to control the robot's movement in the water.
• Innovative robot navigation inspired by brain function boosts efficiency and accuracy December 2, 2024
  A research team has taken inspiration from the brains of insects and animals for more energy-efficient robotic navigation.
• Smallest walking robot makes microscale measurements December 2, 2024
  Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific locations -- in a tissue sample, for instance -- to take images and measure forces at the scale of some of the body's […]
• Inside the 'swat team' -- how insects react to virtual reality gaming November 26, 2024
  Humans get a real buzz from the virtual world of gaming and augmented reality but now scientists have trialled the use of these new-age technologies on small animals, to test the reactions of tiny hoverflies and even crabs. In a bid to comprehend the aerodynamic powers of flying insects and other little-understood animal behaviors, the […]
• Researchers highlight Nobel-winning AI breakthroughs and call for interdisciplinary innovation November 26, 2024
  A new article examines the convergence of physics, chemistry, and AI, highlighted by recent Nobel Prizes. It traces the historical development of neural networks, emphasizing the role of interdisciplinary research in advancing AI. The authors advocate for nurturing AI-enabled polymaths to bridge the gap between theoretical advancements and practical applications, driving progress toward artificial general […]
• The future of edge AI: Dye-sensitized solar cell-based synaptic device November 25, 2024
  Physical reservoir computing (PRC) utilizing synaptic devices shows significant promise for edge AI. Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science have introduced a novel self-powered dye-sensitized solar cell-based device that mimics human synaptic behavior for efficient edge AI processing, inspired by the eye's afterimage phenomenon. The device has light intensity-controllable time constants, helping it achieve […]
• The next evolution of AI begins with ours November 25, 2024
  The genome has space for only a small fraction of the information needed to control complex behaviors. So then how, for example, does a newborn sea turtle instinctually know to follow the moonlight? Neuroscientists have devised a potential explanation for this age-old paradox. Their ideas should lead to faster, more evolved forms of artificial intelligence.
• Hear this! Transforming health care with speech-to-text technology November 21, 2024
  Researchers study the importance of enunciation when using speech-to-text software in medical situations.