Johns Hopkins APL Installs Robotic Arm to Advance Maritime Manufacturing and Repair Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has installed a high-capacity industrial robotic arm at its advanced manufacturing facility…
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People Could Get Real Help With Tasks Just by Talking With Robots
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have built a caregiving robot that doesn’t just follow pre-programmed motions but actually talks with people and adjusts what it does based on…
MIT’s Tiny Robot Bug: A Game-Changer for Pollination
MIT researchers have developed a small flying robot that could revolutionize plant pollination. Inspired by bees, this tiny bot can fly much longer and faster than earlier versions, offering a…
Robots on the Runway
Fashion and engineering collide to rethink how humans and robots share space Robots stepped onto the runway at Humanoids’25, not as lab tools or industrial machines, but as performers. They…
Teaching Robots to Map Large Environments: A Breakthrough
Introduction Researchers at MIT have developed a new method that enables robots to quickly generate accurate, large-scale 3D maps of their surroundings. This advancement has important implications for search-and-rescue missions,…
Northeastern Team Creates New AI tool that can Detect Melanoma with 99% Accuracy
Introduction Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer that affects about 212,000 people every year in the United States according to the American Academy of Dermatology. If melanoma…
Northeastern Team Creates New AI tool that can Detect Melanoma with 99% Accuracy
Introduction Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer that affects about 212,000 people every year in the United States according to the American Academy of Dermatology. If melanoma…
CMU Team Develops Sotopia, an AI Tool Designed to Evaluate the Social Intelligence of AI Agents
Introduction Sotopia is an AI tool whose main purpose is to conclude the intelligence of other AI tools and agents. It was created by a team at CMU led by…
Physical AI: CMU Leads the Next Wave of Intelligent Machines
Carnegie Mellon University is shaping the future of physical AI—systems that can sense, react, and make decisions in the real world. Ahead of the AI Horizons Summit, Martial Hebert, dean…
The Future of Smart Robots
Columbia University AI is moving beyond computers and into the real world. Robotics expert Sami Haddadin is leading this change. On March 4, 2025, he will speak at the Columbia…
Building Biological Robots from Human Cells.
Tufts In a groundbreaking leap at the intersection of biology and robotics, scientists at Tufts University have unveiled a new class of tiny, self-assembling biological machines—Anthrobots—constructed entirely from human tracheal…
The Hunger Games
The dystopia genre is one of the oldest and most impactful genres in all of literature, not only for its rhetorical richness but also for its modern and relevant messages,…
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a dystopian novel that describes a future society that follows the principles of efficiency, stability and control. In this world humans no longer give…
UCLA Scientists Build Light-Powered Robot That Flaps Like a Bee
UCLA researchers have unveiled a soft robot that mimics insect flight—powered entirely by light. The tiny flapping actuator, called FLaPTOR (Flapping Trilayer Oscillatory Robot), uses a clever three-layer design to…
CMU Trains Navy Robotics Specialists for the Age of AI
Robotics Academy Prepares Sailors for Real-World Tech Challenges At the edge of a lakeshore, two U.S. Navy sailors use amphibious robots to map the terrain. Nearby, others guide a reconnaissance…
Harvard Researchers Advanced Quantum Internet
Harvard University researchers have made a significant advancement in the creation of next-generation internet technology. In a recent experiment, the team successfully established a city-wide quantum network in Boston utilizing…
MIT’s New Bionic Knee Feels Like Part of the Body, Not Just a Tool
An innovative prosthetic system that mixes with muscle and bone may transform how amputees move and feel. By Vraj Parikh | July 15, 2025 In a significant advancement that could…
Caltech Researchers Create a New, Noninvasive Way to Measure Blood Pressure
Introduction After over a decade, a team of researchers at Caltech University have created a method to accurately measure a patient’s blood pressure whilst causing little to no discomfort. A…
AI Takes Flight: Boston University’s AIR Initiative Leads Cross-Disciplinary Innovation
Just a few years ago, AI was nothing more than an emerging technology that was used to write essays for students, but now, it’s one of the most rapidly developing…
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are Developing a New Cancer Implant Tech
Image credit: Brandon Martin of Rice University Introduction Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are currently developing the Hybrid Advanced Molecular Manufacturing Regulator, HAMMR. HAMMR is a brand new device that…
Autonomous Insect Robotics Laboratory
University of Washington Humans, for most of their existence, have not had a proper understanding of nature or species other than their own. In a similar sense, the discipline of…
Northeastern University Research Could Bring Virtual Reality Closer to Reality
Credit for the photo: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Introduction A group of researchers led by Francesco Restuccia, a electrical and computer engineering professor at Northeastern University have discovered a method to…
Caltech Creating AI Program to Solve Decades Old Math Problems
Credit: Sergei Gukov (This graphic included AI-generated art) Caltech Introduction In recent years, mathematicians around the world have begun to use artificial intelligence in order to solve extremely difficult math…
AI/Biomedicine lab at the University of Washington
The world is everchanging, now more than ever. With every generation, a new discovery or development fundamentally changes how the world works, and we never look back. In the 21st…
Future of Data Science Education
Boston University The developments and progressions of technology have historically been marked by polarized and different attitudes. This motif has been seen in the creation of social media, cell phones,…
CMU – AI Driven Robots
What is Carnegie Mellon University creating: Researchers and students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh showed their latest advancements in transportation to U.S Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on January…
Fahrenheit 451
By Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 is a book that describes a future society where books are illegal, so firemen literally burn books rather than extinguish fires. The protagonist is a…
The Assistive Robotics and Manipulation
Stanford The Assistive Robotics and Manipulation (ARM) Lab at Stanford has been working hard to develop revolutionary robots that can help reshape everyday life. The ARM Lab specializes in researching,…
AI Predicting Health Outcomes
Drexel University What is this AI detection tool: The researchers at Drexel University are currently working on a game-changing brand new AI tool led by John Kounios, professor in Drexel’s…
How Robots Are Helping People
Purdue At Purdue University, computer science professor Sooyeon Jeong is developing robots that will assist people in their day-to-day lives. She desires that not only should these robots understand and…
GTGraffiti A Robot That Paints Like A Human
For street art, GTGraffiti is a revolutionary force. The city streets have been transformed through GTGraffiti’s efforts as a flagship of urbanism, with city walls now showcasing vibrant pieces of…
The Martian
Sci-Fi I have recently read The Martian by Andy Weir, and it is clearly one of the most engaging books that I have ever read. The storyline is developed based…
Four-Legged Robotic System From MIT
MIT DribbleBot is a very sophisticated four-legged robot that is made at MIT’s CSAIL and is capable of dribbling a soccer ball over rugged and varied terrains such as sand,…
AI Making Streets Safer
CMU In an effort to combat increased traffic fatalities, Pittsburgh has collaborated with Dr. Ding Zhao and his Safe AI Lab at Carnegie Mellon University. Financed with a $1.3 million…
HUBO Robots
Drexel HUBO robots are student-made humanoids designed with a collaborative effort between the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and are part of research at Drexel University. Four…
AI Simulation To See Your Future Self
MIT Future You: Using AI to Connect with Your Future Self Wonder what you’ll be like down the line? There’s a new website created by MIT researchers, titled Future You,…
Robot Muscles At MIT
MIT researchers have developed an innovative device that lets robots tap into the natural power of muscles. Because muscles are perfectly sized for their tasks, they provide an excellent way…