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Until robots understand jokes and sarcasm, artificial general intelligence will remain in the realm of science fiction.
Spotty connectivity isn’t going to jeopardize Ukraine’s drone attacks.
Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we'll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.
Aerial drone footage was sent to an AI trained to track down space rocks.
Outfitted with wheels and rotors, the bot can morph from a land drone into a quadcopter in seconds.
The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it, engage with it, and consider it to be competent.
It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
Made from concrete, it cost 15% less per square foot to construct than a typical house.
A levitating vehicle might someday explore the moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces.
Hybrid working, robot fast food workers, and the rapid acceleration of NFTs are just the beginning.
A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do.
A century ago, electric cars were common. The fact that they were almost entirely replaced due to the internal combustion engine is a testament to the glacial pace of battery breakthroughs.
Humanoid robots are coming, and Ameca is designed to be the ideal platform to study human-robot interactions.
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
Drones have a lot to learn from the landing abilities of birds.
The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.
Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
Wireless charging isn't just for phones and laptops. It could also power medical devices like heart implants.
We give it the flight plan, and it takes care of the rest. It has to. Here’s why. No matter how advanced our technology becomes, there are certain limits that can […]
Our views from the red planet’s surface are more spectacular than ever. Ever since the earliest spaceflight, humanity has reached for Mars. This photo composite shows Meande Ring, a river on […]
There’s real, straightforward science behind the destruction of an Alderaan-sized planet. In all of science fiction, perhaps the most iconic moment of destruction occurs in 1977’s Star Wars: A New […]