Moravec‘s Paradox

By Matthew Sparkes Predicting the structure of proteins is one of the grand challenges of biology DeepMind DeepMind has predicted the structure of almost every protein so far catalogued by science, cracking one of the grand challenges of biology in just 18 months thanks to an artificial intelligence called AlphaFold.…

An 8-gram actuator - a device that converts energy and signals into movement - that operates as artificial muscles lifted 8 kilograms while maintaining human-like hand movements Technology 27 July 2022 By Chris Stokel-Walker GRACE actuator membranes are 3D printed from a resin that enables them to stretch and contract…

When Liu Yang started his current job, he found it hard to go back to driving his own car: “I instinctively went for the passenger seat. Or when I was driving, I would expect the car to brake by itself,” says the 33-year-old Beijing native, who joined the Chinese tech…

A precursor step to understanding physics is identifying relevant variables. Columbia Engineers developed an AI program to tackle a longstanding problem: whether it is possible to identify state variables from only high-dimensional observational data. Using video recordings of a variety of physical dynamical systems, the algorithm discovered the intrinsic dimension…

They’re widely loved for their plumpness and clumsy antics, but giant pandas lack distinguishable facial features, making it difficult for scientists and keepers to tell them apart and thus keep track of them. Now researchers at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China have pioneered new technology…

Lin Fan, CEO of Linkedin-like platform Maimai, told Chinese media outlet Jiemian on Monday that Chinese talent is migrating from traditional tech firms like Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent to five trending fields: electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, biotech, and carbon neutrality. According to Maimai’s data, two-thirds of the Chinese companies…

Image: Respawn / EA Last week a child was playing chess against a robot when, in the words of one official, something “of course bad” happened. According to Russian media reports and a video of the incident, the robot pinched the seven-year-old’s finger and fractured it. Not great! The attack,…

From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Terminator to Ex Machina, movies have told us time and time again that robots are not to be trusted to steward humankind into the future. The same is true when playing chess. The latest real-world example of this came during a recent chess match in…

When communication lines are open, individual agents such as robots or drones can work together to collaborate and complete a task. But what if they aren’t equipped with the right hardware or the signals are blocked, making communication impossible? University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers started with this more difficult challenge.…

        | Published: Saturday, July 23, 2022, 11:31 Xiaomi has launched a new robot vacuum cleaner called Xiaomi Robot Vacuum Mop 2 Pro in India. This robotic vacuum cleaner can evenly and rapidly distribute water on the floor and seamlessly mop the floor. It is priced at…