Our Strength Lies in Our Humanity
For a century, humans high up in fire towers have sounded the alarm. But breakthroughs in technology may offer something morePerched in his fire tower high above the pine trees, … Read More
As you drive down the road leading to Jodrell Bank Observatory, a sign asks visitors to turn off their mobile phones, stating that the Lovell telescope is so powerful it … Read More
giuseppelombardo/Shutterstock After a fairly relaxed summer, more and more places are bringing back tighter restrictions in response to rising COVID-19 cases, with some even returning to full or near-full lockdowns. … Read More
Artist's conception of the Milky Way galaxy, which should contain dark matter haloes. Nick Risinger/NASA The search for dark matter – an unknown and invisible substance thought to make up … Read More
Hybrid parrots in Costa Rica. Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock How did some animals form wings to fly? – Year Five class, London, UK Perhaps the first thing you notice when you see … Read More
Algorithms for mobile robotic systems are generally implemented on purely digital computing platforms. Developing alternative computational platforms may lead to more energy-efficient and responsive mobile robotics. Here, we report a … Read More
Legged locomotion can extend the operational domain of robots to some of the most challenging environments on Earth. However, conventional controllers for legged locomotion are based on elaborate state machines … Read More
A hybrid analog-digital computing platform using memristors enables faster, more energy-efficient, and adaptive real-time robot control. Source: Science Mag: Analog-digital computing let robots go through the motions
Deep reinforcement learning enables quadruped robots to traverse challenging natural environments using only proprioception. Source: Science Mag: Quadrupedal robots trot into the wild
Artist's concept of the OSIRIS REx spacecraft collecting material from Bennu. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Relief showed clearly on the faces of the team of NASA scientists and engineers as … Read More
