Robotics

New inspection drone uses wind to lengthen flight times

Elythor, an EPFL spin-off, has developed a new drone whose wing shape can adapt to wind conditions and flight position in real time, reducing the drone's energy consumption. What's more, the position of the wings can change, ...

Machine learning & AI

'Raw' data show AI signals mirror how the brain listens and learns

New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that artificial intelligence (AI) systems can process signals in a way that is remarkably similar to how the brain interprets speech, a finding scientists say ...

Hardware

Developing a smart chip based on the human brain

Current computer systems are very good at performing exact calculations. But as we are using more and more AI-based applications, we also need more efficient systems that are able to process data in real time with the same ...

Security

New AI model aims to plug key gap in cybersecurity readiness

Imagine you're the new manager of a large apartment building and someone has stolen one of your keys—but you're not sure which one. Was it to a first-floor apartment? The mail room? Maybe it's a master key to all the units.

Engineering

AI-designed unidirectional imagers

Traditional optical imaging and communication systems, typically composed of lenses, perform imaging operations in both forward and backward directions. Similar to a pipe that enables liquid to flow through from one end to ...

Machine learning & AI

Booting up artificial personality in AI systems

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used increasingly in many different walks of life from the large language models and image-generation tools that can produce readable text and intriguing graphics based on a prompt to ...