Robotics

A text-reading robot may help users manage negative emotions

Scientists from the Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems at the University of Tsukuba devised a text message mediation robot that can help users control their anger when receiving upsetting news. This device may ...

Engineering

Drag can lift birds to new heights, researchers find

Future aerial design may owe a nod of thanks to five parrotlets flapping around in an instrumented flight chamber at Stanford University. They revealed that counter to conventional understanding of how animals and planes ...

Machine learning & AI

New insights into training dynamics of deep classifiers

A new study from researchers at MIT and Brown University characterizes several properties that emerge during the training of deep classifiers, a type of artificial neural network commonly used for classification tasks such ...

Machine learning & AI

Smart AI makes all kinds of shapes on its own

Plastic is light, cheap, and can be made into any shape if heated, making it a 'gift from the 20th-century god.' The key is to maintain its uniform quality but its sensitivity to process conditions makes processing autonomy ...

Engineering

Lasers join lightweight sandwich structures

Modern lightweight construction has already been helping automotive and aerospace industry to save fuel and materials and to reduce environmental impact. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology ...

Engineering

Low-cost titanium armor for land-based defense platforms

The aim of the Affordable Titanium to Useable Defense Equipment (ATiTUDE) program is to develop a processing route for low-cost titanium for exploitation across the land, maritime and air defense sectors. The project is led ...

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