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An emotionally intelligent AI could support astronauts on a trip to Mars
17/01/2020
A digital assistant that recognized emotions and responded to astronauts with empathy might vastly improve space missions that take months or years.
15/01/2020
‘Living robot’ life forms created from frog embryo cells
Scientists in the United States claim to have created the world’s first living robots using stem cells from frog embryos.
13/01/2020
WHOI underwater robot takes first-known automated sample from ocean
WHOI's robot, Nereid Under Ice (NUI), samples a patch of sediment from the mineral-rich floor of Kolumbo volcano off Santorini Island, Greece.
09/01/2020
Fully Disposable Endovascular Robot Unveiled
Microbot Medical, a company with offices in Massachusetts and Israel, is about to release the world’s first fully disposable endovascular surgical robot.
09/01/2020
This Robot’s Journey to an Icy Alien Moon Starts Beneath Antarctica
NASA scientists completed field tests in November of a floating rover they hope will one day travel to Europa, the frozen ocean moon of Jupiter.
08/01/2020
DragonflEye Project Wants to Turn Insects Into Cyborg Drones
R&D lab Draper is using genetic engineering and optoelectronics to build cybernetic insects
07/01/2020
AI ‘outperforms’ doctors diagnosing breast cancer
Artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms, a study in the journal Nature suggests.