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Boston Dynamics and Toyota Collaborate: Training Atlas to Learn

The Toyota Research Institute has been making significant strides in teaching robots to quickly learn and execute tasks autonomously. Now, it is introducing its Large Behavior Model technology to the remarkable Atlas humanoid robot in collaboration with Boston Dynamics. Surprisingly, humanoid robot hardware is already quite advanced. Over a decade of development at Boston Dynamics

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A Robotic Finger Could Conduct your Next Intimate Physical Exam

Robotics, Science / Ngoma Manuel

Researchers have created an ultrasensitive robotic ‘finger’ that mimics human touch, capable of safely conducting routine physical exams similar to those performed by doctors. They believe this ‘robodoctor‘ could soon appear in medical clinics. Doctors use their fingers as diagnostic tools to gather various insights about your health. Medical professionals use their fingers to check

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A Pangolin-Inspired Robot Deposits Tree Seeds Into the Holes it Digs

Robotics, Science / Ngoma Manuel

Foraging pangolins naturally dig in the ground, so why not have them plant trees at the same time? Training them to do so would be quite challenging, which is why a high school student from California named Dorothy created a pangolin-inspired robot to handle the digging and planting instead. Called the Plantolin, this bio-inspired robot

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Robot-to-Drone Food Deliveries Launch in Dallas

Robotics, Science / cumbonguala

While still not entirely common, rolling robots have been delivering goods to local customers for some time, and drones have been transporting packages overhead. Now, Serve Robotics and Wing Aviation are set to combine these two delivery methods. Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been transporting small packages by air since at

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A New Method Lets Robots Map a Scene and Identify Objects to Complete Tasks

Robotics, Science / Valeriano Ndeyi

Picture tidying up a cluttered kitchen, beginning with a counter scattered with sauce packets. If your aim is to clean the counter, you might gather all the packets at once. But if you want to separate the mustard packets first, you’d sort them by type. And if you were specifically looking for Grey Poupon mustard,

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Scientists Suggest that Adhering to this Diet may Help Slow Cognitive Decline

Neuroscience, Science / Jorge Paka

A study published in Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that individuals whose diets closely follow the MIND diet may have a lower risk of cognitive decline. This association was observed in both Black and white participants. However, the findings show a correlation rather than proving that the MIND diet directly

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AI Generates More Innovative Research Ideas than Human Experts

Robotics, Science / Ana Kiesse Zeleme

The first statistically significant findings are in: Large Language Model (LLM) AIs are not only capable of generating expert-level scientific research ideas, but their ideas are also deemed more innovative and exciting than those of human experts, according to expert evaluations. Recent advancements in LLMs have sparked enthusiasm among researchers about their potential to transform

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Find Out Why Having a Small Hard Drive is No Longer an Issue

Applied Science, Computer Science, Science / Evelina Jeremias

Managing multiple cloud accounts like Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive can quickly become chaotic. Koofr simplifies things by offering 1TB of cloud storage that integrates all your accounts into one streamlined platform, and lifetime access is just $169.99. Koofr’s standout feature is its ability to combine files from multiple cloud services into a single 1TB

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Alarming Microplastics Found in Human Brains

Neuroscience, Science / Eduardo Paulo

Microplastics are omnipresent, wreaking havoc on the environment and infiltrating our bodies, including the brain. A new preprint study, not yet peer-reviewed, raises concerns about the extent of microplastics in the human brain and potential health risks. The study analyzed 51 brain tissue samples from individuals who died in 2016 or 2024. These samples were

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