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ASU’s Robotic Dogs Learn to Save Lives and Guide the Visually Impaired

At Arizona State University, robotic dogs like the Unitree Go2 are being trained with advanced AI to perform life-saving search-and-rescue missions and assist the visually impaired. The LENS Lab is combining vision, language, and reinforcement learning to turn these four-legged robots into practical partners for humans.

27 Aug 2025

AI-Powered Rainbow Lab Accelerates Quantum Dot Discovery For Next-Gen Tech

Researchers at NC State have developed Rainbow, the world’s first multi-robot self-driving laboratory that autonomously discovers high-performance quantum dots. Powered by AI and advanced robotics, Rainbow can run up to 1,000 experiments daily, accelerating discovery and scaling seamlessly from lab to manufacturing.

26 Aug 2025

Robots Learn To Detect Drinking Water With Machine Learning And Smart Decision-Making

A study in Robot Learning demonstrates how combining decision-making with machine learning enables robots to detect, analyze, and classify drinking water samples. Using TOPSIS and Random Forest on a large dataset, researchers improved classification accuracy to 73% and integrated the system into a robotic platform.

21 Aug 2025

Clustered Reinforcement Learning Transforms How AI Explores And Learns

Clustered Reinforcement Learning (CRL) gives AI a smarter, more human-like way to learn by grouping similar situations into clusters and rewarding both exploration and proven success. This approach enables faster, safer, and more efficient learning, outperforming existing methods in robotics and gaming benchmarks.

3 Jun 2025

AI’s Creative Cred Gets a Boost When We See It in Action

New research from Aalto University reveals that people perceive AI as more creative when they observe not just the final product, but also the process and the AI agent behind it. These findings highlight how presentation strongly shapes our judgments of creativity—whether human or artificial.

7 Apr 2025

AI Gives Robots Human-Like Perception and Planning Skills for High-Stakes Missions

Johns Hopkins APL researchers are advancing robotic perception with AI-powered Full Scene Extraction, enabling autonomous agents to understand complex environments and reason like humans. This breakthrough holds promise for high-risk missions like search and rescue or military operations.

3 Apr 2025

AI-Powered Digital Twins Transform Plant Science, Medicine, and Manufacturing

Researchers at Iowa State University are creating high-resolution 3D digital twins of plants using AI-driven neural radiance fields (NeRF), transforming simple smartphone videos into dynamic, data-rich models. These digital twins are advancing agriculture, healthcare, and manufacturing by enabling real-time simulations, precision predictions, and enhanced decision-making.

3 Apr 2025

AI-Powered Knee Surgery Delivers Better Results for Patients With Bowed Legs

A new AI-assisted knee replacement technique, tailored to each patient's natural leg shape, significantly improves outcomes for individuals with bowed legs. This functionally aligned approach outperformed conventional surgery in a randomized trial, particularly for these patients.

2 Apr 2025

AI Robot Masters Coffee-Making, Paving the Way for Smarter Machines

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed an AI-powered robotic arm that can prepare coffee in a busy kitchen, showcasing human-like adaptability. The breakthrough combines AI, sensitive sensors, and refined motor skills, enabling the robot to navigate unpredictable environments and respond dynamically to real-world interactions.

19 Mar 2025

AI Tracks Students' Eyes to Personalize Math Learning and Boost Performance

Researchers from TUM and the University of Cologne have developed an AI-powered system that uses webcam-based eye tracking to analyze how students approach math problems and tailor learning materials accordingly. This affordable technology allows teachers to provide individualized math support to more students simultaneously.

12 Mar 2025

AI-Powered Labs of the Future Will Supercharge Scientific Breakthroughs

Scientists at ORNL and leading institutions have mapped a vision for AI-driven autonomous research labs, aiming to revolutionize scientific discovery through automation and interconnected systems.

26 Feb 2025

New AI Lets Robots Develop Self-Knowledge and Adapt Like Living Beings

Columbia Engineering researchers have enabled robots to develop "kinematic self-awareness" by watching their own movements through a single camera, allowing them to self-model, adapt to damage, and learn new skills without human intervention.

26 Feb 2025

AI Thrives in Real-World Chaos After Training in Calm, Simulated Environments

MIT researchers discovered that training AI agents in noise-free simulated environments, termed the "indoor training effect," can improve their performance in noisy real-world scenarios, challenging the conventional wisdom of matching training and testing environments. This phenomenon was observed across various Atari games and could lead to better AI training methods.

29 Jan 2025

Embodied AI Model Learns Like a Toddler, Revealing Secrets of Cognitive Development

Researchers at OIST have developed an embodied intelligence model that mimics how children learn to generalize by combining sensory inputs and language, offering insights into cognitive development and AI transparency.

22 Jan 2025

Transforming Robotics: Dataset Enhances 6D Pose Algorithms

Study introduces a robust RGB-D dataset for 6D pose estimation, enabling robots to perform industrial pick-and-place tasks with greater precision. The dataset's evaluation with cutting-edge models highlights its potential for advancing robotic automation.

16 Jan 2025

Navigation World Model Revolutionizes Autonomous Visual Navigation

Researchers introduced the Navigation World Model (NWM), a scalable video generation model that predicts future visual observations for dynamic navigation planning in familiar and novel environments.

12 Dec 2024

Meta’s PARTNR Benchmark Redefines Human-Robot Collaboration

Researchers at Meta developed PARTNR, a large-scale benchmark to evaluate human-robot collaboration on household tasks, highlighting challenges in coordination and task recovery for current AI models.

5 Nov 2024

Intelligent Robotics Platform Empowers Students and Teachers to Build AI Literacy

Researchers in Spain have developed the Robobo Project, an AI-integrated robotics platform designed to foster AI literacy from secondary school to university. This approach provides hands-on experience with intelligent robotics to prepare students for an AI-driven future.

30 Oct 2024

Evaluating AI Video Models with WorldSimBench to Simulate Real-World Tasks

Researchers introduce WorldSimBench, a new dual framework for evaluating video generation models as embodied world simulators, bringing unprecedented realism to AI-driven simulations.

28 Oct 2024

Meta-DT Transforms Reinforcement Learning With Superior Task Generalization

Meta-DT uses transformers and a context-aware world model to achieve superior generalization in reinforcement learning, excelling in both few-shot and zero-shot settings without expert demonstrations.

22 Oct 2024