An exoskeleton that helps someone climb stairs may not know what to do when they suddenly stop, turn around or begin walking across uneven ground. Researchers are now looking at whether artificial intelligence could make these wearable machines better at adapting as their users move. A paper co-authored by researchers at Georgia Tech and Northeastern University sets out a … [Read more...] about AI could make exoskeletons more adaptable
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Robot trialled for cardiovascular health checks in Scottish GP surgery
A wheeled robot that can guide patients through routine cardiovascular health checks has been trialled at an NHS GP surgery in Dundee, offering a glimpse of how robotics could take some of the repetitive workload out of primary care. The system was developed through the HEART-POD project, a collaboration involving Heriot-Watt University’s National Robotarium and Edinburgh … [Read more...] about Robot trialled for cardiovascular health checks in Scottish GP surgery
Light-powered nanorobots can collect and move bacteria
Working with individual bacteria presents an obvious engineering problem: the tools used to manipulate them need to operate on roughly the same scale. Researchers at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) have now developed light-powered nanorobots small enough to move through this microbial world and physically interact with the bacteria around them. The devices … [Read more...] about Light-powered nanorobots can collect and move bacteria
New catalyst could make fuel cells more practical for data centres
Data centres have an appetite for electricity. Servers need power around the clock, cooling systems need still more, and as artificial intelligence drives demand for computing upwards, finding enough electricity to keep everything running is becoming an engineering problem in its own right. Hydrogen fuel cells offer one possible answer. Rather than drawing all their … [Read more...] about New catalyst could make fuel cells more practical for data centres
The engineering lesson behind AI’s latest ‘escape’
When headlines claimed an AI system had "escaped" its test environment and hacked its way onto the internet, it sounded like the plot of a science fiction film. But that's not really what happened. The incident took place during an evaluation run by OpenAI, where highly capable AI models were deliberately challenged to solve complex cybersecurity tasks. The models were … [Read more...] about The engineering lesson behind AI’s latest ‘escape’