by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 31, 2024 | Engineering, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Researchers at University of Michigan recently developed SKOOTR, a tri-pedal skating robot that can efficiently move around in its surroundings without repeatedly flipping over. This robot, introduced in a paper posted to the preprint server arXiv, was...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 31, 2024 | Machine learning & AI, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Home robots could assist humans with the completion of various chores and manual tasks, ranging from washing dishes or doing the laundry to cooking, cleaning and tidying up. While many roboticists and computer scientists have tried to improve the skills of home robots...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 31, 2024 | Computer Sciences, Electronics & Semiconductors, TECHXPLORE
The integration of electronic chips in commercial devices has significantly evolved over the past decades, with engineers devising various integration strategies and solutions. Initially, computers contained a central processor or central processing unit (CPU),...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 12, 2024 | Energy & Green Tech, MEDICALXPRESS
Technologies that can store the energy produced by photovoltaics and wind turbines could play a key role in the decarbonization of the energy sector. The operation of both solar cells and wind turbines relies on suitable weather conditions, and grid-scale energy...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 12, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
The social behaviors of humans and animals often unfold over two distinct phases, namely a motivational and an action phase. The first of these phases entails instinctual and reward-seeking mental states, characterized by sexual or aggressive drives to perform...
