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12 Jun

UK Trails Behind Europe in Technical Skills Proficiency, Coursera Report Finds

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The U.K. is the 25th most technically proficient country in Europe, a new report by online course provider Coursera has found. It sits well behind other digital leaders in the region like Germany, France and Spain. Globally, the U.K. came 45th out of 109 countries, which is an improvement from last year’s 64th place; however, considering the government’s significant investments into digital skills, the country’s rank suggests that current efforts may need to be reassessed. But the U.K. is by no means a reflection of Europe as a whole when it comes to technical proficiency. Switzerland came in first place…

12 Jun

Designing environments that are robot-inclusive

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Humans and robots are increasingly interacting within built environments such as cities, buildings, walkways, and parks. Offering adaptability, cost-effectiveness, and scalability, robots are gradually being integrated into various aspects of everyday life, from manufacturing to healthcare to hospitality. "Ensuring that robots can navigate and operate effectively within built environments is crucial for their widespread adoption and acceptance," said Associate Professor Mohan Rajesh Elara from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). To have fully autonomous service robots operate in human environments, however, is still a distant goal. Spatial limitations in the built environment restrict a robot's performance capability. In…

12 Jun

Trash-sorting robot mimics complex human sense of touch

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Today's intelligent robots can accurately recognize many objects through vision and touch. Tactile information, obtained through sensors, along with machine learning algorithms, enables robots to identify objects previously handled. However, sensing is often confused when presented with objects similar in size and shape, or objects unknown to the robot. Other factors restrictive to robot perception include background noise and the same type of object with different shapes and sizes. In Applied Physics Reviews, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Tsinghua University worked to break through the difficulties of robotic recognition of various common, yet complex, items. Humans possess many different types…

12 Jun

Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials

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Today, researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI can influence materials synthesis and conduct associated experiments without human supervision. This autonomous materials synthesis tool uses pulsed laser deposition, or PLD, to deposit a thin layer of substance onto a base material. It then employs AI to analyze how the quality of the newly created material relates to the synthesis conditions, such as temperature, pressure and energy emitted during the PLD process. The AI suggests…

12 Jun

3D-printed mini-actuators can move small soft robots, lock them into new shapes

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Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick. The researchers have also demonstrated that this technique works with shape memory materials, allowing users to repeatedly lock the soft robots into a desired shape and return to the original shape as needed. "Soft robotics holds promise for many applications, but it is challenging to design the actuators that drive the motion of soft robots on a small scale," says Jie Yin, corresponding author of a paper on…

12 Jun

Female AI ‘teammate’ generates more participation from women

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An artificial intelligence-powered virtual teammate with a female voice boosts participation and productivity among women on teams dominated by men, according to new Cornell University research. The findings suggest that the gender of an AI's voice can positively tweak the dynamics of gender-imbalanced teams and could help inform the design of bots used for human-AI teamwork, researchers said. The findings mirror previous research that shows minority teammates are more likely to participate if the team adds members similar to them, said Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, postdoctoral associate in information science and lead author of the paper. To better understand how AI…

11 Jun

Four-legged, dog-like robot ‘sniffs’ hazardous gases in inaccessible environments

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Nightmare material or truly man's best friend? A team of researchers equipped a dog-like quadruped robot with a mechanized arm that takes air samples from potentially treacherous situations, such as an abandoned building or fire. The robot dog walks samples to a person who screens them for potentially hazardous compounds, says the team that published its study in ACS' Analytical Chemistry. While the system needs further refinement, demonstrations show its potential value in dangerous conditions. Testing the air for dangerous chemicals in risky workplaces or after an accident, such as a fire, is an important but very dangerous task for…

10 Jun

Apple WWDC Keynote: Apple’s Next iOS, iPad OS and macOS Sequoia Coming In Fall

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Along with finally revealing its move in the AI product wars, Apple showed its next operating systems at the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10: iOS 18. iPad OS 18. macOS Sequoia. VisionOS 2 for Apple Vision Pro. iOS 18, iPad OS 18 and macOS Sequoia full releases are coming in fall 2024. iOS 18 makes cosmetic changes and adds developer options iOS 18 lets you change the color of icons on the iPhone, brings new text effects and adds more connections to Photos. Image: Apple iOS 18 will offer Android-like customization. You can change the position and color of…

10 Jun

WWDC: Apple Intelligence Brings AI to Mail, Messaging and More

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Apple is bringing generative AI to Siri and throughout iOS 18, iPad OS 18 and MacOS Sequoia, the company announced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10. As was rumored, Apple is partnering with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to iOS, iPadOS and macOS. However, Apple Intelligence will be an independent generative AI service hosted on its own servers. Adding generative capabilities to Siri has the advantage of familiarity, and partnering with OpenAI means Apple won’t have to do all of the work itself. Apple is betting on generative AI being a seamless addition to the way the Apple…

10 Jun

Everything Apple Announced at WWDC

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A new Training Load app analyzes how hard you exercise during workouts, and tracks your workout duration and how your effort changes over time. The new Vitals app passively monitors your health throughout the day and may even suggest you’ve been drinking too much.What’s the Password?The new Passwords app. Photograph: AppleOn the security front, Apple is also creating its own dedicated passwords app across its OS platforms. It works like many other password managers, in that it allows you to generate strong passwords for all your logins. It keeps all your credentials in order by storing logins, passwords, and verification…