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How ancient sea creatures can inform soft robotics
02 Jun

How ancient sea creatures can inform soft robotics

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Soft robotics is the study of creating robots from soft materials, which has the advantage of flexibility and safety in human interactions. These robots are well-suited for applications ranging from medical devices to enhancing efficiency in various tasks. Additionally, using different forms of robotic movement may also serve us well in exploring the ocean or space, or doing certain jobs in those environments. To broaden our understanding of locomotion, Richard Desatnik, who works in the labs of Philip LeDuc and Carmel Majidi at Carnegie Mellon University and collaborates with paleontologists from Europe, turns to the past. The team creates robots…
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MongoDB’s stock tanks on lower guidance – SiliconANGLE
02 Jun

MongoDB’s stock tanks on lower guidance – SiliconANGLE

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A disappointing forecast for the coming quarter and full year sent database company MongoDB Inc. headlong into a tailspin today, as the value of its stock dropped like a lead balloon in after-hours trading today. The company’s dismal guidance is the latest in a string of subpar financial forecasts from enterprise software vendors. Investors had feared the worst, for MongoDB’s stock was already trading 7% lower in the regular session, but when those fears were confirmed, it prompted a rapid selloff that saw the stock decline by a further 25% in extended trading. The company did OK in the first quarter,…
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Method identified to double computer processing speeds
02 Jun

Method identified to double computer processing speeds

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Imagine doubling the processing power of your smartphone, tablet, personal computer, or server using the existing hardware already in these devices. Hung-Wei Tseng, a UC Riverside associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has laid out a paradigm shift in computer architecture to do just that in a recent paper titled, "Simultaneous and Heterogeneous Multithreading." Tseng explained that today's computer devices increasingly have graphics processing units (GPUs), hardware accelerators for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), or digital signal processing units as essential components. These components process information separately, moving information from one processing unit to the next, which…
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Enhancing data storage efficiency and performance with Dell – SiliconANGLE
02 Jun

Enhancing data storage efficiency and performance with Dell – SiliconANGLE

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As the demand for stronger data management systems grows, companies are innovating to ensure that data storage efficiency not only keeps pace with business needs but also enhances operational efficiency. The conversation around artificial intelligence-driven storage, enhanced data reduction and flexible, scalable solutions highlights a transformative period for the industry, according to Drew Schulke (pictured, right), vice president of product management at Dell Technologies Inc. Dell’s Shannon Champion and Drew Schulke talk to theCUBE about data storage efficiency. “I think there’s always this quest for never-ending improvements in performance. You never want to have storage be the bottleneck for your…
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A novel method for easy and quick fabrication of biomimetic robots with life-like movement
02 Jun

A novel method for easy and quick fabrication of biomimetic robots with life-like movement

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Ultraviolet-laser processing is a promising technique for developing intricate microstructures, enabling complex alignment of muscle cells, required for building life-like biohybrid actuators, as shown by Tokyo Tech researchers. Compared to traditional complex methods, this innovative technique enables easy and quick fabrication of microstructures with intricate patterns for achieving different muscle cell arrangements, paving the way for biohybrid actuators capable of complex, flexible movements. Biomimetic robots, which mimic the movements and biological functions of living organisms, are a fascinating area of research that can not only lead to more efficient robots but also serve as a platform for understanding muscle biology.…
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A sneak peek at Snowflake Data Cloud Summit 2024: Reframing the future of data platforms – SiliconANGLE
02 Jun

A sneak peek at Snowflake Data Cloud Summit 2024: Reframing the future of data platforms – SiliconANGLE

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Snowflake Inc. is at a crossroads. The company, which defined the modern data platform, now faces fresh challenges on four fronts. Specifically, Snowflake must: 1) advance its data cloud vision; 2) transform into an artificial intelligence leader; 3) become a platform for data apps; and 4) address external market forces that pressure its core values of simplicity, efficiency and trusted data. Our premise is that open storage formats, a shift toward data catalogs governing and defining data, and the AI awakening will challenge Snowflake’s ability to extend its value proposition, create novel moats and compete in new markets. Although Snowflake…
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New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse
02 Jun

New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse

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Hundreds of robots zip back and forth across the floor of a colossal robotic warehouse, grabbing items and delivering them to human workers for packing and shipping. Such warehouses are increasingly becoming part of the supply chain in many industries, from e-commerce to automotive production. However, getting 800 robots to and from their destinations efficiently while keeping them from crashing into each other is no easy task. It is such a complex problem that even the best path-finding algorithms struggle to keep up with the breakneck pace of e-commerce or manufacturing. In a sense, these robots are like cars trying…
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New dressing robot can ‘mimic’ the actions of care-workers
02 Jun

New dressing robot can ‘mimic’ the actions of care-workers

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Scientists have developed a new robot that can 'mimic' the two-handed movements of care-workers as they dress an individual. Until now, assistive dressing robots, designed to help an elderly person or a person with a disability get dressed, have been created in the laboratory as a one-armed machine, but research has shown that this can be uncomfortable for the person in care or impractical. To tackle this problem, Dr Jihong Zhu, a robotics researcher at the University of York's Institute for Safe Autonomy, proposed a two-armed assistive dressing scheme, which has not been attempted in previous research, but inspired by…
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AI can speed design of health software
02 Jun

AI can speed design of health software

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Artificial intelligence helped clinicians to accelerate the design of diabetes prevention software, a new study finds. Publishing online March 6 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, the study examined the capabilities of a form of artificial intelligence (AI) called generative AI or GenAI, which predicts likely options for the next word in any sentence based on how billions of people used words in context on the internet. A side effect of this next-word prediction is that the generative AI "chatbots" like chatGPT can generate replies to questions in realistic language, and produce clear summaries of complex texts. Led by…
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Method rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions
02 Jun

Method rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions

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Before a robot can grab dishes off a shelf to set the table, it must ensure its gripper and arm won't crash into anything and potentially shatter the fine china. As part of its motion planning process, a robot typically runs "safety check" algorithms that verify its trajectory is collision-free. However, sometimes these algorithms generate false positives, claiming a trajectory is safe when the robot would actually collide with something. Other methods that can avoid false positives are typically too slow for robots in the real world. Now, MIT researchers have developed a safety check technique which can prove with…
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