How the MIT Mini Cheetah Robot Learns To Run Entirely by Trial and Error
CSAIL scientists came up with a learning pipeline for the four-legged robot that learns to run entirely by trial and error in simulation. It’s been…
CSAIL scientists came up with a learning pipeline for the four-legged robot that learns to run entirely by trial and error in simulation. It’s been…
Global network of solar-powered servers shows how. The energy requirements of the Internet, the devices and systems using it and the servers that support it…
Wireless sensors can monitor how temperature, humidity or other environmental conditions vary across large swaths of land, such as farms or forests. These tools could…
MediSCAPE, a high-speed 3D microscope designed by Columbia Engineers, can see real-time cellular detail in living tissues to guide surgery, speed up tissue analyses, and…
Researchers design a user-friendly interface that helps nonexperts make forecasts using data collected over time. Whether someone is trying to predict tomorrow’s weather, forecast future…
Scientists simulate ‘fingerprint’ of noise on quantum computer. Unique study could point way to new approach, uses for quantum technology. For humans, background noise is…
Computers, smartphones, GPS: quantum physics has enabled many technological advances. It is now opening up new fields of research in cryptography (the art of coding…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding our growing global population in a…
Inspired by the human ear, a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals. Having trouble hearing? Just turn up your shirt. That’s the…
A new cleaning method could remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency. Solar power is expected to reach 10 percent of…
Quantum computers are getting bigger, but there are still few practical ways to take advantage of their extra computing power. To get over this hurdle,…
Using advanced 3D printing techniques, Mark Skylar-Scott and his team of Stanford bioengineers want to transform a paste made of living cells into hearts and…
Researchers have developed a new method to display highly realistic holographic images using ‘holobricks’ that can be stacked together to generate large-scale holograms. The researchers,…
Breakthrough at UChicago could pave the way for applications in robotics, computing using soft materials. Researchers with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular…
Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO— have achieved a key milestone toward the development of a fault-tolerant quantum computer. They…
Technique by UChicago scientists creates ‘assembly line’ for integrating new materials. Let’s say you’re an engineer with an idea for a new car. But before…
Paul Scherrer Institute scientists have developed a groundbreaking achromatic lens for X-rays. This allows the X-ray beams to be accurately focused on a single point…
Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be used to store quantum information at room temperature. Quantum memory is a major building block to…