AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams

AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.

Robotics And Physical AI: A New Era In Automation

Robotics could enter a new industrial super cycle as advances in AI, sensors, and hardware fuse digital intelligence with physical capability across industries. Read more here.

Supramolecular robotics enables soft materials to move, adapt and self-assemble

From cells that migrate to tissues that heal, nature abounds with systems capable of sensing and adapting to their ...
Nanowerk

Unlocking the structural analysis of alkaloids with a new metal-organic framework

Researchers develop a porous material that expands the applicability of the crystalline sponge method. (Nanowerk News) A new metal–organic framework (MOF), APF-80, enables the crystalline sponge ...
AZoNano

Using SEM for Structural Analysis in Nanomaterials

Unlike optical microscopy, SEM does not rely on light waves but instead uses a beam of electrons to interact with materials, enabling magnifications up to 300,000× and resolutions approaching 1 nm. 1 ...
Nasdaq

Cadence Strengthens Analysis Portfolio With Hexagon D&E Unit Buyout

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. CDNS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Design & Engineering (D&E) division of Hexagon AB, including its renowned MSC Software business, an industry pioneer ...
Business Wire

Cadence to Acquire Hexagon’s Design & Engineering Business, Accelerating Expansion in Physical AI and System Design and Analysis

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Design & Engineering (“D&E”) business of Hexagon AB, which includes ...
IEEE

Distributed Optimization Methods for Multi-Robot Systems: Part 1—A Tutorial [Tutorial]

Abstract: Distributed optimization provides a framework for deriving distributed algorithms for a variety of multi-robot problems. This tutorial constitutes the first part of a two-part series on ...
IEEE

Joint Load Analysis and Load-Reducing Body Shape of a Snake-Like Robot Under Vertical Load

Abstract: In this study, we propose an analysis method to evaluate the relationship between the body shape and joint loads of a snake-like robot when a load is applied to the head. A snake-like robot ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Alien: Earth’ Review: FX’s Sci-Fi Prequel Is an Intriguingly Ambitious, Eventually Thrilling Journey Into the Semi-Known

Timothy Olyphant and Sydney Chandler star in the Noah Hawley-created series, which begins with a spaceship crash-landing on our planet and introducing an array of deadly extraterrestrial creatures. By ...
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Tutorial; Vernier Video Analysis

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...