Seatrec Inc. hopes to provide a new kind of power source using technology created at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California and licensed from the California Institute of Technology. The Vista, Calif.-based company said its technology can allow robots to work in the open ocean indefinitely and without any intervention. The post NASA […]
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NASA spinoff Seatrec offers a new power source for underwater robots
August 16th, 2024 | Industry NewsHPC and Climate: Coastal Hurricanes Around the World Are Intensifying Faster
August 14th, 2024 | Industry NewsA new study led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory finds that coastal conditions have changed since 1979, driving nearshore hurricanes around the world to intensify at a quickening pace. Moreover, new projections suggest this rate will continue climbing should current warming trends continue. The new work was published recently […]
ORNL: World’s Fastest Supercomputer Takes on Large Language Modeling
August 13th, 2024 | Industry NewsA team led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory explored training strategies for one of the largest artificial intelligence models to date with help from the world’s fastest supercomputer. The post ORNL: World’s Fastest Supercomputer Takes on Large Language Modeling appeared first on HPCwire.
Labs Keep Supercomputers Alive for Ten Years as Vendors Pull Support Early
August 12th, 2024 | Industry NewsLaboratories are running supercomputers for much longer, beyond the typical lifespan, as vendors prematurely deprecate the hardware and stop providing support. A typical supercomputer lifecycle is about five to six years. However, Japan-based RIKEN is planning to run its existing Fugaku for ten years, and Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL) has some systems running for […]
Robotic buoys make their mark at the 2024 Paris Olympics
August 9th, 2024 | Industry NewsAt the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, robotic marks are being employed for the first time. These robotics marks are inflatable and have an underwater hull, battery pack, and thrusters that make them mobile on top of the water. The RC commands each mark to a GPS waypoint, and the robotic marks hold their position at […]
UChicago Researchers Leverage Anton Simulations to Explore Protein Dynamics
August 9th, 2024 | Industry NewsMalfunction of the proteins that sense voltage changes in our nerve cells underlies a number of human diseases throughout the body. A University of Chicago team used an Anton 2 supercomputer developed by D. E. Shaw Research and hosted at PSC to simulate a voltage-sensing protein from a primitive animal to learn how the sensor […]
IEEE launches study group to explore and develop humanoid robot standards
August 8th, 2024 | Industry NewsAs humanoid robots garner widespread public attention, such systems will also need to stand up to safety and performance standards. IEEE’s Robotics & Automation Society today announced the formation of a new study group that will look into the current humanoid landscape and then develop a roadmap for future standards that various organizations can follow. […]
Robotics Manufacturing Hub to help small and midsize U.S. manufacturers compete
August 7th, 2024 | Industry NewsWhen the ARM Institute launched its Robotics Manufacturing Hub about a year ago, it quickly realized that U.S. manufacturers weren’t looking at robotics and automation because they weren’t interested in the technology. Instead, the barriers to automation loomed so large that it was impossible for small and midsize firms to know where to start. The […]
ProGlove study shows retail managers are cautiously optimistic about automation
August 6th, 2024 | Industry NewsUp to 36.5% of retail leaders looking to automate expect to see benefits from new technology in two to five years, according to a recent study from wearable technology developer ProGlove. The Chicago-based company surveyed more than 1,000 retail management professionals in the U.S., U.K., and Germany for its “Leadership Insights for Retail Warehouse Management” […]
Harvard/Google use AI to help Produce Astonishing 3D Map of Brain Tissue
August 5th, 2024 | Industry NewsAlthough LLMs are getting all the notice lately, AI techniques of many varieties are being infused throughout science. For example, Harvard researchers, Google, and colleagues published a 3D map in Science that reveals a small chunk of as human brain in astonishing detail. Imaging the roughly cubic millimeter of tissue produced 1.4 petabytes of data. […]