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Scientists Use ORNL’s Summit Supercomputer to Learn How Cicada Wings Kill Bacteria
Over the past decade, teams of engineers, chemists and biologists have analyzed the physical and chemical properties of cicada wings, hoping to unlock the secret of their ability to kill microbes on contact. If this function of nature can be replicated by science, it...
Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub Raises Awareness of HPC Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
The possibilities of high-performance computing are boundless. Every day new and exciting innovations and discoveries are announced that have utilized the power of cyberinfrastructure, and such advancements that benefit all of society should also include all of...
MIT framework allows robots to learn faster in new environments
A group of researchers at MIT have developed a framework that could help robots learn faster in new environments without needing a user to have technical knowledge. This technique helps users without technical knowledge understand why a robot might have failed to...
NYSOFA combats aging adult loneliness with ElliQ robot
The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and Intuition Robotics announced the continuation of their partnership that began in May 2022, and new data showing the positive effects of ElliQ, Intuition’s robotic companion for aging adults. The post NYSOFA combats...
SEEQC System Red Successfully Runs HQS Quantum Simulations Algorithm
SEEQC announced with HQS Quantum Simulations that it has successfully run an algorithm on its SEEQC System Red, the company’s full-stack quantum computing system, that shows great potential to achieve commercially useful quantum advantage in the near term. SEEQCs high...
Aerobotix integrates robots that inspect, prepare, and paint combat aircraft
Aerobotix develops robotic aircraft maintenance systems, including painting aircraft used in the Top Gun movie. The post Aerobotix integrates robots that inspect, prepare, and paint combat aircraft appeared first on Robotics Business Review.
Pawsey’s Progress: Tracing the Path from Radar Innovation to Radio Astronomy to Supercomputing Excellence
The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has contributed to revealing the mysteries of the Universe: finding slowly spinning neutron stars, weighing galaxies to identify dark matter, finding gravitational waves, even hunting for signs of interstellar civilizations....
BSC Report: World Must Brace for Surge in Hot and Dry Extreme Weather Events
Researchers at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) have shed new light on the increasing global occurrence of hot and dry extreme weather events. A recent study led by BSC warns of a significant rise in the risk of these...
The Great 8-bit Debate of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is proliferating into every corner of our lives. The demand for products and services powered by AI algorithms has skyrocketed alongside the popularity of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, and image generation models like Stable...
ORNL’s Frontier Supercomputer Enhances Predictions of Climate-Driven Wildfires
Wildfires have shaped the environment for millennia, but they are increasing in frequency, range and intensity in response to a hotter climate. The phenomenon is being incorporated into high-resolution simulations of the Earth’s climate by scientists at the Department...
Unraveling the U-Curve of robot deployment productivity
A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge found that robots can decrease productivity in the short term but can increase it in the long term. This U-shaped phenomenon is due to the relationship between reducing costs, developing new processes and...
Trends in warehouse operations with Kevin Lawton
In this episode of the Robot Report podcast, [the hosts] chat with podcaster Kevin Lawton about warehouse automation, evolution, and his fulfillment venture. The post Trends in warehouse operations with Kevin Lawton appeared first on Robotics Business Review.