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2024 surgical robotics outlook
Noah Medical’s Galaxy is a fully integrated surgical robotics system for navigated bronchoscopy. | Credit: Noah Medical Medical robotics continues its impressive march forward within mainstream medicine. From new applications to new technologies, the field...
The 5 biggest robotics industry trends of 2023
2023 was full of exciting innovations within the robotics industry. We’ve seen the rise of new technologies, and robotics developers have pushed the boundaries of what robots can do. At the same time, there has been a dip in robotics funding across the board, and some...
Public and Private Sectors Team up to Solve HPC Software Problem
Software implementation in high-performance computing is getting more fragmented as organizations opt for tools in their walled garden environments. However, a new organization formed under the Linux Foundation could bring some order to the chaos. The non-profit at...
Researchers Peer into Dark Matter with MillenniumTNG Simulation
A research collaboration including a team based at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics has long leveraged world-class supercomputing resources to understand how our universe came to exist in its current form. Building on the successes of the previous...
Toyota Research Institute emphasizes safety of AI-assisted driving
The safety of autonomous vehicles has been called into question after incidents such as an accident last month involving Cruise led to a pause in operations, layoffs, and the resignation of the company’s CEO. However, development continues, and the Toyota Research...
Cobots are primed to take over the automotive industry, says Universal Robots
The global market for collaborative robots could reach $1.6 billion this year, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.12% to 2026, predicted Research and Markets. It cited the rise of smart factories and growing demand in the Asia-Pacific region. The post...
ACCESS Unlocks Oceanic Mysteries: Penguin-Krill Dynamics Studied with Stony Brook’s Ookami
Penguins always come to supper with their finery on. It hardly matters that their dinner rarely varies. Pygoscelis penguin, a genus that covers three distinct species of penguin, also called brush-tailed penguins, are much smaller than the famous emperor penguin. They...
Watsonx Brings AI Visibility to Banking Systems
A new set of AI-based code conversion tools is available with IBM watsonx. Before introducing the new “watsonx,” let’s talk about the previous generation Watson, perhaps better known as “Jeopardy!-Watson.” The post Watsonx Brings AI Visibility to Banking Systems...
Leveraging Machine Learning in Dark Matter Research for the Aurora Exascale System
Scientists have unlocked many secrets about particle interactions at atomic and subatomic levels. However, one mystery that has eluded researchers is dark matter. Current supercomputers don’t have the capability to run custom machine learning (ML) architectures that...
Researchers Advance Topological Superconductors for Quantum Computing
Quantum computers process information using quantum bits, or qubits, based on fragile, short-lived quantum mechanical states. To make qubits robust and tailor them for applications, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory sought to...
Navigating the AI Skills Revolution in the Age of GenAI: LinkedIn Report
The launch of ChatGPT and similar generative AI technologies is reshaping the skills required in the workplace, according to a new report from LinkedIn. “The Future of Work Report: AI at Work” found the pace at which LinkedIn members added AI skills to their profile...
RoboCat AI model teaches itself to perform new tasks
Google DeeMind introduced RoboCat, a self-improving AI agent for robotics, in its latest paper. RoboCat can learn to perform a variety of tasks across different robotic arms and then self-generate new training data to better improve its technique. Typically, robots...