The emerging low-altitude economy brings unconventional opportunities for urban and economic development, including ...

OpenAI came out against a yet-to-be enacted Californian law that aims to set basic safety standards for developers of large ...

A team of robotics engineers at ETH Zurich, Robotics Systems Lab, has modified an ANYbotics ANYMal quadruped robot to allow it to easily and effectively climb a standard ladder. The group has written ...

As he grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, Mateo Dulce Rubio would hear a familiar news story every few days—someone had stepped on another landmine. The explosion had killed or injured them. Though the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his support for EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, during a visit to Berlin on Wednesday. Macron had earlier met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose ...

A robot pangolin designed to plant trees is the winner of the 2023 Natural Robotics Contest, which rewards robot designs inspired by nature. As the winning entry, the pangolin—dubbed "Plantolin"—has ...

The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting a quartz facility integral to the global production of solar panels and ...

It's been nearly two years since generative artificial intelligence was made widely available to the public. Some models showed great promise by passing academic and professional exams. For instance, ...

Imagine you're tasked with sending a team of football players onto a field to assess the condition of the grass (a likely task for them, of course). If you pick their positions randomly, they might ...

Their innovative work meets an urgent need. Much of Canada's vital infrastructure was constructed in the mid-20th century and is now nearing or exceeding its lifespan, a situation that poses serious ...

Sidewalk robots are set to help some of their airborne counterparts with deliveries in Dallas under an agreement between key players in the industry. Serve Robotics, which develops automated ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is curating your social media feed and giving you directions to the train station. It's also throwing the fossil fuel industry a lifeline. "At its core, the kind of AI we ...