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azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesAI is actively reshaping how research gets done. What started with symbolic logic has grown into something far more powerful, thanks to advances in machine learning and deep learning. Machines can now learn from data, adapt, and handle complex tasks that once needed human intuition.
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1 day ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesA research team has developed a fully biodegradable, edible aquatic robot capable of monitoring water environments and safely decomposing without leaving behind waste—an innovation that merges soft robotics with ecological responsibility.
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2 days ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesCan a robot figure out how heavy or soft an object is without using a single camera or force sensor? According to a recent arXiv paper, the answer is yes—and the solution lies entirely in how the robot moves. Researchers have introduced a method that estimates object properties like mass and stiffness using only proprioception, internal sensing from the robot’s own joints.
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1 week ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesA powerful new AI model, SkinEHDLF, is setting a new standard in skin cancer detection—achieving near-perfect accuracy by combining the strengths of multiple deep learning architectures. A recent article in Nature details the development of SkinEHDLF, an advanced deep learning (DL) model designed for automated skin cancer classification.
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1 week ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesIn a recent study published in Advanced Science, researchers introduced a small, soft robot that looks deceptively simple—a closed ring made of liquid crystal elastomers (LCE). But don’t let its appearance fool you. This autonomous robot can crawl along three-dimensional tracks, climb steep inclines, carry loads far heavier than itself, and even weave through complex paths like spirals or knotted threads.
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1 week ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesMIT Lincoln Laboratory is bringing cutting-edge AI to the US Air Force’s 618th Air Operations Center (AOC), using natural language processing (NLP) to make sense of thousands of daily chat messages and turn them into actionable insights. Researchers at MIT have spoken on how the Conversational AI Technology for Transition (CAITT) project is helping move advanced AI tools from the lab into live military operations.
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1 week ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesNASA has been shaping the future of artificial intelligence for nearly two decades, just not in the way most people think. While today’s headlines are filled with generative AI and large language models, a quieter but equally significant strand of development has been unfolding at NASA’s Ames Research Center in partnership with Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corporation (M2Mi).
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2 weeks ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesNASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered siderite, an iron carbonate mineral, hidden beneath Mars’ surface, offering the strongest clue yet in the long-standing puzzle of the planet’s missing carbonates. In a recent NASA press release, the researchers detail this finding within the sulfate-rich layers of Gale Crater, where Curiosity’s instruments detected evidence that carbon dioxide from Mars’ ancient atmosphere may have been locked away underground.
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2 weeks ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesOnce used almost exclusively for military purposes, drones have rapidly entered civilian life. Today, they're deployed in policing, logistics, environmental research, journalism, and more. Their low cost, agility, and ability to access hard-to-reach areas make them highly effective tools. But as drones become a fixture in both public and private spaces, they raise several ethical and operational questions that current laws and policies are still struggling to address.
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2 weeks ago | 
azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi
Reviewed by Bethan DaviesA new magnetically actuated metamaterial can twist, contract, and move like a robot without any motors, electronics, or internal power sources. Inspired by origami, the system—called a “meta bot”—uses modular, chiral Kresling-patterned tubes that respond dynamically to electromagnetic fields. Capable of 50 % vertical shrinkage and 25 % planar contraction, this material opens the door to a range of applications, from surgical microbots to adaptive building materials.
