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AI Meets Ecology: Cambridge Projects Target Climate, Conservation, and Urban Efficiency

1 week ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesResearchers from the University of Cambridge have shared how artificial intelligence (AI) is helping tackle some of the world’s most urgent environmental problems. The study highlights four key initiatives: Terra, a platform for modeling terrestrial ecosystems; AI-assisted synthesis of conservation evidence; machine learning to improve climate modeling; and thermal imaging for enhancing housing efficiency.
Your Guide to Smarter Manufacturing with Machine Learning

1 week ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesManufacturing is an energy-hungry industry. Whether it’s heating, cooling, or machining, these processes are some of the biggest energy consumers out there. And with that energy use comes a hefty carbon footprint. For manufacturers trying to balance performance with sustainability, that’s a big challenge.
New Soft Robot from MIT Could Help First Responders Navigate Disaster Zones

1 week ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesMIT researchers have unveiled a new tool for navigating disaster zones: the Soft Pathfinding Robotic Observation Unit, or SPROUT. This flexible, inflatable robot is designed to thread its way through collapsed buildings, providing rescuers with eyes and sensors in places too dangerous or narrow for humans or traditional machines.
NASA’s Perseverance Captures Rare Dust Devil Collision on Mars

1 week ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesNASA’s Perseverance rover recently captured a rare and dynamic interaction on Mars: a large dust devil overtaking a smaller one near Jezero Crater. While it might sound like a small atmospheric quirk, events like this offer scientists valuable insight into Martian weather systems, wind behavior, and dust transport—critical factors in understanding the planet’s climate and preparing for future missions.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover is Testing Spacesuit Materials on Mars

2 weeks ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesA new NASA study is putting future astronaut gear to the test—right on the Martian surface—with the help of the Perseverance rover. In a recent article, researchers detailed how the Perseverance rover is helping evaluate the durability of spacesuit materials under Mars’s extreme environmental conditions. These tests are designed to simulate what future astronauts’ gear will face—from high radiation levels and abrasive dust to freezing temperatures.
What This Drone Detected Over Greenland Has Climate Scientists Rethinking Everything

2 weeks ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesUsing custom drones to collect the first high-resolution vertical profiles of water vapor isotopes over Greenland, researchers have uncovered hidden processes driving ice loss—offering a major advance in Arctic climate science.
AI Helps Scientists Detect Avocado Oil Adulteration—No Prior Data Needed

2 weeks ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesResearchers have developed a real-time one-class classification (OCC) method that can detect adulterated edible oils—like avocado oil—without relying on pre-built models or prior knowledge of contaminants. In a study published in Foods, the team demonstrated how analyzing residuals from thousands of Monte Carlo-sampled models comparing authentic and suspect samples allowed them to successfully identify six out of 40 adulterated avocado oil products.
World’s Tiniest Flying Robot Soars with Magnetic Power

2 weeks ago | azorobotics.com | Lily Ramsey |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMIn a study published in Science Advances, researchers unveiled a 21-milligram (mg), 9.4-millimeter (mm) wingspan, magnetically powered flying robot—the smallest and lightest untethered aerial robot to achieve controlled flight, including hovering and collision recovery. With a lift-to-drag ratio of 0.7, the robot operates efficiently even at low Reynolds numbers.
What Happens When You Put ChatGPT-4 Inside a Robot? A Lot More Than You’d Expect

3 weeks ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesIn a significant step toward intelligent robotics, researchers have developed ELLMER—an AI-powered robot that combines GPT-4 with real-time visual and force feedback to perform complex, multi-step tasks in unpredictable environments.
Aardvark Weather: A New AI System That Replaces Traditional Forecasting Models

3 weeks ago | azorobotics.com | Bethan Davies |Soham Nandi

Reviewed by Bethan DaviesResearchers have developed Aardvark Weather, the first machine learning system that generates accurate global and local weather forecasts directly from observational data—eliminating the need for traditional numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. In a new study published in Nature, the team presents Aardvark, a fully end-to-end weather forecasting system that doesn’t rely on NWP at any stage.