Duke tech spinout restor3d, focused on personalized orthopedic implants, has raised a total of $104 million to boost its commercial plans across shoulder, hip, knee, foot and ankle replacement procedures, as it looks to launch four 3D-printed product lines by the end of next year.
David Mitzi explains some of the challenges facing the research community trying to develop kesterite for commercial use in solar cells.
An article explores the idea from Adrian Bejan that humans perceive fewer “frames-per-second” as they get older, and, therefore, time feels like it’s passing more quickly.
Christopher Douglas provides context for an idea that uses a tight but inflatable skin overtop a series of dimples to adjust drag and help steer underwater objects and vehicles.
From forest-traversing robot dogs to AI-native workers, Boyuan Chen's advances in artificial general intelligence are blurring the lines between science fiction and reality.
Robots that perceive their environment through video cameras are common nowadays, but SonicSense is a robot that uses sound to perceive and evaluate items.
Boyuan Chen is developing an open-source platform to automate walking robot design and production using AI and 3D printers.
A research team from Duke University has created a framework called WildFusion, equipping a four-legged robot with the additional senses of vibration and touch, enabling it to build richer maps and choose safer footholds in real forests.
Researchers from Duke University have developed a unique framework that enables robots to perceive objects outdoors, much like humans do.
A team of researchers at Duke University have invented a program that uses written prompts to build personalized robots.
Christine Payne pens an op-ed based on her time spent at the State Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, where she helped monitor scientific advances across the globe and coordinate with allies to ensure the protection of new technologies.
Text2Robot represents a shift in human-machine interaction comparable in scope to the arrival of the graphical user interface in computing.
