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It’s hard to beat the energy density of chemical fuels. Batteries are quiet and clean and easy to integrate with electrically-powered robots, but they’re 20 to 50 times less energy dense than a chemical fuel like methanol or butane. This is fine for most robots that can afford to just carry around a whole bunch of batteries, but as you start looking at robots that are insect-size or smaller, batteries simply don’t scale down very well. And it’s not just the batteries&mdas

This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering.To address today’s health challenges, especially in our aging society, we must become more intelligent in our approaches. Clinicians now have access to a range of advanced technologies designed to assist early diagnosis, evaluate prognosis, and enhance patient health outcomes, including telemedicine, medical robots, powered prosthetics, exoskeletons, and AI-powered smart wearables. However, many of these technolog

Gen Angus Campbell says disinformation from Russia and others could erode trust and sow discord in the western world Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s top military leader has warned that democracies will be vulnerable to “truth decay” as artificial intelligence tools eventually leave citizens struggling to sift fact from fiction.Gen Angus Campbell, the chief of the Australian defence force, accused Russia of wielding disinforma

Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman and others gathered for ‘one of the most important conversations of the year’A delegation of top tech leaders including Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman convened in Washington on Wednesday for a closed-door meeting with US senators to discuss the rise of artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated.The discussion, billed as an “AI safety forum”, is one of several meetings between Silicon Valley, resea

Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman and others gathered for ‘one of the most important conversations of the year’A delegation of top tech leaders including Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman convened in Washington on Wednesday for a closed-door meeting with US senators to discuss the rise of artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated.The discussion, billed as an “AI safety forum”, is one of several meetings between Silicon Valley, resea