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Robot simulation uses software models of robots, sensors, physics and environments so developers can design, test, train and validate robotic systems before or alongside…
AI world models learn representations of how an environment changes so an agent can predict possible future states, compare actions and plan before acting in the real or…
Physical AI combines perception, reasoning, prediction and control so AI systems can understand physical environments and take useful actions through robots, autonomous…
General-purpose robots are designed to perform many different tasks instead of one fixed job. They combine adaptable hardware, perception, control and AI so the same pla…
The deep sea is the vast ocean environment below the sunlit surface layers, commonly including waters deeper than about 200 meters. It is cold, dark, under high pressure…
Mars exploration combines orbiters, landers, rovers and laboratory analysis on Earth to reconstruct the planet's history. Missions have turned Mars from a distant reddis…
A potentially habitable exoplanet is a world where known conditions could allow environments suitable for life as we understand it; being in a star’s habitable zone is o…
Embodied AI studies intelligent agents that perceive and act through a physical or simulated body, grounding learning and reasoning in interaction with an environment.
Recent discoveries have revealed that the Amazon rainforest is not only a rich biological environment but also home to many incredible, lost civilizations.
The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey, a wild species found only in Vietnam, is listed as critically endangered in the IUCN Red Book. It is also one of the 25 primates most at ri…
In July alone, nearly 100,000 hectares were burned, almost double the figure recorded in the same month in 2023, when Indonesia was severely affected by the El Niño phen…
Scientists have confirmed that an almost completely ice-covered area in Antarctica hides a
In this scorching summer, you're probably thinking of different ways to cool off. But have you ever wondered why we often see people feeding ice cubes to beluga whales?
According to experts, crayfish are not as nutritious and delicious as advertised by sellers. Crayfish are an alien species that destroys the native ecosystem and are the…
In the vast desert there is a mysterious creature that arouses much curiosity. It has a slender body and agile limbs, and is endowed with perfect intelligence to blend i…