Robots, the team argues, can mimic these abilities using a quantum magnetometer (which detects magnetic field direction).

In the early 1990s, a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology began work on what would become Paro. More than 30 years after its development, the ...

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When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

Picture this: A tiny Pacific parrotlet blazing through the air decked with red-tined pilot goggles, a joint pairing between cuteness and science that ticks off every box of what makes interesting ...