In order to solve the difficult problem of pigeon robots in outdoor flight altitude control, Prof. Zhendong Dai's team at the School of Electromechanics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), has started an in-depth cooperation with the Brain-Computer Interface and Fusion Intelligence team at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA). For the first time, the research team has expanded the research on flight control of pigeon robots from indoor to outdoor real flight environments, and proposed a quantitative neural stimulation method based on the Locus Coeruleus (LoC) of pigeon midbrain; the research team systematically explored the effects of three key parameters, namely stimulation frequency (SF), stimulation interval (ISI), and stimulation cycle (SC) on the flight altitude control of pigeon robots.

The SETI Institute is pleased to announce Dr. Karen I. Perez as the inaugural recipient of the William J. Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship at the SETI Institute. Beginning in the Fall of 2025, Perez will develop real-time, machine-learning-enabled and GPU-accelerated analysis pipelines for detecting single-pulse transients, as well as narrowband and broadband technosignatures, using the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in Hat Creek, CA and other telescopes around the world.

Her research will bridge science and engineering, advancing the field of radio astronomy through the integration of NVIDIA accelerator technology, which is crucial for advancing the SETI Institute's data-intensive search for signals from intelligent life.

Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that’s similar to humans.