Katrina Karan

    Hard tasks start feeling easy because learning isn't just mental work | it forces physical shifts inside the brain itself. Grabbing a new skill triggers cells to build fresh links between them. Keep drilling those moves…

    Neuron dendrites axon branching documentary footage

    Neuron dendrites axon branching documentary footage

    Canyon Owen
    Canyon Owen@canyon.owen· 5d

    Dydin Robotics built the Dydin Spyber, a spider-like robot meant to weld where the environment fights back. Magnetic feet let it crawl steel structures with a welding system in tow. The electrical side is where it gets…

    Dydin Spyber welding robot

    Dydin Spyber welding robot

    Canyon Owen
    Canyon Owen@canyon.owen· 1w

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong introduced a soft robot in 2022 that uses magnetic slime to grab swallowed objects without surgery. An external magnet controls the device, making the slime stretch, squish, or form…

    CUHK magnetic slime robot

    CUHK magnetic slime robot

    Terrymiller
    Terrymiller@terrymiller· 1w

    Scientists have unveiled two humanoid robots that can greet and hug each other. A new framework called Rhythm helps them move and balance together naturally. They also danced and walked side by side while maintaining…

    Rhythm humanoid robots hug and dance

    Rhythm humanoid robots hug and dance

    Canyon Owen
    Canyon Owen@canyon.owen· 1w

    Agility Robotics has unveiled Digit 5, its fifth-generation humanoid robot built for industrial work. The design ditched the previous leg styling entirely. This model handles payloads up to 23 kilograms and reaches…

    Digit 5 Agility Robotics

    Digit 5 Agility Robotics

    Terrymiller
    Terrymiller@terrymiller· 2w

    Booster Robotics, the Chinese firm behind the T2 humanoid robots, just put them through their paces in a security patrol demo. You can see several units moving in formation, switching between walking and jogging while…

    Booster Robotics T2 humanoid robots

    Booster Robotics T2 humanoid robots