From bolts to blue jets, lightning comes in many strange forms

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...
IEEE

Incremental Few-Shot Adaptation for Non-Prehensile Object Manipulation Using Parallelizable Physics Simulators

Abstract: Few-shot adaptation is an important capability for intelligent robots that perform tasks in open-world settings such as everyday environments or flexible production. In this paper, we ...

AI can now 'see' optical illusions. What does it tell us about our own brains?

Our eyes can frequently play tricks on us, but scientists have discovered that some artificial intelligence can fall for the ...
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Learn what really happens when someone drops a penny from a skyscraper

Analysis of the physics and real danger of falling objects from great heights. Trump says credit card firms violate law if ...
GitHub

PhysTwin: Physics-Informed Reconstruction and Simulation of Deformable Objects from Videos

Actively Developing: In the long term, we aim to develop a comprehensive physics simulator focused on real-to-sim, serving as an easy-to-use platform for XR, VR, and robotics applications. Feel free ...
IEEE

A Physics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Real-Time Model Predictive Shape Manipulation of Deformable Linear Objects

Abstract: Shape control of deformable linear objects (DLOs) is a major challenge in robotics due to their high-dimensional, nonlinear dynamics and sensitivity to boundary conditions. Existing ...

These dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words

For instance, the group’s 2022 study discovered that dogs store key sensory features about their toys—notably what they look ...