The mantis shrimp comes equipped with its own weapons. It has claws that look like permanently clenched fists that are known as dactyl clubs. But when it smashes the shells of its prey, these fists ...

A single algorithm can teach AI to do very different tasks, like juggle dice or play video games. ROBOTIC HIGH FIVE. On Monday, researchers at OpenAI, the nonprofit AI research company co-founded by ...

Figure 1: Fractured shell impacted by a stomatopod dactyl club, and overview of dactyl clubs visualized by macro-photography and microCT scan. Although compelling details of the structural design and ...

AI researchers have demonstrated a self-teaching algorithm that gives a robot hand remarkable new dexterity. Their creation taught itself to manipulate a cube with uncanny skill by practicing for the ...