Read more about the article Pupils Use ‘Surrogate’ Robots To Attend Japanese Schools
Photo shows Bruce Willis in the movie 'Surrogates' (2009). Japanese schools will allow students to use robot substitutes to attend school. (Touchstone Pictures/Newsflash)

Pupils Use ‘Surrogate’ Robots To Attend Japanese Schools

Education chiefs in Japan say a new hi-tech scheme will allow children to send a robot avatar to school instead of attending themselves. The project, which is due to start…

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Read more about the article Manchester Experts Designing AI Robots To Work In Most Extreme Places
Investigating the flashover effects of a shielded drone in The University of Manchester high voltage lab. (The University of Manchester/Newsflash)

Manchester Experts Designing AI Robots To Work In Most Extreme Places

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Manchester University experts are designing AI-powered robots to work in some of the most hazardous places on Earth and outer space. Manchester researchers have been advising government and energy sector…

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Read more about the article Scientists Create Fish-Shaped Robots To Absorb Microplastics
A light-activated fish-shaped robot collects microplastics as it swims (scale bar is 10 mm). (Adapted from Nano Letters 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01375/Newsflash)

Scientists Create Fish-Shaped Robots To Absorb Microplastics

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Scientists have created fish-shaped robots to swim around and collect microplastics from the oceans’ nooks and crannies. Microplastics, tiny plastic particles that can be harmful to marine animals when ingested,…

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Read more about the article Tiny Bots Could Deep Clean Teeth, Say Experts
Left: Nanobots entering a dentinal tubule. Centre top and bottom: Schematic representation and electron microscope image of nanobot moving through dentinal tubule to reach bacterial colony. Right: How locally induced heat from nanobot can kill bacteria. Live bacteria are green and dead bacteria are red. Bottom right shows band where targeted treatment has been done in human teeth. (Theranautilus/Newsflash)

Tiny Bots Could Deep Clean Teeth, Say Experts

Nano-sized robots manipulated using a magnetic field can help kill bacteria deep inside teeth to ensure the success of root canal treatments after the living tissue has been removed. Root…

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