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Penn Engineering’s Michael Posa on robots in the real world
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Michael Posa is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Penn Engineering’s Michael Posa on robots in the real world

With funding from the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, Posa is working on a new teaching method where robots interact with objects in the real world to build real-world intelligence via small data sets.

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QR code for cancer cells
Microscopic view of a DNA chain disintegrating.

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QR code for cancer cells

Researchers from Penn Engineering have created a new synthetic biology approach to uncover why some cells become resistant to anti-cancer therapies.

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Why is machine learning trending in medical research but not in our doctor’s offices?
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Why is machine learning trending in medical research but not in our doctor’s offices?

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Konrad Kording will lead Penn’s NIH-funded cohort for making advancements in the field of machine learning in biomedical research by creating the Community for Rigor, which will provide open-access resources on conducting sound science.

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Lithography-free photonic chip offers speed and accuracy for AI
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Lithography-free photonic chip offers speed and accuracy for AI

Penn engineers have created a novel photonic device that provides programmable on-chip information processing without lithography, offering the speed, accuracy, and flexibility for AI applications.

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When robots touch the world
Robotic hand playing a piano.

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When robots touch the world

Penn Engineering’s Michael Posa discusses robotics in the age of artificial intelligence, the ambulatory genius of toddlers, navigating the unfamiliar and the elegance of not learning everything.

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Real or fake text? We can learn to spot the difference
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Real or fake text? We can learn to spot the difference

Penn computer scientists prove that people can be trained to tell the difference between AI-generated and human-written text. Their new paper debuts the results of the largest-ever human study on AI detection.

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What can network theory offer public health?
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What can network theory offer public health?

Penn Engineering’s Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti and Saswati Sarkar have produced a suite of studies that apply techniques from network and information theory to pandemic control and prevention.

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Engineered magic: Wooden seed carriers mimic the behavior of self-burying seed
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Engineered magic: Wooden seed carriers mimic the behavior of self-burying seed

Researchers from Penn Engineering have developed a seed carrier, fashioned from wood veneer, that could enable aerial seeding of difficult-to-access areas, and could be used for a variety of seeds or fertilizers.

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