The fatal accident by an autonomous car in the USA was in the headline news around the globe. The topic sure was popular, although probably not in the way that the companies working on artificial intelligence for driving systems would have it.

California, the beginning of the 1970s. Through rooms of the Stanford Research Institute slowly glides Shakey - the first ever mobile robot programmed with artificial intelligence algorithms that allow it to plan its actions in order to achieve its goals.

'Liquid crystals' are advanced materials commonly used in modern technology. They are common in consumer electronic devices where they serve to present information as digits, letters, symbols and images. These so-called displays are used both in the simplest of gadgets as well as in color TVs, monitors, tablets, phones, etc.

Gravitational waves are another tool for space exploration, especially of phenomena related to large-scale objects. It may well be, as Barry Barish suggests in the CERN Courier, that they will help us better understand how the universe began or the Big Bang theory

Scientists seek to develop solutions to make the work of medical doctors easier. For surgeons, it is particularly valuable if they can use robots. To their succor come researchers from Lodz University of Technology, where since 2000, in collaboration with the Foundation for the Development of Cardiac Surgery in Zabrze, a cardiac surgery robot Robin Heart has been under development.

When you think of protective equipment for the respiratory system what comes to your mind is most probably the sight of a dentist or doctor performing a complex medical procedure.

Recently, the circular economy (CE) has been holding attention of a growing number of people and organizations.

Cancer is a group of some of the most serious diseases on the long list of the diseases of civilization - diseases associated with the advancement of the modern civilization.

The Polish Press Agency has been making a series of movies popularizing science. The movies feature innovative technologies developed by scientists working at Lodz University of Technology.

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