A team from Berkeley's Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences department has figured out how to get a robot to fold previously unseen towels of different sizes. The development is more than just a step toward robots that can do the laundry and perform other household chores. The team's approach solves a key problem in robotics - how to deal with flexible, or "deformable," objects. Read the full article and see the video...
When Josh Ephraim was considering whether to come to Berkeley, he wished he could hear what students had to say about life at Cal. Now a junior, he is part of the Golden Bears Blog, which aims to fill that gap. Student volunteers like Ephraim and Trisha Remetir (pictured) write weekly posts about their lives on the new site, launched recently by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Read the full article...
The giggle call of the spotted hyena tells other hyenas not only the age and identity of the animal, but also its social status, according to a new UC Berkeley study. Read the full article...
