Stargazers and scientists are getting a holiday present from the cosmos this week. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet, will get “closest” to Earth on Friday, December 19, as part of its journey across ...

Abstract: Multi-robot cooperative tracking, as a vital sub-field of multi-robot collaboration, exhibits significant potential in areas such as military reconnaissance and emergency rescue.

Abstract: Extended object tracking is concerned with estimation of object properties regarding both the kinematics and extent, i.e., shape. Particular challenges arise in case the orientation of the ...

Robots have just shrunk to the size of microorganisms. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have unveiled what they describe as the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots, ...

Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But CAD software requires extensive expertise to master, and many tools ...

The researchers demonstrated that the vine robot can safely and stably lift a variety of heavy and fragile objects, like a watermelon. Credit: Kentaro Barhydt and Harry Asada. Some vines in nature are ...

Google DeepMind recently demonstrated that Apptronik’s Apollo robot can perform complex tasks using objects it had never encountered before. In the showcase, the robot is seen handling oddly shaped or ...