When you think of tracked robots, you might think of bomb disposal robots or others used in military applications. You probably haven’t seen anything quite like this, however—it’s a “reconfigurable ...
Human detection and tracking by mobile robots has emerged as a critical capability for service, healthcare, security and industrial applications. Modern systems integrate multiple sensing ...
The notion of a robot ‘smelling’ its way through a complex environment has captured the imagination of scientists for years, but has always come with a caveat: what if the robot loses a sensor? In a ...
Navigating without a map is a difficult task for robots, especially when they can't reliably determine where they are. A new AI-powered solution helps robots overcome this challenge by training them ...
The development uses RFID tags to enable robots to focus in on targets, based on localization technology. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify ...
Underwater robots may be a key to understanding how the climate is changing and how our sea levels are rising. This year might be a preview of what the future holds. Researchers at UC San Diego’s ...