Robotics
If the sight of a skittering bug makes you squirm, you may want to look away—a new insect-sized robot created by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, can scurry across the floor at nearly the speed of ...
Jul 31, 2019
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Robotics
Inspecting a damaged building after an earthquake or during a fire is exactly the kind of job that human rescuers would like drones to do for them. A flying robot could look for people trapped inside and guide the rescue ...
Dec 12, 2018
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Engineering
The loss of OceanGate's Titan submersible has triggered questions about how underwater craft navigate and how these vehicles can improve their geolocation abilities. Electrical and computer engineering professor Viktor Gruev ...
Jun 26, 2023
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Robotics
Parents spend roughly 300 hours each year cleaning up after their kids. That's nearly two weeks that could be otherwise spent doing anything else. Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, ...
May 13, 2024
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Robotics
Drones and similar small unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAVs) have seen a massive surge in popularity over the past few years due to their innovative applications, such as crop monitoring, search and rescue operations, and coast ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Hardware
In forests where the foliage is thick, it can be challenging to detect and track moving targets, such as people and animals, using the current technology for collecting aerial images and videos. Researchers have developed ...
May 24, 2022
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Robotics
For drones to save lives in search and rescue missions, or even reliably deliver our packages, they need to navigate dynamic environments without accident. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have had success steering through ...
Jan 3, 2024
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Hardware
New digital tools developed and tested at Simon Fraser University have the potential to revolutionize wilderness search and rescue efforts.
May 16, 2022
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Business
Whether it's athletes on a sporting field or celebrities in the jungle, nothing holds our attention like the drama of vying for a single prize. And when it comes to the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), some of the ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Robotics
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have created an aquatic robot which could be used during underwater search and rescue operations.
May 17, 2016
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