The robots are in their early stages of development. So they mess up quite a bit. They certainly aren't doing these tasks ...

In this project, we combined Pixar's lamp robot and Disney's BDX robot to build a 60cm high-performance Tinker bipedal robot. The entire robot uses a brushless motor, runs a reinforcement learning ...

Legged robots have advanced in agile locomotion through optimization-based [10], [11] and learning-based methods [1], [2]. Trajectory optimization (TO) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) are commonly ...

Robots have made significant strides in automation, but in dynamic, unstructured environments such as ship decks and home kitchens, they continue to struggle with precision tasks like tightening bolts ...

Havoc is one of many companies working on maritime drone technology in Rhode Island, part of the ecosystem state leaders call the "Blue Economy." ...

Abstract: Navigating and understanding complex environments over extended periods of time is a significant challenge for robots. People interacting with the robot may want to ask questions like where ...

Most conversations about warehouse automation focus on the technology, but not enough attention is paid to what it takes to make automation actually work in real-world environments. That means dealing ...

Navy veteran and MIT entrepreneur launches defense robotics company to tackle the man-overboard crisis and combat its 72% fatality rate at sea Every seafarer knows the fear of a man-overboard call. I ...