Before Electric Vehicles Became Political, There Was the Toyota Prius

The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago.

Robotaxis can drive themselves, but still pay humans $20 to close the door

Waymo's vehicles can navigate complex city streets, use lidar, radar, and cameras to build a real-time 3D map of their surroundings, and communicate their locations to ...

Waymo’s Robotaxis Froze During San Francisco Blackout, Snarling Traffic Citywide

A San Francisco blackout left Waymo robotaxis stuck in intersections and lanes, revealing how a city-wide outage can ...

Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads

Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company’s self-driving taxis. But experts say Tesla is far behind ...

China Completes First Test of Rotary Engine, Production Targeted for 2027

Changan’s R05E prototype achieves first ignition, signaling renewed interest in rotary engines but for a wilder application.
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Human-Aware Robot Collaborative Task Planning Using Artificial Potential Field and DQN Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: This paper presents a novel way for Robot-Robot-Human interaction in a shared workspace for collaborative tasks and uses a multi-modal means of communication that includes hand gestures, ...
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Nonlinear Control of a Fully Actuated Robotic Hand Using High-Order Sliding-Mode Controller for Prosthetic Applications

Abstract: A new High-Order Fully Actuated Sliding Mode Control (HOFA-SMC) method is created in this study to precisely control the motion of a fully actuated robotic hand. Our method uses a nonlinear ...