Abstract: This paper studies a Voronoi-diagram-based nonconvex nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) to deal with a tracking problem for a robot system with a limited detection ability in a ...

The hospitality sector is experiencing a pronounced shift as automation and AI-powered systems redefine traditional service paradigms. According to a Business Research report, the global robotics ...

Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) + announced today that a study of its Hugo surgical robot met primary safety and effectiveness endpoints. Results came from the company’s Enable Hernia Repair clinical study ...

MBOT’s main value driver is its LIBERTY robot. This is a disposable, portable endovascular robot that has great potential. LIBERTY showed strong ACCESS-PVI data and now awaits FDA 510(k) clearance for ...

Having lived with an ALS diagnosis since 2018, Kate Nycz can tell you firsthand what it’s like to slowly lose motor function for basic tasks. “My arm can get to maybe 90 degrees, but then it fatigues ...

The mitral valve, which connects the upper and lower left-side chambers of the human heart, is one of the many pieces of the heart critical to its proper function. Mitral valve prolapse is common, and ...

Upon arrival at Japan’s Henn na Hotel, you are greeted by a pair of receptionists nodding from behind the front desk as you check in at a tablet. A quiet grace emanates from their serene smiles, ...

Can robots become self-sustaining by consuming other objects? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of almost two dozen researchers investigated physical ...

In a move that brings science fiction closer to reality, researchers have developed a new kind of robot that can "grow," "heal," and even improve itself by using parts from its environment—or even by ...

Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia University have developed robots ...