Imagine taking on a mountain trail with loose rocks, gaps between them, sudden inclines, and tight squeezes between boulders. But instead of sharing the trail with another hiker, you spot a robot ...

Search and rescue missions often happen in areas that are difficult for humans to navigate due to extreme weather, rough terrain, or dangerous conditions like smoke or dust. A researcher at Worcester ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — Don’t be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn’t hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a testing ...

When a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar led to a skyscraper collapse in Bangkok this spring, search and rescue teams—human, canine, and machine—struggled with dangerous debris, thick dust, and ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Don't be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn't hosting a Halloween party. Instead, it’s a ...

Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT), a UNAI member institution in Japan serving as the Hub for Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, has been a world-leading ...