Control barrier functions (CBFs) have proven to be effective for obstacle avoidance in robot teleoperation systems. However, for classical CBF, model uncertainties and external disturbances can ...

Remote-controlled robot rabbits are being deployed to help tackle Florida’s invasive python problem. The Burmese python threatens the ecosystem of the Everglades by preying on wildlife ...

Researchers have designed an intelligent household robot capable of autonomous navigation, object detection, and sorting. This robot, equipped with advanced technologies like depth cameras ...

The existing mapping strategy based on Lidar and camera cannot support transparent object avoidance that is hard to recognize. To overcome this, we present a real-time and reliable detection approach ...

Out in the Florida Everglades, scientists have turned to a surprising new weapon in the battle against invasive Burmese pythons: robot rabbits.

A water management district in Florida's Everglades is using robot rabbits to help monitor and remove its ever-growing population of the invasive Burmese python that has wreaked havoc on native ...

The Burmese python, a non native species to Florida, was first recorded in the Sunshine State in the 1990s. Its exact population size is unclear.

Florida’s Burmese python problem isn’t going away anytime soon. The researchers, snake trackers, and other conservationists working to remove the giant snakes will be the first to tell you that ...