"Bug algorithms do not make maps of the environment but deal with obstacles on the fly," says Delft PhD student Kimberly McGuire. "In principle, detailed maps are very convenient, because they allow a ...

Researchers have presented a swarm of tiny drones that can explore unknown environments completely by themselves. This work forms a significant step in the field of swarm robotics. Researchers have ...

MIT has designed a small robot with the ability to flip, jump across rough terrain, and even hop onto another robot mid-air. A key problem following disasters like earthquakes and building collapses ...