"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 ...

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 ...

In the ocean sciences, robots provide views of the unexplored and can navigate environments not safely accessible to humans. Such dangerous settings make up the majority of Earth's oceans. These ...