A robot searching for workers trapped in a partially collapsed mine shaft must rapidly generate a map of the scene and ...

MIT researchers have built a new AI system that allows robots to create detailed 3D maps of complex environments within ...

A research team led by Dr. Lin Cao from the University of Sheffield's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions.

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 ...

A Halloween event last year ended up providing inspiration for a WPI project to create a drone that operates similar to a bat.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose McEnery Convention Center looked like a bomb had hit it. Amid collapsed walls and debris, arms and legs of survivors waved through the rubble. The body parts were ...

WPI's PeAR Bat uses ultrasonic echolocation like bats to navigate smoke and darkness for autonomous rescue missions ...

Robot sporting events could become more common in the coming years. But how many of us will be tuning in to watch?

For search and rescue, AI is not more accurate than humans, but it is far faster. Recent successes in applying computer vision and machine learning to drone imagery for rapidly determining building ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions.

After seven attempts, Ukrainian forces managed to extract a wounded comrade from Russian-occupied ground with a drone ...