Today:Early fog in the far southwest clears quickly. Most areas stay dry with sunshine and variable cloud, though northern and northeastern regions may see isolated showers. Light winds overall, ...

Data is a crucial part of investigative journalism: It helps journalists verify hypotheses, reveal hidden insights, follow the money, scale investigations, and add credibility to stories. The Pulitzer ...

Tactile MNIST is a benchmark for learning-based active perception algorithms. It introduces four simulated tactile perception tasks, ranging from classification and counting to pose and volume ...

Previous research shows that eating together (i.e., commensality) impacts food choice, time spent eating, and enjoyment. Conversely, eating alone is considered a possible cause of unhappiness. In this ...

Generating complex, human-like behavior in a humanoid robot like the iCub requires the integration of a wide range of open source components and a scalable cognitive architecture. Hence, we present ...

This café in Hanoi is following an emerging global trend in which more and more humans are being replaced by robots. This coffee shop in Hanoi has drawn attention for employing a robot waiter, making ...

A mobile manipulator that learns pick-and-place from reinforcement learning plus a scripted pre-grasp routine — no demonstrations and no motion planning in the RL loop. A differential-drive base ...