Researchers have conducted a comprehensive study comparing path planning algorithms for navigating micro-/nanorobots through complex and unknown environments. With increasing task complexity ...

A new algorithm speeds up path planning for robots that use arm-like appendages to maintain balance on treacherous terrain such as disaster areas or construction sites, U-M researchers have shown.

Navigating efficiently to an object in an unexplored environment is a critical skill for general-purpose intelligent robots. Recent approaches to this object goal navigation problem have embraced a ...

At the heart of the system is a robotic probe capable of measuring photoconductance, a property that reveals how a material ...

A fully autonomous robot that can quickly and reliably test materials, boosting both speed and accuracy in self-driving labs.