"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 ...

Swarms of drones with limited resources can effectively search an environment, according to the Technical University of Delft, which has invented an algorithm to make it all work – without guidance ...

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 ...

Odd Job, one of two Michigan University robots , grabs for an object. Odd Job and its double, Cookie, can grab objects based on depth and color perception. To make home-helper robots that can quickly ...