Abstract: This work addresses the problem of real-time 3D shape based object class recognition, its scaling to many categories and the reliable perception of categories. A novel shape descriptor for ...

The human body is an astonishing marvel, a symphony of intricate systems working in perfect, often unconscious, harmony. From ...

Just like algae blooms in the ocean and pollen in the spring, there’s been an explosion in the past year or two of new software, related tools and lingo from the IT and mainstream/consumer side. Some ...

Robotic surfaces consisting of many actuators can change shape to perform tasks, such as object transportation and sorting. Increasing the number of actuators can enhance the robot’s capacity, but ...

Summary: A new study demonstrates that some highly gifted dogs can categorize objects not just by appearance, but by how they are used. When taught words like “pull” or “fetch,” these dogs later ...

Humans begin learning words as infants, naturally linking them to meanings and associations. A fork connects to a bowl because both relate to eating. New research shows that dogs can form similar ...

There is a longstanding debate over the relevance of form and function in architecture and design, with different schools of thought representing various perspectives. Indeed, the relationship between ...

ABSTRACT: There is a longstanding debate over the relevance of form and function in architecture and design, with different schools of thought representing various perspectives. Indeed, the ...

Variables hold a wide variety of information temporarily. The JavaScript data types that can be stored in a variable include: JavaScript variables can hold a few other kinds of data, but these are by ...