Abstract: In this article, we propose an approach to extract variable-impedance during cutting tasks from human demonstrations, so as to ease soft-tissue cutting by robots. We model the dynamic ...

You can see the live demos at the following links. You can also access the styles as JSON for testing in mobile or other style tools. This is the sample vector map displayed on the frontpage of https: ...

Abstract: Robotic insertion tasks often rely on delicate manual tuning due to the complexity of contact dynamics. In contrast, human is remarkably efficient in these tasks. In this context, ...

Protest group Refuse Fascism is holding a demonstration in which it plans to surround the White House to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump. The demonstration is set to take place on December ...

Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent. NEW YORK — At a protest on Wednesday night at the entrance to a New York City synagogue, a masked demonstrator stood above the crowd and ...