A new computer vision system inspired by the design of a feline eye could give future drones and other military robots the ...

In blinding bright light or pitch-black dark, our eyes can adjust to extreme lighting conditions within a few minutes. The human vision system, including the eyes, neurons, and brain, can also learn ...

Have you ever wished your hand had an extra feature? Like, maybe, a second thumb? A scope probe pinky maybe? Well, if you are building a robot effector, you get to pick what extra features it has.

In more complex applications, OmniCore EyeMotion can be combined with ABB’s Automatic Path Planning Online, which can plan and execute optimum, collision-free paths around obstacles and moving objects ...

Electrical engineer Young Min Song remembers when his colleague at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea asked him why the eyes of the numerous stray cats around the institute ...

Tired of using bulky night vision goggles for your clandestine nocturnal activities? An interdisciplinary team of Chinese neuroscientists and materials scientists has developed near-infrared contact ...

The low-power robotics system LENS merges a brainlike sensor, a chip and an AI model This hexapod robot recognizes its surroundings using a vision system that occupies less storage space than a single ...

Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision ...