It is a dream for many to get a lightsaber used in Star Wars movies, or a military-grade drone, missile-zapping laser weapon being tested by armies globally. However, a low-powered laser weapon could be their best bet, and it can do wonders…
Category: Engineering
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Turkey’s new airborne laser zaps heat-seeking missile in first test
Turkey’s leading defense firm, Aselsan, has completed live-fire trials of its YILDIRIM-100 Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) system in a significant development for airborne survivability.
Designed to neutralize infrared-guided…
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World’s first garage-built humanoid robot open to creators worldwide
Imagine having a humanoid robot in your kitchen preparing bread using the toaster while you get ready to leave for work. The advent of humanoids promises a rich potential to speed up manual work, but the majority of it is projected only for big…
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Korea’s humanoid robot goes full beast mode in tough pull-up test
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has dropped a new video showcasing the remarkable strength of its headline robot, the ARMstrong Dex. A humanoid-scale, dual-arm, hydraulic-powered robot, the latest video shows the ARMstrong…
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Japan builds glove that steers drones remotely with hand gestures
Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Dragon Lab have developed an intuitive hand-based teleoperation system that allows human operators to control omnidirectional aerial robots with high precision.
This system, which operates in six degrees…
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China weaponized diplomacy to derail Rafale jet sales: French intel
In an extensive disinformation campaign traced back to Beijing, Chinese embassies mobilized to discredit the French-made Rafale fighter jet following its combat role in the India–Pakistan conflict in May, according to a French military…
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Game controller steers cyborg beetles in lab disaster rescue test
Common darkling beetles have been transformed into “cyborg insects” capable of aiding search and rescue missions.
Researchers at the University of Queensland have fitted cyborg beetles with microchip backpacks.
Interestingly, the…
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Texas floods expose forecast failure as extreme weather strikes
Texans are reeling from one of the deadliest natural disasters in recent history, as flash floods ripped through central Texas, killing over 80 people.
The catastrophe struck the Guadalupe River region, impacting communities and sweeping…
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AG-MS3D-CNN multiscale attention guided 3D convolutional neural network for robust brain tumor segmentation across MRI protocols
Evaluation metrics
The results obtained using the proposed AG-MS3D-CNN algorithm are evaluated comprehensively through various complementary metrics, which further allow measuring different aspects of segmentation accuracy, uncertainty estimation,…
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System identification and robust PID controller tuning of quarter car suspension system using hybrid optimization techniques
Active suspension systems are uncertain in real-world applications due to vehicle parameters (e.g., mass, damping, stiffness), external disturbances (e.g., road imperfections), and sensor or actuator inaccuracies. These uncertainties can…
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