Why the FAA still uses floppy disks to manage your flight

A floppy disk might seem like a thing of the past, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still uses them to manage ...

How flies dodge so fast: Brain map reveals rare synapses behind split-second escapes

Have you ever wondered how a fly manages to dodge you in a split second? Scientists have long been fascinated by the ...
Interesting Engineering

MQ-9A gets more lethal with laser guided rockets

MQ-9A Reaper demonstrates drone and missile defense capabilities post successful flights tests featuring laser guided rockets ...
IEEE

Certificated Actor-Critic: Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with Control Barrier Functions for Safe Navigation

Abstract: Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) have emerged as a prominent approach to designing safe navigation systems of robots. Despite their popularity, current CBF-based methods exhibit some ...