Abstract: Conventional beamforming with fixed-position antenna (FPA) arrays has a fundamental trade-off between maximizing the signal power (array gain) over a desired direction and simultaneously ...

The Very Large Array, the iconic field of radio antennas featured in the film "Contact" (inspired by Carl Sagan's novel), has ...

Abstract: Clustered-object environments challenge robotic grasp planning and implementation mainly for two reasons: (i) the limited inter-object clearance leaves insufficient space for conventional ...

Today, most consumer imaging systems—handheld, wearable or robotic—can only see objects within the direct line of sight of the camera. But what if these everyday cameras could also see beyond the line ...

From a single gold coin's journey through the centuries, to an ingenious screw that changed engineering, the extraordinary stories behind 100 of the most significant and intriguing artefacts in US ...