Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Throughout the past decades, traffic jams during rush hour and other peak times of the day have been a significant issue, causing a considerable amount of financial losses and time costs. Ad…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Asian bush honeysuckle is a common invasive species of plant in the midwestern United States. It damages native ecosystems and requires significant time and manpower to treat. This project u…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
In recent years, multi-agent systems have become increasingly more prominent in robotics, factories, and space exploration. This brought up a new class of control theory problems usually ver…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Search and rescue missions demand as much manpower as possible in order to locate lost or injured individuals in time to save them. This project aims to reduce this search time by increasing…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study focuses on the fundamental aspects of LLMs (Large Language Models) such as GPT, Bard, Llama 2, Claude, and more, particularly their inherent biases. These models, some engaging ov…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. However, early detection can prevent up to 80% of associated fatalities. 12-lead Electrocardiograms (ECGs) ar…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Riding a bike is a carbon-efficient mode of transportation and a positive way to maintain fitness. However, the inherent difference in speed and size between cars and bikes makes it dangerou…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This paper presents an approach to utilizing Large Language Models (LLMs) for the control and coordination of robotic swarms. It explores how LLMs can improve the efficiency of swarm robotic…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Controlling a prosthetic hand is cognitively demanding and up to 44% of upper-limb amputees abandon their prosthesis. There is a need for prosthetic control strategies that are more intuitiv…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Brain-computer interface (BCI) enables direct communication between the brain and external devices, with applications ranging from the rehabilitation of motor disabilities to enhance human-c…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Animal populations worldwide are rapidly declining, and a low-cost, efficient technology that can accurately count endangered species could be vital for monitoring population changes over ma…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Within forest ecosystems, there is a need to collect real-time data on insect outbreaks, disease outbreaks, wildfires, pollution, and climate change impacts. Engineers have used systems, suc…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
General purpose humanoid robots have long been envisioned for a plethora of applications such as disaster relief, industrial automation, agriculture, or elderly assistance. A humanoid form f…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Coral reefs, hosting over 25% of all marine species on less than 1% of the ocean floor, are bleaching and dying due to the increased thermal variations caused by climate change. Among the su…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Approximately 537 million adults (of 20-79 years) around the world are living with diabetes. It is estimated that 30% of diabetes patients end up developing some type of diabetic retinopathy…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)
With recent developments in self-driving cars, a myriad of positives are apparent, such as their eco-friendliness. Currently, these cars still require human oversight at all times, but the f…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Smoke develops in the early stages of a wildfire and is vital to early prevention, but a new detection method is needed because smoke tends to be challenging to spot. This study used an imag…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Once Einstein said that "If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live." Even though beekeepers are facing problems with preserving the colony…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The 113 billion dollars of damages from Hurricane Ian prompted two needs: rapid first response and efficient reconstruction. However, first-response efforts were prolonged by the lack of eff…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Every year, six million people die from cardiac arrest in the world with 436,000 victims in the United States alone. This problem is made worse because, in many counties, more than 50% of pe…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
First Award
The primary aim of this project is to design and implement a robotic swarm controller capable of path planning and task allocation, performing diverse assignments in a dynamic environment. A…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Every week, at least 2 rangers lose their lives globally due to patrolling in forests. This forces them to face deadly threats from every direction, including traps, wildfires, and fighting…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This research addresses the pivotal role of the agricultural sector in the Philippine economy, constituting 9.43 percent of the GDP and engaging 30 percent of the labor force. Corn, the seco…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Patients with mobility issues or lower limb injuries often require caregiver assistance. Lower extremity exoskeletons can ease this burden. However, the current models lack terrain adjusting…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Autonomous unmanned vehicles (drones, etc.) require fast and resource-efficient perception and control to perform in dynamic, unpredictable real-world environments. Comprehending visual real…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Natural Language Processing has led to the development of voice recognition technology, and taking speech analysis further can lead to the development of technology to aid in treatment of sp…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Extraterrestrial exploration has predominantly employed rover robots due to their proven reliability. Recent research, however, suggests that legged robots, with their superior mobility and…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study presents a novel back-end-of-line compatible optoelectronic device specifically engineered for neuromorphic computing and visual processing applications. As the foundation of mode…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
To ascertain complex relationships between inputs and outputs and function at high accuracies, Machine Learning algorithms require vast amounts of high-quality data. In many instances, the q…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)
This paper reports on an innovative bipedal lizard-inspired robot that utilizes the lateral bending of its body to achieve high-speed running with a controlled yaw and roll angle. A digital…