Abstract: Human-robot object handovers are essential for robots to effectively serve human needs in various domains of human–robot interaction and collaboration, yet remain a significant challenge.

This story was reported by Lizzy Lawrence, Matthew Herper, Isabella Cueto, Elizabeth Cooney, Andrew Joseph, Daniel Payne, and Helen Branswell. For more than a half-century, the Centers for Disease ...

Abstract: Human cognition and behavior can be unconsciously affected by personal avatars in the virtual world, a phenomenon known as the Proteus Effect. When using first-person non-human avatars, the ...

Create a virtual environment named maniptrans with Python 3.8. Note that IsaacGym only supports Python versions up to 3.8. conda create -y -n maniptrans python=3.8 ...

The Mexican avocado industry will be first in the Mexican agricultural sector to join a federal government initiative for deforestation-free exports. At least 85% of the industry's 54,000 orchards are ...

A pulsar known as the “Hand of God” reveals strange filaments, patchy remnants, and puzzling signals, leaving scientists searching for answers. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Hong Kong/S. Zhang et ...

With a tearful wave to the audience by Tommy DeVito, the 2025 preseason started coming to an end. We laughed, we (obviously) cried and we attempted to make sense of a league that looks awfully ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A custodian of tradition: Handwriting, once so ordinary it scarcely merited thought, is now framed as an act of intention. To ...

NEW DELHI— On August 11, 1997, the quiet valleys of Chirgaon in Himachal Pradesh turned into a nightmare as a cloudburst triggered massive floods and landslides, killing over 200 people. The tragedy ...