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Some 200 million evenly spaced termite mounds cover a stretch of northeastern Brazil as big as Great Britain, and the dirt piles are up to 4,000 years old and visible from space
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (805+ words) Stand on a dry, thorny plain in northeastern Brazil and look out toward the horizon. The land is dotted with low earth cones, one after another, as far as you can see. They sit in a strange, even grid, spaced…...
Driverless cars can save Britain
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (885+ words) TFL granted licences to allow paying passengers in robotaxis. More than 100,000 Londoners joined the waiting list Britain's regulatory regime is the only barrier to it seizing a leading role in a potentially enormous industry Waymo achieved a 94% reduction in serious…...
Laser scanning reveals thousands of ancient structures hidden in the Amazon
7+ hour, 21+ min ago (142+ words) Beneath the forest canopy: monumental Amazonian earthworks revealed through Lidar scanning. (Image courtesy: Pärssinen, M., Kalliola, R., Ranzi, A. et al. Over 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia / Nature) Building on this scale required organized labour and a working knowledge…...
Gov’t greenlights self-driving cars trial along rail stations
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (174+ words) The Transport Department has issued a pilot licence approving a trial of four autonomous vehicles (AVs) operating between the Express Rail Link at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and the Airport Express at Kowloon Station. Issued under the Road Traffic…...
New Software: TopMap Sherpa Simplifies Complex Topography Measurements
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (243+ words) With TopMap Sherpa, Polytec introduces a new software generation for its topography measurement systems. Combining an adaptive user interface with intelligent automation features, the software simplifies complex measurement tasks and recurring inspection routines. Users benefit from a more intuitive experience…...
Hong Kong issues pilot license for autonomous vehicle trial for inter-station passenger connection
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (181+ words) China Daily Global Edition Hong Kong issues pilot license for autonomous vehicle trial for inter-station passenger connection HONG KONG -- The Transport Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government announced on Tuesday that it has issued a pilot license…...
Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Trials Begin on Designated Greater London Test Routes
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 8028: LV-GS SLAM: A Decoupled LiDAR–Visual 3D Gaussian Splatting SLAM in a Large-Scale Environment
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (443+ words) 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has gained prominence in autonomous driving and robotics for its rendering efficiency and high-fidelity reconstruction capabilities. However, incremental 3DGS map construction at large scales remains challenging due to sensor sparsity and computational constraints. In this paper, we propose LV-GS…...
[PRNewswire] SUPCON and Certis Advance Security Robotics
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (168+ words) -- Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement to advance Robotics in Security Operations SINGAPORE Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire=YONHAP/ -- SUPCON Technology Co., Ltd. ("SUPCON") and Certis Group ("Certis") today announced a strategic cooperation agreement to accelerate the validation, deployment and operational integration of robotics in…...
Datasensing launches SLS10 safety laser scanner
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (476+ words) By Puja Mitra | August 12, 2026 The SLS10 offers a maximum safety range of 10 m, or 32.8 ft, across a 275° scanning angle for 70 mm detection capability. This provides up to 240 m² of safety coverage from a single scanner. The coverage range can support larger workspaces,…...