Abstract: Shape control involves deforming objects to achieve a desired shape. One of the main challenges of this task is to define a suitable control reference, especially when 3D objects that lack ...

Cash has long dominated variation margin (VM) for uncleared derivatives, but that dominance is being tested. Rising funding costs, regulatory pressures and repeated episodes of market stress are ...

Car antennas have come a long way since their inception in the early 20th century. First used in the radio body itself, they have evolved from external whip-style mast antennas to integrated radio and ...

This project implements a machine learning-based deformer for Autodesk Maya that automatically predicts corrective blendshapes based on skeletal joint poses. The system learns from artist-provided or ...

Established in 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, Ohio, with regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning center in West Chester, and a European study center in Luxembourg.

A Bedfordshire musician believes he filmed a UFO after spotting a bright light changing colour and shape in the sky. Steve Ajit, 53, recorded the object moving silently over Putnoe just before 6pm on ...

A team of researchers from the Korean Institute of Science and Technology has created a soft octopus-inspired robot. According to its developers, the aptly named OCTOID is a soft robot that leverages ...

As we slowly drifted along the boulder-lined bank, I pitched a light jig dressed with a golden shiner-colored Galida’s Grubz. Using a retrieve that combined swimming and hopping the lure along the ...

DANVERS — The award-winning Northshoremen Barbershop Chorus will become an all-voices chorus this month and will welcome women singers to its risers after more than 70 years as an all-male chorus. The ...

Responsive materials that morph and adapt like biological systems are non-trivial to design and manufacture. Researchers developed a co-design framework that unites AI, physics, and 3D printing into ...