The machine-learning programs that underpin their ability to “see” still have blind spots—but not for much longer ...

“Smart” cameras are to be found in millions of homes, but the truth is they’re not all that smart. Facial recognition and motion detection are their main tricks… but what if you want to know if the ...

Until now, it was thought that our brain’s visual system breaks down the objects we see into very basic features and then gradually reassembles them with the aim of enabling their recognition. “Our ...

Real-time object detection on mobile platforms is a crucial but challenging computer vision task. However, it is widely recognized that although the lightweight object detectors have a high detection ...

When the eyes are open, visual information flows from the retina through the optic nerve and into the brain, which assembles this raw information into objects and scenes. Scientists have previously ...

Three decades of psychological research show that our visual and auditory senses work together. Famously, an experiment by Robert Sekuler (1997) found that the presence or absence of a clicking sound ...

A mobile robot that charges EVs has recently been spotted in China. The smart charging system is equipped with a six-axis robotic arm. Working as a mobile power bank for electric vehicles, the system ...