Often a given problem can be solved in more than one way. A particular method may be chosen out of convenience, personal preference, or perhaps necessity. Ultimately, it is good to have options. The ...

Metamaterials are carefully engineered materials that possess desirable properties and can be used to manipulate ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

Responding to news of escalating attacks by Iran on vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf extending to the Strait of Hormuz, Nina Noelle at Greenpeace Germany, which has been mapping… As the International ...

Abstract: Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has emerged as a promising solution to address the localization challenges faced by underwater robots. This work proposes a factor graph ...

Abstract: The original ORB-SLAM3 has been designed with static backgrounds in mind. However, when dealing with moving obstacles in a dynamic environment, this method could lead to significant ...

Recent efforts to accelerate inference in Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have largely focused on visual token compression. The effectiveness of these methods is commonly evaluated by ...

This study examines how visual rhetoric varies across distinct institutional contexts by comparing award-winning print advertisements from a Chinese student competition and an internationally ...