Abstract: Contacts are central to most manipulation tasks as they provide additional dexterity to robots to perform challenging tasks. However, frictional contacts leads to complex complementarity ...

Florida officials deploy robot rabbits to control the invasive Burmese python population. Scientists from the South Florida Water Management District and the University of Florida have teamed up to ...

More than 900 people participated in the 2025 Python Challenge, a 10-day hunt in the steamy South Florida heat that this year made history on two fronts with the first woman to win the grand prize and ...

Here's a closer look at the programming behind my animatronic mouth. Using Arduino, Python, and a few open-source libraries, I take a typed sentence and convert it into an animation sequence.

With Florida's annual Burmese python hunt wrapping up Sunday (July 20) at 5 p.m., the next phase of the 2025 competition will be the announcement of the winners, including the $10,000 grand prize ...

A python snake was pulled from the control box panel of a CTA train after escaping from its owner over the weekend, Oak Park Fire Department said. The Oak Park Fire Department was called Saturday ...

Now that we are inside of one month until the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, the official countdown to one of the most anticipated outdoor events of the year has begun. This year's hunt starts at ...

A 15-foot-long yellow reticulated python that was captured from a Garland neighborhood on May 7. Garland Animal Control Animal control officers in Garland captured a 15-foot-long python from a ...

GARLAND, Texas — A 15-foot python that made "multiple strike attempts" was captured by a Garland Animal Control officer, the city said. Garland Animal Control recently responded to reports of a ...