WPI researchers are enabling aerial robots, smaller than 100 mm and weighing less than 100 g, to navigate without relying on vision.

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Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers ...

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Inspired by the way birds and bats navigate complex environments, researchers are developing sound-based navigation for small aerial robots ...