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How NASA hacked a fix for wheels never built for this problem

When NASA’s Curiosity rover left Earth, its aluminum wheels were designed for sand, slopes and scattered stones, not a ...

Origami-style Mars base that deploys ‘with one pull of a string’ with NO tools could house humans visiting red planet

ORIGAMI-style space homes that spring off the ground on Mars could house future visitors to the red planet. These hi-tech ...
GitHub

A Rust implementation of the O(m log^(2/3) n) Single-Source Shortest Paths algorithm for directed graphs with non-negative edge weights, as described in the paper:

"Breaking the Sorting Barrier for Directed Single-Source Shortest Paths" by Ran Duan, Jiayi Mao, Xiao Mao, Xinkai Shu, and Longhui Yin (2025) Use the road_network_benchmark example to evaluate the ...
Frontiers

Multi-stage bidirectional informed-RRT * plant protection UAV path planning method based on A * algorithm domain guidance

Traditional path planning algorithms often face problems such as local optimum traps and low monitoring efficiency in agricultural UAV operations, making it difficult to meet the operational ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Hu, X. and Chiu, Y. (2015) A Constrained Time-Dependent K Shortest Paths Algorithm Addressing Overlap and Travel Time Deviation. International Journal of Transportation Science ...

ABSTRACT: In any military operation, reliable logistics is essential to maintaining a combat-effective force. Without the continual resupply of ammunition, food, and other materiel, forces cannot ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Liu, H., Jin, C., Yang, B. and Zhou, A. (2018) Finding Top-K Shortest Paths with Diversity. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 30, 488-502.

ABSTRACT: In any military operation, reliable logistics is essential to maintaining a combat-effective force. Without the continual resupply of ammunition, food, and other materiel, forces cannot ...
SFGate

The world's shortest railway is an easy ride on a California hillside

Conceived and built by Colonel J. H. Eddy, Angels Flight was, in practical terms, a solution for some of Southern California’s wealthiest inhabitants. Up on Bunker Hill, the richest folks in town ...
Frontiers

Path planning for unmanned surface vehicles in anchorage areas based on the risk-aware path optimization algorithm

In dense anchorage areas, the challenge of navigation for Unmanned Surface Vehicles is particularly pronounced, especially regarding path safety and economy. A Risk-Aware Path Optimization Algorithm ...