#autonomous navigation

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Crowded public interiors require robots to deal with dynamic obstacles, narrow passages and varied lighting.
Hello Robot and A&K Robotics will discuss the issue at RoboBusiness 2026.
A&K Robotics’ Cruz is designed for passenger mobility in high-traffic settings such as airports.

DT Editorial Team·Oct 14, 2026·via therobotreport.com

Docking with the ISS requires matching speeds near 28,000 km/h, where accelerating forward causes an upward drift and there is no air friction to slow a craft.
Traditional docking uses Guidance, Navigation and Control algorithms with Extended Kalman Filters, but Kalman filters struggle with high-speed video and computer vision is fragile in glare or shadow.
Reinforcement learning can fail when rules change, such as a different ISS docking port orientation.
Stanford's Out-of-this-World Model (OWM) uses a 'World Model' to run mental simulations, inspired by how a baseball outfielder predicts a fly ball without solving equations.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 24, 2026·via universetoday.com

Perseverance is expected to surpass Opportunity’s off-world driving distance record next week.
NASA says about 90% of Perseverance’s driving has been autonomous.
Its newer onboard computing allows route planning while the rover is still moving.
The milestone shows how autonomy is becoming central to future planetary exploration.

DT Editorial Team·Aug 8, 2026·via arstechnica.com