Electrical and electronic scrap (e-scrap) is now one of the fastest growing types of waste. E-scrap includes a wide array of old electronic devices that includes large household appliances such as refrigerators or air-conditioning systems, smartphones, computers and other consumer electronics. Finding interesting and cost-effective ways to reuse e-scrap could have many advantages for the…
Using Behavior Trees to Improve the Modularity of AUV Control Systems
Researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and National Oceanography Centre have recently used behavior trees (BTs) to design modular, versatile, and robust control architectures for critical missions. Their study, pre-published on arXiv, specifically applied a BT framework to the control system of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). AUVs are underwater vehicles used for a…
SCRIM: An Innovative Method for 3D Concrete Printing
Researchers at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and at the Danish Technological Institute have developed a new hybrid construction concept called “Sparse Concrete Reinforcement In Meshworks” (SCRIM). Their method, to be presented at the upcoming ROB|ARCH conference and outlined in a paper on Research Gate , addresses existing…