IEEE

Decoupled and Closed-Loop Motion and Stiffness Control for Articulated Soft Robots Driven by a Class of Electromechanical Variable Stiffness Actuators

Abstract: Controlling articulated soft robots (ASRs) driven by variable stiffness actuators (VSAs) remains an open challenge from the model-based control perspective, where the key difficulties are ...
The Motley Fool

Microsoft Stock Is Trailing the Market in 2026. Here's Why It's a Screaming Buy Right Now.

Azure's revenue rose 40% year over year, showcasing strong demand for cloud services needed to process, train, and run AI workloads. Its AI business grew at a 123% pace as its annual revenue run rate ...
NBC Chicago

Windows of South Loop high rises shattered during severe storm

Windows of at least two high rise buildings in Chicago were shattered during a severe storms that hammered the region with strong gusts of wind and heavy rainfall on Wednesday. Several windows on a ...
Seeking Alpha

Bitcoin Has Crashed 50% And I'm Still Buying One Bitcoin Through BTCI

Bitcoin has fallen 50% from its October 2025 high, yet I continue to aggressively dollar-cost average into BTCI and currently own 34% of a Bitcoin. I share my investment portfolio's BTCI position ...
IEEE

HuIV-GAN: A Human-in-the-Loop VAE-GAN for Industrial Image Synthesis in Class-Imbalanced Ball Grid Array Object Detection

Abstract: In industrial inspection, severe class imbalance poses a major challenge for training accurate detection models. Generative methods offer a potential solution by augmenting minority-class ...
KHOU 11

Father fatally shot while helping son recover stolen truck in north Houston, deputies say

HOUSTON — A 50-year-old man was killed and a 24-year-old man was injured after they were shot while trying to track down a stolen truck in north Houston on Saturday, according to investigators. The ...
VG Chartz

Grounded 2 Launches for PS5 on August 11, Alongside Into the Abyss Update - News

Publisher Xbox Game Studios and developer Obsidian Entertainment have announced Grounded 2 will launch for the PlayStation 5 on August 11. The Into the Abyss update will release on the same day. The ...
KBTX

‘She was such a bright light’: Rock climbing guide dies at state park while teaching gear safety class

BARABOO, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - Family and friends are mourning the loss of a rock climbing guide who died at a state park over the weekend. A memorial is front and center at Wildside Action Sports, ...
The Courier-Journal

New retail hub proposed for 11 acres along Outer Loop

A slew of commercial buildings could be coming to an 11-acre strip of land in southeastern Louisville. About 30,000 square feet of commercial space would be built across seven buildings at 7002 Outer ...
The Spokesman-Review

AI changed the world while the class of 2026 moved through high school. Here’s what they think of their new future

The class of 2026 is graduating into a volatile world made more so by the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Spokane area high school seniors are unsettled by the technology, embracing its ...