Abstract: Understanding the environment is crucial for autonomous robots to perform navigation and manipulation tasks. Never-seen-before objects may have complex appearances and dynamics, where only ...

Abstract: It is always a challenging task in the industry to detect the small printing defects under complex background. To address this problem, a defect detection algorithm based on multi-scale ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. It appears 2026 may be the year Iowa lawmakers tackle property tax relief and all its many complications ...

Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. When the legislature returns to Des Moines in 2026, one issue will cut across every community ...

Several councilors voiced frustration this week that state senators had — for the third time — refused to advance Wu’s legislation, which would have softened the steep tax increases on homeowners by ...

And the winners are . . . The Globe’s “Top Places to Work” rankings are out. Did your employer make the cut? You can check out the entire package here. It’s déjà vu all over again. “Groundhog Day.” ...