IEEE

An Improved Stereo Visual-Inertial SLAM Algorithm Based on Point-and-Line Features for Subterranean Environments

Abstract: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in GPS-denied, perceptually-degraded and complex subterranean environments is a challenging problem. A stereo visual-inertial SLAM algorithm for ...
IEEE

Line Coverage With Multiple Robots: Algorithms and Experiments

Abstract: The line coverage problem involves finding efficient routes for the coverage of linear features by one or more resource-constrained robots. Linear features model environments such as road ...
TechCrunch

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...
ThePrint

Trading Rice Flour for Algorithms: Now, AI can draw ‘pulli’ kolams beyond human imagination

Chennai, Mar 25 (PTI) Professor Shyamala Sivakumar recalled how when she was young, her mother was always pushing her to learn to draw ‘pulli’ kolams. The tradition of looping a line over dots to ...
Ars Technica

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Even if you don’t know much about the inner workings of generative AI models, you probably know they need a lot of memory. Hence, it is currently almost impossible to buy a measly stick of RAM without ...