How Designer Nadia Manjarrez Created Venus Williams’ Wedding Dress in Only Six Weeks

Venus Williams wore a bespoke wedding dress by designer Nadia Manjarrez, created in just six weeks. Inside the design process ...
IEEE

Dissipating Traffic Waves in Mixed Vehicle Platoons: A Controller-Matching-Based Double-Layer Distributed Model Predictive Control Approach

Abstract: This study proposes a novel distributed model predictive control (DMPC) approach for mixed vehicle platoons (MVPs), which achieves driving safety, asymptotic stability, and traffic wave ...
IEEE

A Non-Linear Model Predictive Task-Space Controller Satisfying Shape Constraints for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots

Abstract: Tendon-driven continuum robots (TDCRs) have the potential to be used in minimally invasive surgery and industrial inspection, where the robot must navigate narrow and confined spaces. We ...
Reuters

Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery using real-life models

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Zara has become the latest fast-fashion retailer to use AI to help create new images of real models in different outfits, speeding up the production process as part of an ...