NPR's Leila Fadel asks former State Department official Wa'el Alzayat about the prospects of Kurdish forces reaching an agreement to join the Syrian army ahead of an end-of-year deadline.

Abstract: Many humanoid and multi-legged robots are controlled in positions rather than in torques, which prevents direct control of contact forces, and hampers their ability to create multiple ...

Abstract: In this study, we have realized the first MEMS tactile device that can simultaneously acquire both a fingertip-level acute force sensing function and a micro-scale tactile texture. By ...

Clashes have erupted between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters in the city of Aleppo. This comes as top Turkish officials visited Damascus on Monday to discuss a deal between the government ...