Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

Office of Naval Research Tackles Technical Issues in Unmanned Systems

At the AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2011 conference, the director of innovation at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Dr. Larry Schuette, said that ONR had to overcome a significant number of hurdles, including littoral and autonomy operations in its unmanned systems.

22 Aug 2011

Computer Chip to Process Information Like The Human Brain

IBM has been working on a computer chip that can mimic the human brain. The team of scientists from IBM, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the top four US Universities has been working on a microchip that emulates the processes of the human brain. The experimental computer chip has been named SyNAPSE.

21 Aug 2011

Visiongain Predicts Government Will Invest Huge Amounts on UGVs in 2011

The latest report from Visiongain about the defence sector titled ‘The Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) market 2011-2021: Military Robots for EOD & Counter-IED’ provides a comprehensive overview on the UGV markets worldwide and also provides useful guidelines on how to exploit business opportunities.

20 Aug 2011

Researchers Develop Biomimetic Computer Chips that Mimic Human Brain

A research team having a lead IBM team and professors from the University of California have developed experimental computer chips that are capable of mimicking the abilities of human brain such as action, cognition and perception.

20 Aug 2011

QinetiQ North America Launches Micro Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Military Missions

QinetiQ North America declared that the Dragon Runner 10 (DR10), micro unmanned ground vehicle (MUGV) was available for deploying in military robotic missions.

19 Aug 2011

ABB Robotics Launches Affordable Robotic Educational Package for Schools

ABB Robotics has designed an affordable robotic educational package for schools, universities and colleges for exposing students to the practical concepts in robotics.

19 Aug 2011

Green Hills Software Unveils Autonomous Vehicle Open Platform for UAVs

Integrity Security Services, a business unit of Green Hills Software, has unveiled a new autonomous vehicle (AV) Open Platform for the management of autonomous vehicles and universal control segments used in the special computing and embedded market.

19 Aug 2011

NASA will Transport Robotic Refuelling Module to its Permanent Home

The Robotic Refuelling Mission (RRM) will soon be transported to a permanent location by the International Space Station (ISS) on the ExPress Logistics Carrier-4. NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have come together to design the RRM, which represents the technologies, tools and methods that are needed for robotically servicing satellites.

19 Aug 2011

Lockheed Martin Launches Stalker eXtreme Endurance UAS

Lockheed Martin has launched a tough version of the Stalker Unmanned Air System known as the Stalker eXtreme Endurance (XE) UAS. The Stalker XE system provides an endurance time of over eight hours, which is four times that of the previous stalker version.

19 Aug 2011

Southern California Gas Company Uses Explorer Robotic Inspection Tool from Pipetel

The Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has employed the Explorer Robotic Inspection tool from Pipetel Technologies for inspecting their gas pipelines.

18 Aug 2011