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Bristol Robotics Laboratory to Research, Develop and Demonstrate Verifiably 'Ethical' Robots

A team of UK researchers is embarking on a collaborative project to ensure that the autonomous robots we build in the future will be safer, making decisions that are ethical and follow legislation on robotics.

8 Dec 2014

Two Missouri S&T Students Part of Team to Design Mars Landing Mission

Two Missouri University of Science and Technology students and one recent graduate are part of a team that has been selected as a finalist to design part of a Mars landing mission in 2018.

8 Dec 2014

Annual FIRST Robotics Championship Tournament at Clarkson University

Robots and their handlers invade Clarkson University for the annual FIRST Championship Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 13, and Sunday, Dec. 14.

8 Dec 2014

FIRST® LEGO® League Championship Tournament Takes Place at University of Rochester

Creativity and science come together at this weekend’s FIRST® LEGO® League Championship Tournament at the University of Rochester. The competition brings the top 36 teams, selected from a regional pool of over 130 teams to compete. Teams will demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play, sportsmanship, and sense of community.

8 Dec 2014

Bristol City to Explore Feasibility of Driverless Cars

The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced in the Autumn Statement yesterday [Wednesday 3 December] that Bristol will be one of three cities to explore the feasibility of driverless cars in the UK, by trialling autonomous vehicles in the Bristol area.

8 Dec 2014

AeroVironment Receives US Army Support Services Contract and Option for Switchblade Tactical Missile System

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced the receipt of a $4.3 million cost plus fixed fee award and $7.1 million option on September 25, 2014 for Switchblade® tactical missile system support services from the United States Army Close Combat Weapons Systems office.

5 Dec 2014

First Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Delivered to U.S. Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy. The system will be used by ship-based commanders to improve the Navy's intelligence-gathering capabilities.

4 Dec 2014

Hundreds of School Students Compete at 2014 Texas BEST Regional Robotics Championship

Amid cheers, tears and lots of gears, hundreds of middle and high school students competed recently in the 2014 Texas BEST Regional Robotics Championship, sponsored and hosted by UT Dallas.

4 Dec 2014

FIRST® Robotics Competition Australia Regional Event to Take Place Through 2018

FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an international not-for-profit K-12 organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology, today announced the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) Australia Regional Event, through 2018, in collaboration with Macquarie University. For the first time, Australian FRC teams will be able to compete at a regional level without leaving the country.

4 Dec 2014

Propeller-Driven Robot with Ultrasound Transducers for Water Pipe Inspection

Norwegian researchers and a small company in Tromsø are taking part in a project aimed at preventing between 30 and 50 per cent of Europe's drinking water being lost due to pipe leakages.

3 Dec 2014