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New Method to Automatically Design AI-Powered Controller for Hybrid Drones

Hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are drones possessing the advantages of both multi-copters and fixed-wing planes.

18 Jul 2019

Drone Technology Can Help Understand the Effect of Climate Change on Rivers

An academic at Loughborough University is creating drone technology to determine the size of tiny, underwater sediments in an effort to understand how rivers are reacting to environmental drivers, including climate change.

16 Jul 2019

New Test Bench to Assess Impact of Collisions Between Drones and Aircraft

The sudden increase in the number of drones across the world has been accompanied by growing reports of close misses with commercial aircraft. In fact, in 2017, a Canadian passenger aircraft collided with a drone during landing, barely escaping catastrophic consequences. For aircraft, bird-strike tests are compulsory.

2 Jul 2019

Olis Robotics and Olympus Collaborate to Explore Developing Assisted Autonomy Applications

Olis Robotics, a leader in next-generation mobile remote robotics software, today announced a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Olympus Controls, a leader in engineering innovation and automated robotic solutions for industry.

2 Jul 2019

Miniature RoboBee Flies Untethered for the First Time

On a late afternoon in August, several years of research in the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, climaxed in a moment of stress as the tiny, revolutionary RoboBee began its first solo flight.

27 Jun 2019

Collaborative Study on User Acceptance of Robocabs

Looks like autonomous driving could become a reality in the near future despite the fact that the technology has only just been tested in prototypes on test routes.

26 Jun 2019

Researchers Develop a Better Way to Train Autonomous Systems

A car is instructed to improve its speed while it races down a track in a computer game, pushing the pedal to the metal. It then continues to rotate in a tight little circle. However, there was nothing in the instructions that informed the car to drive straight, and hence it improvised.

25 Jun 2019

Eastman's Partnership with STREAMWORKS and Visit Kingsport Brings Underwater Robotics Competition to Tennessee

Ensuring public safety, maintaining healthy waterways and preserving historical artifacts are all on task for students participating in the 18th annual Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) International ROV Competition hosted for the first time in Kingsport.

19 Jun 2019

Early Detection of Forest Fires Using Drones

The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is working on a Telefónica R+D+i project along with the companies Divisek and Dronitec, wherein they have put together a sustainable innovation pilot project for the early detection and prevention of forest fires using drone technology.

18 Jun 2019

Newly Formulated Energy-Efficient Algorithm Will Enable UAV Swarms to Help for Longer

An international team of scientists have stated recently in the journal Chaos, from AIP Publishing that a new energy-efficient data routing algorithm formulated by them could keep unmanned aerial vehicle swarms flying and aiding much longer.

12 Jun 2019