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Supply Chain Digest Features Flexible Robotic Automated Guided Vehicles Producer, Seegrid

Supply Chain Digest recently featured Seegrid, maker of flexible robotic Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) as an innovative solution in material handling. According to the article, “As the cost of many recent AGV systems goes down the flexibility goes up. A growing number of manufacturers are starting to see if an automated approach to this repetitive materials movement task might not be the better system.”

From Seegrid Corporation 27 Sep 2013

New Feedback System Will Allow Robots to Operate with Minimal Supervision

A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a new feedback system to remotely control mobile robots. This innovative research will allow robots to operate with minimal supervision and could eventually lead to a robot that can learn or even become autonomous.

27 Sep 2013

Texas A&M Student Represents Small UAV Research at Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus Fair

Brittany Duncan, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was featured in the press release for the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus' Science and Technology Fair held in Washington DC on Thursday, September 19, 2013.

27 Sep 2013

LTAS to Supply Five Custom Aerostat Systems to the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. ("LTAS"), has received an order from prime defense contractor Universal Solutions International for five custom aerostat systems and subcomponents to support the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force ("REF").

27 Sep 2013

Drone Mods Adds UAV Locator to Distribution Network

Drone-Mods.com, which specializes in the distribution of products that enhance the consumer's experience with the Parrot® AR Drone, today announced an expansion to their distribution network to include the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Locator; a simple, effective, reliable solution for retrieving the location of your aerial vehicle in the event of a fly-away.

26 Sep 2013

CSIRO’s Prototype Autonomous Vehicle Helps Improve Accuracy of Earth Observation Satellites

A prototype autonomous vehicle, or rover, developed by CSIRO is helping scientists improve the accuracy of Earth observation satellites that provide valuable data to our mining and agricultural industries.

26 Sep 2013

UT Austin Marine Science Professor Wins Liquid Robotics PacX Challenge Grand Prize

Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data services provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, the first wave-powered ocean robot, announced at the Oceans’13 MTS/IEEE scientific conference that the Liquid Robotics PacX Challenge grand prize was awarded to Dr. Tracy Villareal, professor of marine science at the University of Texas at Austin. His winning research focused on a comparison of scientific spatial data collected from U.S. satellite streams to in-situ or surface data collected by the four PacX Wave Gliders.

From Liquid Robotics 25 Sep 2013