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New Robotic Film Could Hoover Oil Spills, Remove Pollutants from Drinking Water

Researchers at UC Riverside have developed a floating, robotic film that could be trained to absorb oil spills at sea or eliminate contaminants from drinking water. The robotic film, fueled by water and powered by light, could be used indefinitely to clean remote areas in which it would be difficult to recharge using other means.

3 Dec 2021

New Kanata North Innovation Center Aims to Accelerate Autonomous Vehicle Sector

“It’s a place of limitless imagination.” This was the comment made by Professor Burak Kantarci from the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) regarding the Faculty of Engineering’s new Smart Connected Vehicles Innovation Center, which was inaugurated in October.

1 Nov 2021

NTNU-Led Team CERBERUS Wins $2 Million Subterranean Robots Competition

Recently, team CERBERUS guided by a Norwegian University of Science and Technology professor won a highly esteemed competition for subterranean robots. MIT and NASA were also participants in the event. Team CERBERUS us...

30 Sep 2021

New Project Hopes to Make Independent AI Systems Learn from Each Other

The aim behind a new international project is to develop advanced AI programs that will allow machines to learn gradually over a lifetime and share that input with each other.

29 Sep 2021

Fugro Partners with Nexxis to Operate Robots via Satellite from SpAARC

In partnership with Nexxis, a remote visual inspection, non-destructive testing and robotics company, Fugro has demonstrated how their remote operations capability can be applied to space through satellite-controlled robots. The

From Fugro 24 Sep 2021

WiBotic and Clearpath Robotics Provide Wireless Charging Kits for ‘Jackal’ and ‘Husky’ Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Today WiBotic – a leader in advanced autonomous charging and fleet energy management solutions for the rapidly expanding ecosystem of aerial, mobile, marine, and space robotics – and Clearpath Robotics, a global leader of unmanned robotic vehicles for research and development announced the immediate availability of wireless charging kits for two models of autonomous robots: Jackal UGV and Husky UGV.

From WiBotic 27 May 2021