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House Judiciary Committee Members Review Policy Implications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Today, House Judiciary Committee members will review the policy implications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAS). Commercial drones offer an incredible and ever-increasing array of beneficial applications.

11 Sep 2015

SUNY Poly Chosen as FIRST TECH Challenge Affiliate Partner

In support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s commitment to providing cutting edge academic opportunities throughout New York State, SUNY Polytechnic Institute today announced that it has been chosen as a FIRST TECH Challenge (FTC) Affiliate Partner with the international program FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

10 Sep 2015

Vuzix, NTT DATA Develop Remote Field Service System Using Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, enterprise and entertainment markets, today announced that in partnership with NTT DATA, it has developed a remote field service system using Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses.

9 Sep 2015

Drone Coalition: New Online Publication Launched along with InterDrone 2015 Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas

Today an exciting new online publication, Drone Coalition, launched in conjunction with the InterDrone 2015 Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, with the goal of bringing extensive information and current trends into the spotlight.

9 Sep 2015

New SAIL-Toyota Center for AI Research to Further Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies

Artificial intelligence is integrated into daily life, although often in imperceptible ways, such as language translators or algorithms that provide shopping tips based on past purchases.

7 Sep 2015

European Country Awards Elbit $78 Million Contract for UAS-Based Intelligence Solution

Elbit Systems Ltd., announced today that it was awarded a contract from a European country to supply an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)-based cutting-edge intelligence solution.

7 Sep 2015

Chimpanzee ‘Attacks’ Drone with a Stick

Cool. Calm. And oh, so calculated. That’s how a chimpanzee living in the Royal Burgers’ Zoo in the Netherlands set out to swat an aerial drone that was filming her group. In an article1 in the journal Primates² published by Springer, Jan van Hooff and Bas Lukkenaar explain it as yet another example of chimpanzees’ make-do attitude to using whatever is on hand as tools.

7 Sep 2015

Carnegie Mellon University Sending Large Delegation to WEF's Annual Meeting of the New Champions

Carnegie Mellon University is sending the largest delegation of any university to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China, next week, along with robots and Big Data visualization demonstrations that will run throughout the three-day event.

7 Sep 2015

Hedgehog' Robots Perform Controlled Hopping and Tumbling in Comet-Like Environments

Hopping, tumbling and flipping over are not typical maneuvers you would expect from a spacecraft exploring other worlds. Traditional Mars rovers, for example, roll around on wheels, and they can't operate upside-down. But on a small body, such as an asteroid or a comet, the low-gravity conditions and rough surfaces make traditional driving all the more hazardous.

4 Sep 2015

Innovative Robot to Seek Out and Control Great Barrier Reef's Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

New robot has crown-of-thorns starfish in its sights It's the robot that has the scourge of the Great Barrier Reef in its sights. QUT roboticists have developed the world's first robot designed to seek out and control the Great Barrier Reef's crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), which are responsible for an estimated 40 per cent of the reef's total decline in coral cover. The COTSbot completed its first sea trials this week in Queensland's Moreton Bay to test its mechanical parts and navigation system.

4 Sep 2015

Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) News

House Judiciary Committee Members Review Policy Implications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

SUNY Poly Chosen as FIRST TECH Challenge Affiliate Partner

Vuzix, NTT DATA Develop Remote Field Service System Using Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses

Drone Coalition: New Online Publication Launched along with InterDrone 2015 Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas

New SAIL-Toyota Center for AI Research to Further Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies

European Country Awards Elbit $78 Million Contract for UAS-Based Intelligence Solution

Chimpanzee ‘Attacks’ Drone with a Stick

Carnegie Mellon University Sending Large Delegation to WEF's Annual Meeting of the New Champions

Hedgehog' Robots Perform Controlled Hopping and Tumbling in Comet-Like Environments

Innovative Robot to Seek Out and Control Great Barrier Reef's Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

Machine Learning Improves Aerosol Prediction Accuracy

Deep Learning Elevates the Precision of Brain Surgery

Proto-DS: Advanced AI for Food Testing and Quality Control

Machine Learning Predicts Flight Efficiency Accurately

Successful Demonstration of Remote Robotic Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

Robots and Renewable Energy: Hydropower Inspections

Robots and Renewable Energy: Wind Farm Monitoring

Robots and Renewable Energy: Solar Plant Security

Thought Leaders

Robot Chef: The Future of Automated Meal Preparation

Tiny Robotic Crab: The Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Walking Robot

Resurrecting Ancient Cephalopods with Robots