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Texas A&M Professor Keynotes at RoboUniverse Conference and Expo

Texas A&M University Computer Science and Engineering Raytheon Professor Dr. Robin Murphy was a keynote speaker for the RoboUniverse Conference and Expo. The conference was held May 11-13, 2015 in New York City.

5 Jun 2015

Chinese Civil UAV Market Expected to Swell to RMB1.45 Billion by 2020

Increasing maturity in supporting facilities of industrial chains and falling costs of all types of hardware have created favorable conditions for the development of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in China. In 2014, the Chinese civil UAV market was worth about RMB400 million, and is expected to swell to RMB1.45 billion by 2020, driven by demands from farming, patrolling, and logistics.

5 Jun 2015

CuriosityStream to Host Live Free Streaming of DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

CuriosityStream hosts its first-ever live free streaming event with minute-by-minute coverage of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals (DRC), as well as exclusive original programs and behind-the-scenes footage on June 5 from 7am-4pm PT and June 6 from 8am-6:30pm PT.

5 Jun 2015

Multirotor Drones Market Estimated to Grow at 22.2% CAGR

According to the new market research report "Multirotor Drones Market by Application (Defense, Aerial Shooting, Business & Commerce, Law enforcement, Environmental Inspection), Payload (Electro-optic sensor, Cameras, Sense & Avoid System, LIDAR, CBRN, Wi-Fi, GPS), Region - Forecast to 2020"", published by MarketsandMarkets, the Multirotor Drones Market is estimated to be valued at $840.21 Million in 2015. It is projected to register a CAGR of 22.2% to reach $2.28 Billion by 2020.

5 Jun 2015

University of Southampton Selected as Partner to Operate New National Center of Excellence for UAS

The University of Southampton has been selected as the sole UK partner to help operate the new National Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (COE UAS) in the United States.

5 Jun 2015

FAA Grants Sanborn Section 333 Exemption to Commercially Operate UAS Flights

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) approval to commercially operate an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under the agency's Section 333 Exemption. The exemption permits Sanborn to offer UAS-based services to its customers immediately.

4 Jun 2015

New MIT System Generates Lower-Level Control Systems to Help Robots Handle Uncertainty

Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes are a way to model autonomous robots’ behavior in circumstances where neither their communication with each other nor their judgments about the outside world are perfect.

3 Jun 2015

DARPA Robotics Challenge Finalists to Integrate HRI's Wireless Emergency Stop Technology into their Robots

Humanistic Robotics, Inc. (HRI), a robotics and technology innovator dedicated to making the world safer through engineering and design, has teamed up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to heighten the safety at the final "showdown" of the DARPA Robotics Finals, June 5-6, 2015.

3 Jun 2015

DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals Competition to Take Place June 5-6 in Pomona, California

Summary: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)—the organization that laid the groundwork for the Internet, stealth technology, handheld GPS and much more—invites the public to attend the exciting conclusion of a three-year robotics competition focused on developing robots that can assist humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters.

2 Jun 2015

UC Merced Professor Becomes Part of Major New Robotics Initiative

UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin will serve on the executive board of a new multidisciplinary research enterprise called the People and Robots Initiative, by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).

1 Jun 2015