Will planes someday fly without pilots? Three EPFL laboratories (one belongs to the School of Computer and Communication Sciences), commissioned by Honeywell and operating under the auspices of EPFL’s Transportation Center, are working on this possibility by developing collision-prediction, avoidance, and real-time vision algorithms. The project is a formidable technological challenge.
Xilinx, Inc. today introduced new, All Programmable solutions for meeting the challenges of advanced motion control, real-time industrial networking, machine vision and a host of other next-generation industrial automation applications.
ICAP Patent Brokerage announces for auction wireless communications and home automation technologies from The Stapleton Group, Inc., which describe techniques for intruder detection security software; air monitoring, thermostat monitoring, and electrical power system load management devices for energy reduction; leak detection, bi-directional sensors, conformal repeater units and signal strength measurement devices; and animal monitoring and training methods. This portfolio will be included in the 17th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on November 29, 2012, at The Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, California.
In car commercials every road is clear and curvy; every vista is framed by mountains and the sea. But in real life, driving is often a pain because you must glue your eyes to the surrounding traffic.
The global market for home automation services saw strong growth during 2012, driven by a wave of new entrants and offerings in the North American market. The US in particular leads in deployments and new shipments - acting as a bellwether for markets around the world.
Idaho State University mechanical engineering Associate Professor Alba Perez Gracia has been awarded a four-year $445,570 grant through the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Robotics Initiative (NRI) for the design of robotic hands.
Lowe's and Verizon announced on Tuesday (Nov. 13) that customers of the home improvement retailer's Iris™ smart home solution, a 2012 CES Innovations Honoree, will now be able to use Verizon's world-class wireless network for remote monitoring and management of their homes.
Precision movement and positioning systems used in industries such as automated manufacturing and pharmaceutical production can be quieter, smaller, lighter, simpler and more efficient using the advanced single-chip digital motion controllers announced today by STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the world's number one supplier of standard ICs for industrial applications.
The City of Brotherly Love has become the temporary center of the manufacturing world this week as Rockwell Automation hosts its 21st annual Automation Fair event. The event opened today to more than 9,200 manufacturing business leaders, industry analysts, and technology and service providers from around the world at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Research Projects Agency to develop robots that can execute complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments. The contest was inspired by the "Fukushima 50," the men who stayed behind at the Japanese plant to work to avert a nuclear meltdown following the earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
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