UAS are being used in a variety of ways to help growers produce quality food, with applications like surveying, mapping and spraying taking off.
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Adding Value from Field to Fork
From automation to autonomy to AI, advances in unmanned technologies are combining to feed the world.
Covid Stress Test
Ingenious autonomous and automated solutions will reinforce the food supply chain, today and beyond the crisis.
Overcoming the Challenges of Bringing AI to the Edge
Deep learning has developed rapidly over the past ten years with the introduction of open-source neural networks and the availability…
Soft Robot Can Morph Between Ground and Air Vehicle
A new soft robot can morph from a ground to an air vehicle by melting the metal within its skeleton,…
Hydrosat: Thermal and Infrared for Agriculture and Climate Prediction
Like humans, plants “sweat,” through a process called transpiration. When under-watered or growing in a drought area, plants can’t release…
Ada: A Self-driving Laboratory for Clean Energy Technologies
Flexible automation and artificial intelligence allow iterative planning, execution and learning from experiments in an autonomous loop. New materials are…
Setting The Vanguard for the Future of Public Transit
In collaboration with GreenPower, Perrone Robotics and the Jacksonville Transit Authority are setting a new precedent for the future of…
John Deere’s New Autonomous Tractor Offers Timeliness, Efficiency, Quality of Life
“The farm is a high-tech operation.” So said Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer, Deere & Company, as executives of the…
Fast and Furious: The Keys to High-Dynamic Positioning
Rapidly changing motion means that every aspect of positioning must be carefully re-examined and re-evaluated to avoid costly and dangerous…
Long-range Cargo UAV Uses Inertial: Webinar Now Available On Demand
We take a close-up look at inertial measurement and inertial navigation in autonomous cargo transport. High standards for technology in…
NVIDIA introduces New Jetson AGX Orin “AI Supercomputer”
NVIDIA has just introduced the Jetson AGX Orin™, which it bills as the world’s “smallest, most powerful and energy-efficient AI…
Topcon announces MC-X Platform and MC-Max machine control solution
LIVERMORE, Calif. – November 11, 2021 – Topcon Positioning Group has announced its MC-Max machine control solution. Based on its…
Hexagon | NovAtel’s PwrPak7-E1 Supported on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion Platform for Autonomous Vehicle Development
Coming on the heels of its compatibility with the NVIDIA DriveWorks v4 software release, Hexagon | NovAtel announces that its…
LiDAR Sensors From Luminar Powers Nvidia’s Next-Gen Autonomous Vehicle Development Platform
Automotive LiDAR firm Luminar’s sensors will help power electronics giant Nvidia’s next-generation autonomous vehicle development platform, the companies announced Nov….
Deutsche Bahn Puts Driverless Train into Service in Hamburg; Shares Rails with Regular Trains
Deutsche Bahn and Siemens Mobility have developed a train that operates by itself in rail traffic. The train is controlled…