Based on seemingly daily technology advances, the availability of truly autonomous vehicles looks to be just a mile marker away—if…
Robotics
Houston to Get Autonomous Groceries in the New Year
Autonomous vehicle company Nuro will provide self-driving electric vehicles to deliver orders from select Houston Walmart stores to local customers’…
Trimble Launches UAS1 High-Precision GNSS Board
Trimble has introduced a compact, high-precision GNSS board designed for unmanned aerial systems (UAS): the Trimble UAS1.
TechnipFMC Seeks to Partner, to Invest in New Subsea Autonomous Technology
TechnipFMC, a leading builder and manager of oil and gas infrastructure, is looking invest in new technologies and partner with…
Robotic Systems Help Contractors Overcome Workforce Challenges
Over the last year, the talented team of craftsmen at Colorado-based Berich Masonry, Inc. have looked to robotic technology to…
Five Good Questions
Five Good Questions Q: What need does the Robotic Aircraft Sensor Program (RASP) demonstration program meet? A: Right now it actually addresses…
Charting Cleanup – Detecting Nuclear Waste
Robots that fly, swim and crawl through pipes are helping with the clean up of radioactive zones by mapping hard-to-find…
Robots In Retail
Whether on the ground in the store or flying through the aisle in a warehouse, robots have the potential to save a great deal of time and money, while helping to improve the customer experience.
Boeing Plans to Acquire Aurora Flight Sciences, Advance Autonomous Technology Capabilities
Boeing plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, an innovator, developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms under an agreement…
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Gliders USV reach 1 million nautical miles
The Wave Gliders from Liquid Robotics recently hit an important milestone. The unmanned surface vehicles reached 1 million nautical miles…
Clearpath Robotics launches the OTTO 100
Clearpath Robotics recently released the OTTO 100, a self-driving vehicle designed for autonomous light-load material transport in factories and warehouses….
Researchers Looking to Cockroaches to Inspire Robot Design
Cockroaches seem to be indestructible at times. They can easily squirm in and out of even the tightest places and…
Why Co-Bots Will Be a Huge Innovation and Growth Driver for Robotics Industry
Automaton Robotics Industrial Robots YuMi, a collaborative robot developed by ABB. This is a guest post. The views expressed here…
Team from West Virginia University wins NASA’s Sample Return Robot Challenge
The Mountaineers of West Virginia University took home $100,000 in prize money after successfully completing Level 2 of NASA’s Sample Return…
DRC-Hubo Earns $2 million Prize at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
DRC-Hubo, the robot representing Team Kaist of Daejeon, Republic of Korea, took home first place at this year’s DARPA Robotics Challenge…
Aerospace Corp Space‐to‐Ground Communications System
Richard P. Welle of the Aerospace Corporation presented findings on the development of an optical space‐to‐ground communications system at the 31st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, CO.
