Exyn recently introduced the Advanced Autonomous Aerial Robot, or A3R, a solution the company is describing as the first fully…
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FedEx Introduces Delivery Robot
FedEx will soon be making deliveries via an autonomous delivery robot. The company recently revealed plans for the FedEx SameDay…
Fugro Uses Rapid Airborne Multibeam Mapping System to Acquire Integrated Land, Sea Data Over Turks and Caicos Islands
Fugro has completed a landmark data acquisition campaign over the Turks and Caicos Islands, marking the first commercial success of…
KVH Delivers First Precision Gyros Using New Photonic Chip to Automotive Customers
KVH Industries, Inc., just announced that it has integrated its photonic chip technology into its high-precision fiber optic gyro (FOG)…
FLIR Introduces FLIR Neutrino LC for Use on UAS
FLIR recently introduced the FLIR Neutrino LC, a Neutrino midwave infrared (MWIR) camera core that can be used on unmanned…
LiDARUSA Works With Allegiant Partners for U.S. Leasing
LiDARUSA has announced they now offer leasing options to qualifying U.S. buyers with Allegiant Partners, Inc. Allegiant Partners, now doing…
LORD Corporation Offering Remote Sensing Options with Easy to Implement Solutions
LORD Sensing, MicroStrain recently announced the addition of two wireless sensors that enable OEMs to remotely collect data from a range…
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…
Radiometric Temperature Measurements
Surface characteristics and atmospheric compensation A radiometric thermal camera measures the temperature of a surface by interpreting the intensity of…
LiDAR Helps to Find Maya Civilization
DENVER—A lost civilization was found in the Guatemalan jungle recently with the help of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology….
Mobile Skylight UTM System Developed to Provide Drone Security
Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) and their uses have exploded in recent years, and first responders are just one example of…
Delair-Tech Partners with Micasense
Delair-Tech recently partnered with Micasense to target the precision agriculture market. As part of the agreement the Micasense RedEdge sensor…
Press Release: Systron Donner Inertial Awarded Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo IMU Contract from BAE Systems
Concord, CA – August 13, 2015 – BAE Systems has awarded a contract to Systron Donner Inertial (SDI), a brand of…
DARPA Looking for Technologies That Could Help Unmanned Surface Vessels Perceive and Classify Nearby Objects
DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program, ACTUV, wants to develop an unmanned vessel that can track enemy diesel-electric…
Volvo Aims to Integrate 100 Self-Driving Cars onto Selected Roadways by 2017
In as little as two years, Volvo Cars plans to put 100 self-driving cars on selected roads around Gothenburg, Sweden,…
Sample Return Rover AERO Could Help Advance Space Exploration
WPI engineers developed the return rover with arm controller for the NASA Sample Return Robotic Centennial Challenge in 2013.
OxTS Launches A New Inertial System, xOEMcore
The xOEMcore inertial system from Oxford Technical Solutions, or OxTS, is designed to be used in conjunction with other positioning…