LiDARUSA has announced they now offer leasing options to qualifying U.S. buyers with Allegiant Partners, Inc. Allegiant Partners, now doing…
Sensors
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…
Uber Developing Self-Driving Cars at New Robotics Research Lab
TechCrunch reports on Uber’s partnering with Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA to develop driverless car technology: Uber will be…
BMW Demonstrates Self-Parking Car at CES
BMW recently demonstrated an i3 vehicle with sensor enabled self-parking capability at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
NASA and Nissan Partner to Develop Driverless Vehicles for Earth and Space
Nissan and NASA will develop and test zero-emission autonomous cars at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
Audi A7 Self-Driving Car Successfully Makes 560 Mile Trip from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas
After a 560 mile journey that began in California’s Silicon Valley, the Audi A7 Sportback piloted driving concept car, also…
L-3 WESCAM’s MX-15D Aids in Weapons Demonstration
As part of the Advanced Technology Tiltrotor (ATTR) program, L-3 WESCAM’s MX™-15D designating turret was successfully used during a weapons demonstration on the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.