In as little as two years, Volvo Cars plans to put 100 self-driving cars on selected roads around Gothenburg, Sweden,…
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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.
RIEGL USA’s RiCOPTER Unmanned Scanning Platform is Designed for a Variety of Applications
RiCOPTER, the ready to fly remotely piloted airborne laser scanning system from RIEGL USA, can be used for a variety…
Latest Version of Sirius Pro Designed to be Compatible With Existing RTK Base Stations or NTRIP
Topcon Positioning Group and MAVinci GmbH recently released the latest version of the Sirius Pro surveying Unmanned Aerial System to…
Oxford Technical Solutions Adds xNAV550 Inertial Navigation Sensor to its xNAV Product Line
The miniature, lightweight xNAV550 is the newest addition to the OxTS xNAV product line, adding survey-grade GNSS receivers for RTK…
M.I.T./Olin College Take First Place in First Maritime RobotX Challenge
Unmanned boats from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Olin College recently took first place in the inaugural AUVSI Maritime…
UAV Solutions Introduces Dragon View Sensors
UAV Solutions recently released a line of sensors designed to help law enforcement in a variety of situations, including search…
New Technology Could Enable UAVs to Fly Vertically
Imagine an unmanned multi-copter that doesn’t just fly horizontally, but that has the capability to fly vertically as well. This…
