From its space-age Nexus air taxi, designed to ultimately operate autonomously, to the Autonomous Pod Transport (APT), a winged aircraft…
Engineering & Design
Hexagon unveils a new vision of digital reality at CES 2020
A new cloud-based, digital reality visualization platform in the Hexagon AB booth captured the attention of CES 2020 visitors in…
Auto Safety, Integrity, Autonomy: Live Test Results Show Confidence
An innovative positioning engine for safety-oriented navigation of autonomous cars uses a dual-frequency GNSS receiver, automotive cameras, accurate maps, low-cost…
Crystal Ball Reaching Toward the Future
Industry leaders weigh in on where unmanned mobility is going, and what it’s going to take to get there.
Penn State and Partners Researching How to Safely Integrate Automated Vehicles into Work Zones
Beginning in 2020, researchers at Penn State will study how to safely integrate automated driving systems into work zones, with…
BVLOS is Complicated—Two Companies are Looking to Change That
Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) is the hot topic in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) space. As legislative bodies…
A Very Merry LiDAR Christmas
RedTail LiDAR Systems Verifies Tree Health for the Holidays Between 25 and 30 million Christmas trees are sold annually in…
Quantix Ag Hybrid Fields Continuous Improvement
It was unusually cold at the flight line outside of Las Vegas, but the Quantix™ drone was one of those…
Plus.ai Completes Autonomous Coast-to-Coast Commercial Freight Run
An L4 autonomous truck from Plus.ai recently traveled 2,800 miles from Tulare, California to Quakertown, Pennsylvania in less than three…
Esri and 3DR Launch the ArcGIS Drone Collection
In its mission to measure the world, geospatial software leader Esri has partnered with U.S. drone data company 3DR to…
Driverless Car Aces French Road Test
An innovative positioning engine based on a safety-oriented paradigm uses a dual-frequency GNSS receiver, automotive cameras, accurate maps, low-cost inertial…
Remote ID requirements are on the horizon—and DJI has a low-cost solution
The future of remote identification (remote ID) compliance may have just gotten easier—and cheaper—for pilots after a successful demonstration of DJI’s…
Unmanned Systems: Tools For A New Era in Energy
Moving toward decentralization, digitization and de-carbonization, energy firms turn to aerial and underwater drones. Big changes are underway in the…
Renewing Drone Inspection
Whether in the air, on land or in water, renewable energy companies are seeking groundbreaking autonomous solutions for inspections in…
Autonomous Robots to Set Up Shop on the Seafloor
Emerging technologies will soon make it possible for autonomous underwater vehicles to remain on the seafloor for extended periods of…
Aftermath: How Hurricane Maria Became a Mother of UAS Invention
On-the-fly solutions by Duke Energy and Southern Company helped repair storm-damaged transmission lines, spurring innovation and expansion at two major…
System Minimizes Damage When Autonomous Vehicles Crash
The system, developed by engineers at the University of Waterloo, chooses the least serious outcome when a crash is inevitable,…
