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Sea-Stainability: Oceans a Focus for Climate Concerns
Unmanned vehicles are a key component in the fight to protect oceans and lakes. To asrobiologists and astronomers, our earth is…
Powering Up
Advancements across batteries, solar and hydrogen fuel cells are leading to increased endurance and improved sustainability. While drones are…
Ada: A Self-driving Laboratory for Clean Energy Technologies
Flexible automation and artificial intelligence allow iterative planning, execution and learning from experiments in an autonomous loop. New materials are…
Evolving Tools Fight Natural Disasters
A roster of drones and sensors are being deployed against all phases of environmental threats. Jeff Strebler received the call…
Wind Inspection Evolves
As the U.S. and the world move toward sustainable power solutions, windfarms have become a familiar site across parts of…
MDGROUP ACQUIRES GEOCUE GROUP
mdGroup broadens its expertise in aerial LiDAR surveying technologies and consolidates its leadership in the U.S. in professional aerial surveying…
NOAA Rides UAS With the Wind
The federal agency is using new systems to learn more about storm forecasting, greenhouse gases and atmospheric shifts. You can…
Navigating the EU’s Green Deal
EUSPA, the European Agency for the Space Program, is using autonomous systems to support sustainability. The European Union “Green Deal”…
John Deere’s New Autonomous Tractor Offers Timeliness, Efficiency, Quality of Life
“The farm is a high-tech operation.” So said Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer, Deere & Company, as executives of the…
Four Rotors and a Brain in Search of Eight Legs: A Tale from the Octopus’ Garden
Octopi are one of Korea’s most beloved delicacies. Korean people enjoy eating the eight-limbed mollusks in all forms — 36,899…
Air Force Orders 15 Silent Arrow Precision-Guided Cargo Delivery Drones
The U.S. Air Force through its Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Silent Arrow a contract for “Guided Bundle Derivative of…
A New Generation of Uncrewed Surface Vessels Cruises the North Sea from the Netherlands
Fugro’s Blue Essence, an offshore certified uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with an electric remotely operated vehicle (eROV), will begin its…
Long-range Cargo UAV Uses Inertial: Webinar Now Available On Demand
We take a close-up look at inertial measurement and inertial navigation in autonomous cargo transport. High standards for technology in…
Unmanned Systems Industry Likely to Share in $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Act
“Finally,” President Biden said on Saturday, “Infrastructure Week!” And now, with the passage of the massive $1.2 trillion dollar “Infrastructure…
Deutsche Bahn Puts Driverless Train into Service in Hamburg; Shares Rails with Regular Trains
Deutsche Bahn and Siemens Mobility have developed a train that operates by itself in rail traffic. The train is controlled…
Militaries Are Taking Unmanned Underwater
As systems continue to evolve and data collection becomes more sophisticated, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are playing a bigger military…
