Following a successful week at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas October 28-30, 2019, the Nevada Institute for Autonomous…
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NIO and Mobileye Form Partnership to Develop Autonomous Vehicles
NIO, a China-based company that focuses on the electric vehicle market, recently joined forces with Mobileye, a leader in developing…
Iris Automation makes history with FAA-approved true BVLOS flight
History was made this week when Iris Automation, an industrial drone collision avoidance developer, and the Kansas Department of Transportation…
FLIR Systems Partners with Veoneer to Get Thermal Sensing in Self-Driving Cars
Through the partnership, FLIR’s Boson-based thermal sensing technology will improve safety for a leading global automaker’s autonomous vehicles. Through a…
GMV presents dronelocus® for the safety and management of U-Space
Growing from its participation in the European DOMUS project, and designed to come up with a response to the growing…
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…
From Deep Space to Confined Space
Accessing mines, power plants, underwater tunnels and other confined or indoor spaces pose a well-known array of potential risks and…
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…
Commercial UAV Expo: Growing Integration of Drones in Construction
Drones are being integrated across the construction industry like never before, according to a panel of experts speaking at the…
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…
Five Good Questions: Suzanne Lemieux
Q: What will be the new or transformative UAS use case in your energy space? A: Long-range pipeline overflights are now usually…
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,…
Precise Location Key to Usable Data for Energy Sector
The critical overall requirements for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in the energy sector are, naturally, reliability and productivity. Reliability takes…
Hyundai Introduces Autonomous Ride-Sharing Pilot Service, BotRide
Beginning November 4, residents of Irvine, California will be able to take advantage of a free ride-sharing service from Hyundai…
The Unsurprising Surprise Iranian Drone Attack On Oil
Why is everyone so surprised about Iran’s surprise drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil production? Everything about the drone war…
Energy Applications for Drones May See New Standards
The energy industry can greatly benefit from drone inspections, not just by cutting costs but by preventing disasters and saving…
