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Understanding Shape Shifting Could Help Design Underwater Robots

If you've ever watched Planet Earth, you know the ocean is a wild place to live. The water is teaming with different ecosystems and organisms varying in complexity from an erudite octopus to a sea star. Unexpectedly, it is the sea star, a simple organism characterized by a decentralized nervous system, that offers insights into advanced adaptation to hydrodynamic forces--the forces created by water pressure and flow.

1 Mar 2021

Low-Cost Underwater Gliders Could Silently Explore the Seas

Autonomous underwater vehicles have become versatile tools for exploring the seas. But they can be disruptive to the environment or have trouble traveling through confined spaces.

24 Feb 2021

Researchers Use Drone-Based Photogrammetry to Estimate Plant Biomass

In the past few decades, remote sensing technology has turned out to be a significant tool for researchers for tracking variations in ice cover, land use, and vegetation worldwide.

15 Feb 2021

Brain Corp Extends Leadership Position in Autonomous Mobile Robots with Record 2020 Growth

Brain Corp, an artificial intelligence (AI) software company creating transformative core technology in robotics, today announced record growth in 2020 as global retailers ramped up their adoption of robotic floor scrubbers and other autonomous solutions in the wake of the global pandemic.

From Brain Corp 12 Feb 2021

Terranet to Showcase Breakthrough VoxelFlow™ Technology at STARTUP AUTOBAHN

Terranet AB (Terranet/the Company), developers of advanced driver-assist systems and the creators of breakthrough 3D motion awareness technology VoxelFlow™, announced today that it’d be participating in STARTUP AUTOBAHN where it will highlight recent developments to its premier VoxelFlow™ technology.

10 Feb 2021

Bush Uber But for Blood and Meds: Australia’s First Drone Trial for Life-Saving Medical Supplies for Remote Communities

Custom-made, state-of-the-art medical drones with a flying range of up to 250 km will be developed and trialled for delivery of potentially life-saving medicines in the Northern Territory - Australia’s first ever healthcare drone trail for regional Australia.

10 Feb 2021

Deep Learning Algorithm Automates the Quantification of Floating Plastics in the Sea

Floating sea macro-litter is a threat to the conservation of marine ecosystems worldwide. The largest density of floating litter is in the great ocean gyres -systems of circular currents that spin and catch litter- but the polluting waste is abundant in coastal waters and semi closed seas such as the Mediterranean.

5 Feb 2021

AI to Help Accelerate Identification and Study of Insects over Several Years

Researchers are merging artificial intelligence (AI) and the latest computer technology with biological know-how to identify insects that possess supernatural speed.

13 Jan 2021

Amphibious iFROG Robot Leaps Ahead in Ability to Inspect and Maintain Offshore Assets

iFROG, an amphibious robot capable of working in teams to clean and inspect monopiles above water level and up to 60 metres below (~6 bar), has successfully completed trials at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth.

2 Dec 2020

New Method Combines AI and Remote Sensing to Map Air Pollution in the UK

The most comprehensive coverage of air pollution in Britain, like never before, has been achieved by an innovative technique that integrates artificial intelligence with remote sensing satellite technologies.

20 Nov 2020