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Adorama Offers Aries Blackbird X10 Quadcopter with 16MP, 1080p HD Video Camera

Adorama, one of the world's largest photography, video, imaging and electronics retailers, today announced the availability of the brand new Aries Blackbird X10, a professional, remotely controlled aerial quadcopter that captures First Person Video (FPV) from up to 1,500 feet.

9 Dec 2014

FIRST Robotics’ New Competition Game to be Announced at Kick-Off Event on Jan. 3

FIRST Robotics’ new competition game and kit-of-parts will be the last present unwrapped this holiday season.

9 Dec 2014

Bristol Robotics Laboratory to Research, Develop and Demonstrate Verifiably 'Ethical' Robots

A team of UK researchers is embarking on a collaborative project to ensure that the autonomous robots we build in the future will be safer, making decisions that are ethical and follow legislation on robotics.

8 Dec 2014

Two Missouri S&T Students Part of Team to Design Mars Landing Mission

Two Missouri University of Science and Technology students and one recent graduate are part of a team that has been selected as a finalist to design part of a Mars landing mission in 2018.

8 Dec 2014

Annual FIRST Robotics Championship Tournament at Clarkson University

Robots and their handlers invade Clarkson University for the annual FIRST Championship Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 13, and Sunday, Dec. 14.

8 Dec 2014

FIRST® LEGO® League Championship Tournament Takes Place at University of Rochester

Creativity and science come together at this weekend’s FIRST® LEGO® League Championship Tournament at the University of Rochester. The competition brings the top 36 teams, selected from a regional pool of over 130 teams to compete. Teams will demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play, sportsmanship, and sense of community.

8 Dec 2014

Bristol City to Explore Feasibility of Driverless Cars

The Chancellor, George Osborne, announced in the Autumn Statement yesterday [Wednesday 3 December] that Bristol will be one of three cities to explore the feasibility of driverless cars in the UK, by trialling autonomous vehicles in the Bristol area.

8 Dec 2014

AeroVironment Receives US Army Support Services Contract and Option for Switchblade Tactical Missile System

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced the receipt of a $4.3 million cost plus fixed fee award and $7.1 million option on September 25, 2014 for Switchblade® tactical missile system support services from the United States Army Close Combat Weapons Systems office.

5 Dec 2014

First Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Delivered to U.S. Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy. The system will be used by ship-based commanders to improve the Navy's intelligence-gathering capabilities.

4 Dec 2014

Hundreds of School Students Compete at 2014 Texas BEST Regional Robotics Championship

Amid cheers, tears and lots of gears, hundreds of middle and high school students competed recently in the 2014 Texas BEST Regional Robotics Championship, sponsored and hosted by UT Dallas.

4 Dec 2014