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SeaBED Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Produces 3D Maps of Antarctic Sea Ice

A National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully tested an autonomous underwater vehicle, AUV, that can produce high-resolution, three-dimensional maps of Antarctic sea ice. SeaBED, as the vehicle is known, measured and mapped the underside of sea-ice floes in three areas off the Antarctic Peninsula that were previously inaccessible.

25 Nov 2014

Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market Forecast to Grow at 32.72% CAGR to Reach $8.26 Billion by 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market by Application, Technology, Payload, Type & by Geography - Forecasts & Analysis (2014-2020)" report to their offering.

25 Nov 2014

Wrist-Mounted Drone Flies and Takes Aerial Photos

“Selfie” was word of the year in 2013. Could “Nixie” be next? Maybe not right away, because Nixie—a wrist-mounted drone designed to fly and take an aerial action-shot photo or video of its owner before coming back—only just won Intel’s inaugural “Make It Wearable Challenge” this month. It has yet to be fully developed and brought to market. But take a look at the enthusiastic comments on Nixie’s YouTube video, and its 3.5 million views and counting, and it certainly seems possible that someday soon “Nixie” will enter everyone’s vocabulary.

21 Nov 2014

Carnegie Mellon University Celebrates 30 Years of Autonomous Vehicle Technology

The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will celebrate 30 years of self-driving car technology on November 20.

21 Nov 2014

Mars Rover Curiosity Completes First Pass Up Pahrump Hills Outcrop

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has completed a reconnaissance "walkabout" of the first outcrop it reached at the base of the mission's destination mountain and has begun a second pass examining selected rocks in the outcrop in more detail.

20 Nov 2014

MIT/Olin RobotX Team Wins 2014 AUVSI Maritime RobotX Challenge in Singapore

Students from 15 universities around the world took up a challenge to outfit an unmanned surface vehicle with sensors, computers and software, then get the vehicle to complete a course based on various maritime missions.

20 Nov 2014

University of Maryland UAS Test Site Receives FAA COA to Fly Talon 240

The University of Maryland (UMD) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site, located in California, Md., has received a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly the Talon 240, designed and manufactured by UAV Solutions, Inc. of Jessup, Md.

20 Nov 2014

ASU public Earth & Space Open House is all about "Extreme Robotic Exploration."

Need to explore a place where even sophisticated robots can't go? It's a tough job, but something's got to do it.

19 Nov 2014

Unmanned Helicopter and Quadrotor Demonstrate Ability to Successfully Fight Fires

A team of Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned aircraft successfully demonstrated its ability to aid in firefighting operations. During the demonstration, the Indago quad rotor effectively identified hot spots, and provided data to an operator who directed the unmanned K-MAX helicopter to autonomously extinguish the flames. In one hour, the unmanned K-MAX helicopter lifted and dropped more than 24,000 pounds of water onto the fire.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 19 Nov 2014

International Teams of Drone Builders Participate at 22nd Annual ASME Student Design Competition

Eighteen teams of young engineers-in-training competed for the right to call themselves world champion drone builders at the 22nd annual ASME Student Design Competition (SDC) finals today at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exhibition at Montreal's Palais des Congrès.

19 Nov 2014