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X-47B Unmanned Autonomous Air System Wins 2013 Robert J. Collier Trophy

The U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman and its supplier team - including UTC Aerospace Systems - have been honored with the 2013 Robert J. Collier Trophy for the development of the X-47B, the first unmanned, autonomous air system operating from an aircraft carrier. The National Aeronautic Association presented the award on May 29 in Washington, D.C. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp.

31 May 2014

Logistics Business Magazine Features AGV Producer, Seegrid

Seegrid, makers of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), is featured in the current issue of Logistics Business Magazine. The article, entitled, “Guided Choice,” noted that there were a number of AGV companies exhibiting at this year’s LogiMAT, including Seegrid.

From Seegrid Corporation 31 May 2014

Google Driverless Car is No Big Deal, Says Driverless Home Robot Vacuum Manufacturer

Google’s announcement that it has released a new prototype of its driverless car elicited a puzzled reaction from robot vacuum manufacturer Neato Robotics®.

31 May 2014

Michigan Tech Researcher Designing Smart Underwater Drone ROUGHIE

The news was not good. An underwater drone armed with the best technology on the planet had descended repeatedly to the bottom of the Indian Ocean, trying to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Time after time, it turned up nothing.

30 May 2014

MULTIROTOR Service Drone Features Redundant Flight Control and Aerial Geo-Survey

MULTIROTOR service-drone extends its market lead at the upper end of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) technology with fully redundant flight control option and aerial geo-survey with 1 mm ground resolution and accuracy of 4-6 mm.

30 May 2014

Idaho State University Researchers Use UAS for Addressing Agricultural Crop Threats

Idaho State University is leading a research project that will use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to create new methods of addressing agricultural crop threats in potato fields.

30 May 2014

Algorithm Harnessing Data from Neuromorphic Sensor to Render Autonomous Robots More Nimble

Algorithm that harnesses data from a new sensor could make autonomous robots more nimble

30 May 2014

Northrop Grumman Instructors Receive Martha Wood Leadership Award

A team of Northrop Grumman Corporation employees serving as instructors for the Robinwood Robotics Program were selected to receive the Martha Wood Leadership Award by the City of Annapolis.

30 May 2014

Northrop Grumman’s High Altitude Long Endurance UAS Set New Record for Mission Hours Flown

Northrop Grumman Corporation's High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series, which includes the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk, set a new record for mission hours flown in one week, logging 665 hours flying operational and exercise missions during the week ending Feb. 23.

29 May 2014

Marketing Guide and Directory for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Components

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2014 Components for Unmanned Vehicles - Marketing Guide and Directory" report to their offering.

29 May 2014

Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) News

X-47B Unmanned Autonomous Air System Wins 2013 Robert J. Collier Trophy

Logistics Business Magazine Features AGV Producer, Seegrid

Google Driverless Car is No Big Deal, Says Driverless Home Robot Vacuum Manufacturer

Michigan Tech Researcher Designing Smart Underwater Drone ROUGHIE

MULTIROTOR Service Drone Features Redundant Flight Control and Aerial Geo-Survey

Idaho State University Researchers Use UAS for Addressing Agricultural Crop Threats

Algorithm Harnessing Data from Neuromorphic Sensor to Render Autonomous Robots More Nimble

Northrop Grumman Instructors Receive Martha Wood Leadership Award

Northrop Grumman’s High Altitude Long Endurance UAS Set New Record for Mission Hours Flown

Marketing Guide and Directory for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Components

New AI Model Sets Benchmark in Skin Cancer Detection with 99.8% Accuracy

Soft Robot Achieves Complex Movement Without AI or Electronics

How NASA Helped Build Autonomous AI for Critical Infrastructure

NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Solved Part of a Mars Mystery—Here’s What it Found Beneath the Surface

The WHO Launches Major Global Initiative to Set Unified Standards for AI in Healthcare

Robotics in Microscopy: Key Innovations in Imaging, Diagnostics, and Drug Delivery

Top 5 Ethical Issues in Drone Surveillance

How Feedback Systems Make Robots Smarter, Safer, and More Human-Aware

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