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Kratos Receives Order for High Performance Unmanned Aerial Drone System Aircraft

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Unmanned Systems Division recently received an order from a U.S. Government customer for six High Performance Unmanned Aerial Drone System Aircraft.

7 Jun 2017

Researchers Receive Grant to Make Artificial-Intelligence-Based Systems More Autonomous

Eight computer science professors in Oregon State University’s College of Engineering have received a $6.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to make artificial-intelligence-based systems like autonomous vehicles and robots more trustworthy.

6 Jun 2017

Wonder Workshop Integrates Dash Robot into Swift Playgrounds Coding App

Wonder Workshop today announced the integration of its popular Dash robot into Swift Playgrounds, Apple's educational coding app for iPad, which boasts over one million users.

6 Jun 2017

MIT Researchers Use GelSight Technology to Offer Robots Greater Sensitivity Dexterity

Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object to provide a remarkably detailed 3-D map of its surface.

5 Jun 2017

New Research Proposes Conceptual Design of Configuration and Manipulation of Space Soft Robot

Traditional rigid-bodied robots have few degrees of freedom and large stiffness, which may bring limitations in some applications. Recently, more and more scholars pay attention to the soft and flexibility properties of living beings.

5 Jun 2017

New Unmanned Mine-Detection System Provides Real-Time Search Data

A new way to detect submerged and buried mines was unveiled by Dr. Rosemarie Oelrich and Dr. Cory Stephanson during a recent technology demonstration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

2 Jun 2017

Apple’s Swift Playgrounds App Offers Coding Education to Robots and Drones

Apple today announced that Swift Playgrounds, its educational coding app for iPad, will offer an exciting new way to learn to code using robots, drones and musical instruments.

2 Jun 2017

Surgeons Successfully Use Remote Controlled Robotic System Inside Human Eye

Surgeons have successfully used a remote controlled robotic system to operate inside the human eye, paving the way for future robotic assistance in clinical treatments that require extreme precision and stability, such as the controlled delivery of gene therapy and stem cells.

2 Jun 2017

Frontier Precision Offers Microdrones Unmanned Aerial Mapping Solutions to Western U.S.

Frontier Precision, a leading provider of geospatial and construction equipment and services in the western United States, has announced they are now offering Microdrones unmanned aerial mapping solutions.

2 Jun 2017

AeroVironment to Offer Wasp AE Small UAS for Australian Defense Force

AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both military and commercial applications, today announced the selection of the company's Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system by the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

2 Jun 2017

New Telepresence Robots Allow Students to Attend Class Remotely

Getting your MBA at Arizona State University just got more accessible. If you can’t avoid missing class, new robots will allow students to attend remotely.

2 Jun 2017

UC Merced's Team Participates in NASA’s Swarmathon Robotics Competition

Manuel Meraz transferred to UC Merced with a mission: to revive what had once been an award-winning, student-led robotics scene on campus.

2 Jun 2017

Software Tool For Simple 3D Printed Production of Robots

A new interactive software tool created by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute allows both amateurs and professionals to build custom-made legged or wheeled robots using 3D-printed parts and commercially-available actuators.

By Brett Smith 2 Jun 2017

New Surgical Technique Allows Prosthetic Limbs to Feel More Like Natural Limbs

A new surgical technique devised by MIT researchers could allow prosthetic limbs to feel much more like natural limbs. Through coordination of the patient’s prosthetic limb, existing nerves, and muscle grafts, amputees would be able to sense where their limbs are in space and to feel how much force is being applied to them.

1 Jun 2017

Soft Robotics-Powered Glove to Interact with Virtual Reality Environments

UC San Diego Engineers are employing soft robotics technology to create light, flexible gloves that enable users to feel tactile feedback when they interact with virtual reality situations.

31 May 2017