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Drone Launch from AUV Demonstrated
The demonstration showed that an unmanned aircraft, surface vessel and undersea vehicle can communicate and complete a mission cooperatively and autonomously.
Autonomous Driving Could Benefit Pedestrians Most
Self-driving cars are programmed to obey the rules of the road, including waiting for pedestrians to cross.
"BioSwimmer" Tested for Port Inspections
BioSwimmer has the ability to twist and turn in limited space within the water, which sets it apart from most other remotely operated vehicles.
Sensors That “Hear” When Something Is Wrong at the Factory
The micro sensors can tell whether a machine is operating correctly by listening to the mechanical sounds and determining whether the sound indicates a properly running unit.
Track Switch Design Could Reduce Rail Disruptions
Combined with condition-based monitoring and line-replaceable unit construction, the Repoint switches are fault tolerant and don’t require instant action in the event of a fault.
Reebok Uses Robotics to Design Shoes
The process uses a drawing technique in which a liquid material is used to build shoe components in 3-D layers.
IBM's Watson to Support GM's Updated OnStar System
Watson will learn the driver's preferences, apply machine learning, and sift through data to recognize patterns in driver decisions and habits.
Report: Apple Hires BlackBerry Engineers for Car Project
Apple sought out QNX engineers because of their experience developing fundamental components of operating systems and power management.
Service Robots Replace Human Workers at an Increasing Rate
Agriculture, logistics, medical care and domestic help are the early-adoption industries for professional service robots.
A Step Toward Water-skimming Robots?
Engineers have measured parameters that allow water striders to walk on water by studying their leg shadows. Their findings could contribute to designs for water-skimming robots.
Advance Could Shrink Size of LIDAR Systems
The Flash LIDAR” sensors are composed of photodiodes known as single-photon avalanche diodes.
Hospital Features a Robotic Surgery Center
When used by a surgeon, the precision built in to robotics tends to cause less blood loss, less pain, and may leave a patient less reliant on postoperative narcotics.
Testbed to Study Sensor-to-Cloud Connectivity
Sensor-to-the-cloud connectivity aims to make sensor data available to information technology systems in near-real time, enabling advanced analytics.
Automotive Biosensor Market Driven by Three Key Factors
After early use in high-end cars, the technology should expand to other car segments.
One-Eyed Robot Learns to Judge Distances
It is a mathematical impossibility to extract distances to objects from a single image if the object has not been encountered before.
UV Provides On-Demand Marine Water Sampling
The ability to collect samples on demand enables better targeting of areas of scientific interest, potentially allowing for more efficient collection of specific samples.
How the PLC Revolutionized Industrial Process Control
Almost 50 years after its introduction, the PLC remains the dominant industrial control unit despite the rise of PC-based systems.
Elemental Product May Enhance Deployment of Manufacturing Data
The system gathers data about otherwise invisible environmental factors and synthesizes it into actionable information.
Robots Scan for Building Defects
The robot uploads 3-D data to the cloud and informs a human operator, who can then inspect critical and complex defects.
Machine That Could Predict Human Behavior
Scientists could use Turing Learning to discover the rules governing natural or artificial systems, especially where behavior cannot be easily characterized using similarity metrics.