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A new alliance between two out-of-this-world companies could make commercial accessibility to space easier and cheaper. That’s thanks in part to a technology called Hall-effect plasma thrusters. Hall-effect plasma thrusters are a type of ion drive in which a propellant is accelerated by an electric field. The technology has been around since the 1960s, and […] More
Thomas Midtgaard-Joergensen There’s a special delivery en route to hospitals in China: An army of disinfection robots being brought in to help fight COVID-19, more popularly known as the coronavirus. The shipment was prompted after Sunay Healthcare Supply signed an agreement with Denmark-based UVD Robots. Travel restrictions have made getting medical equipment into China difficult for many companies, […] More
We’re now accustomed to seeing robots deployed after natural disasters and in areas of heavy contamination. A robotics team, after all, was the quiet hero of the Fukushima disaster cleanup. But robots helping with a global infectious disease outbreak? Disruptive technologies like robotics and AI are working hard to fight the spread of the virus. […] More
Autonomous drones may soon be following troops into combat to serve as eyes in the sky and conduct detailed surveillance and reconnaissance missions. To date, drone use by military personnel has largely fallen into the category of “piloted” UAV deployments. The use of autonomous drones extends the flexibility of drone deployment for on-the-ground operators. It […] More
For several months a contest has been underway to help design the Army’s next UAV. That may not sound remarkable, but the people doing the designing certainly are: Students, some of them still in high school. We covered the start of this contest last year. Now — from novel air foils to powerless flight mechanisms […] More
A French company called Outsight has won a prestigious PRISM Award for its 3D Semantic Camera technology. The award was given by world specialists in laser and photonics and adds to awards won by the company at CES 2020. The recognition draws further attention to the company’s so-called “semantic camera.” Semantic cameras, which can differentiate […] More
What happens when a group of robotics industry veterans have kids? They have start a company specializing educational robots for kids, of course. Matatalab is fast carving a path for itself in the world of children’s STEAM education products and content. Matata’s kid’s programming robots uses image recognition technology to develop children’s cognitive abilities and computational […] More
Rugged is the name of the game when it comes to military-grade robots. So it’s no surprise that the latest autonomous machines from DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge are extra tough. The DARPA SubT, as it’s affectionately called, takes robots to one of the most inhospitable, challenging environments imaginable: Underground. The challenge is designed to promote the […] More
