Propulsive efficiency under water is one of many areas in which nature has had the advantage...

While she wasn’t born among robots and high technology, Noel Heiks was introduced to them at an early age. That set her on a career path as an engineer, serial entrepreneur and investor that has led to positions on the boards of companies including long-range BVLOS UAV systems developer Censys Technologies, and made her an evangelist for the integration of UAVs with advanced sensors and machine learning (ML)...

Anyone with first-hand experience of seasickness will know how unpleasant it is, and the range of measures available to avoid feeling it again. For the creators of the Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel (WAM-V) though...

One of the key tools for autonomous systems is the image sensor. To put that into perspective, about 30,000 people are killed on US freeways each year, and image sensor developers have the ambitious aim of reducing that to 300 using advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS)...

Many organisations will remember the difficulties the Covid-19 pandemic caused as they were trying to keep their businesses going amid the repeated lockdowns and social distancing advice...

Since its founding in Rome, Italy, in 1994, Eurolink Systems has been known primarily as a value-added distributor and integrator of mission-critical electronics for defence applications. Its customers include companies such as Leonardo...

Not so long ago, UGV developers were few and far between, but now there are hundreds of them, tailoring autonomous robotic solutions for organisations and markets of every stripe...

The International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) returned to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in February 2023, along with its marine counterpart, the Naval Defence & Maritime Security Exhibition (NAVDEX)..

We last featured Rotron Power in UST 4 (Autumn 2015), its RT600 twin-rotor Wankel gasoline engine having enjoyed significant commercial success, in both of the versions that were then available...

As UAVs become part of everyday life, how we interact with them is growing in importance, and physical interaction is a key aspect of that. Landing on people automatically could be important for police officers and others who might need a UAV’s eye view of their surroundings several times during a mission but are too busy with their primary tasks to manage UAV landings. It might also include people who need rescue or urgent medical attention...