An algorithm can double the resolution of a radar system without replacing the equipment. In Korea, the algo developed by researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology enables precise object recognition using existing hardware...
NexAIoT in Taiwan has developed an autonomous mobile robot platform using an AI accelerator from Kneron. The NexMOV-2 uses the Kneron KL730 neural-processing unit for SLAM and obstacle avoidance, and it replaces a 2D Lidar laser sensor...
Skyryse has successfully implemented single-swipe takeoff and hover for a production helicopter for the first time. Each time, Skyryse performed a textbook-perfect seamless and stable hover. While it wasn’t the first time the aircraft achieved this...
Researchers in Scotland have developed a 3D printer that can operate in zero gravity in orbit.
Instead of the filaments used in 3D printers on Earth, the printer uses a granular material, designed to work effectively in microgravity and the vacuum of space....
Blue Origin and Space X have shown how rocket launchers can return autonomously to Earth, and now researchers in China have published algorithms for powered descent guidance (PDG) for reusable rockets to accomplish high-precision landing...
Researchers in the US have developed a flexible, organic, photovoltaic (OPV) solar cell that functions well in space. Space missions often decide on gallium arsenide for its high efficiency and resistance to damage from protons, but it is expensive...
US space agency NASA has published its accident report into the failure of its Ingenuity rotorcraft on Mars, showing early designs for its successor. Ingenuity lasted 72 missions on Mars and flew 30 times further than intended Engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and AeroVironment...
Sebastien Manigot, operations manager at USV developer IM Solutions, describes the company’s new Monodrone IM 3000 Mk2 as a gap-filler in its range of vessels, which also includes 1.3, 1.8 and 7 m craft. The rigid-hull boat was developed at the request of some of the company’s customers...
As commercial and government UAV operations look set to become an increasingly common part of our daily lives, conversations are being had about the kinds of permanent infrastructure needed for ensuring the safety of autonomous aircraft performing survey, logistics, security and other tasks...
In UST 14 (June/July 2017) we featured the hydrogen fuel cell from the Protonex Technology Corporation, which at the time was principally used by Insitu...