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Combo boosts radio range

Researchers at the ETH in Zurich have developed a combination of ultra-wideband (UWB) and wake-up radio (WUR) technologies for UAVs. An open source hardware and software...

Platform One

Autonomous tow tractors

Bradshaw Electric Vehicles is to use technology from Fusion Processing to develop fully autonomous uncrewed tow tractors. The tractors are used extensively in factories...

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In-flight 3D printing team

Researchers at Imperial College London and Empa in Switzerland have developed 3D printers that can build structures while in flight. The technology could be used to build structures in difficult-to-access or dangerous...

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L-DRIC and Firestorm

A new, blended-reality environment for integrating crewed and uncrewed systems and, separately, a semi-automated...

In Operation

Knightscope K5 robot

Now in its fifth generation, Knightscope’s K5 outdoor autonomous security robot (ASR) stands as a pioneering venture...

Show Report

DroneX

Once again, the DroneX trade show and conference made its way to the halls of London’s ExCeL in September 2024...

In Operation

Magazino logistics UGV

A firm is building this large mobile robot to move large quantities of materials around factories...

Focus on...

Launch & recovery

Despite there being many VTOL-capable UAVs that can take off and land without needing a runway or special equipment...

Insight

Uncrewed platform development funding

Whether from climate change, military conflict or changing work environments, new ideas abound for uncrewed systems...

Dossier

UAVE 120 cc four-stroke

UAVE (pronounced ‘wave’) is a UAV manufacturer and operator that has been active for some time, during which it has accrued an eclectic range of missions and capabilities, flying many extreme environments and advanced payloads with its Prion UAVs. At the centre of all its works has been the DS120, a four-stroke, single-cylinder, spark-ignited engine, unique to this UK-based company and its aircraft. While UAVE does not sell this engine...