Mission & Application Systems

Dossier

50 issues and counting

In the words of Dr Donough Wilson in our inaugural issue, in November 2014, There are no rules...

In Conversation

Dr. David Barrett

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

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Image sensors

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)...

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Lidar Sensors

Lidar sensors are a key element in the design of many uncrewed platforms. A near-infrared laser, invisible to surrounding people, can provide detection of obstacles at distances of up to 300 m for driverless cars and trucks, or at ranges of 10-50 m for industrial robots...
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