Structural & Anatomical Systems

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Connectors

All around the world, connector manufacturers are building factories and hiring people to cope with booming demand for their products as uncrewed vehicles and other high-end vehicular and electronic systems are output in greater quantities...

Digest

New take on stability

Orthodrone is developing a multicopter technology it calls Pivot, which embodies the radical concept of stabilising the entire fuselage while the propulsion system moves around it to compensate for wind coming from any direction. The purpose of this departure from convention is...

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...

Insight

Uncrewed platform development funding

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

Show Report

Intergeo

In September 2024, Intergeo continued its record of leading the way as a platform for new innovations and announcements...

Dossier

ACC Thunder Wasp UAV

Across land and sea, industry is crying out for ever-safer and more efficient heavy-lifting capabilities. UAVs represent the promise of highly flexible and cost-effective logistics: an uncrewed heavy lifter for picking up anything and placing it anywhere. However, the most prolific UAVs...

Platform One

Shielding spacecraft from heat in re-entry

The thermal protection system (TPS) is based on silicon carbide. Developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

Platform One

Robot care for orbiting satellites

The team at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Naval Centre for Space Technology (NCST)...

Platform One

Detecting real-time vehicle dynamics

The IMU provides reliable motion data for decision-making algorithms, and it can accurately detect...
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