104 “We have different lay-up options to determine the structure of the carbon fibre; for practical purposes, there’s an ASTM standard for testing crewed aircraft components, governing material specs and inspections, as well as production and QC processes,” Kevin He of Xoar told us. “Here, we’ve used a carbon skeleton across this entire prop, reinforced by structural foams. Depending on the section of the prop, we use a different type and density of foam; the hub normally requires higher-density foam to take the higher torque loads, and the farther out you get to the blade tips, the lighter the foam density you can use, and that also better captures the necessary properties for the prop’s aerofoil.” In addition to using various materials and controlling standard and custom manufacturing in-house, Xoar can produce such props with a diameter from 72 to 94 in. Ghost Robotics has expanded the payload integrations of its Vision60 quadrupedal UGV, ranging from a new low-light camera, to a PTZ camera, a manipulator arm and a security payload consisting of Lidar, IR and low-light camera sensors packaged together. “Each new payload serves a specific purpose. For instance, the low-light camera has a wide FoV to increase the UGV’s situational awareness in nighttime missions, and the security payload has three low-light cameras for perimeter monitoring, enabling it to detect people as far as 200 m away,” said Santiago Gambon Cerda from Ghost Robotics. “The PTZ camera is suited to ISR operations as well as industrial inspections, and the manipulator arm features cameras on its base, arm and gripper, enabling the Vision60 to grasp and manipulate small objects, including door handles for traversing closed rooms and corridors.” Ghost Robotics has also released a new software UI update, which allows users to choose the preferred source of odometry during autonomous operations, be it GNSS or Lidar-based maps. In the latter case, the Vision60 will record a 3D digital twin of its operating environment for georeferencing and positioning itself in environments where GNSS is insufficiently available or reliable. Taisync has made an NDAA-compliant version of its RC7 handheld GCS. “We went through the list of banned countries, and removed and replaced every component that linked back to any of them; now, the RC7’s PCB is fabricated and assembled in Taiwan, and the system assembly is done in Taiwan too,” said Yan Li of Taisync. The RC7 GCS features a 12 in (30.48 cm) screen, a battery enabling six hours of operation, and a dual band radio with 2.4 and 5.0 GHz links. The system is internationally certified to various standards, as well as being designed ergonomically for handheld interfacing with the mechanical toggles. “For signal interfacing, it has Ethernet, HDMI, micro-SD and both USB Type-A and -C ports; Type-A is there mainly for dongles, while the Type-C is best used for charging, with a 30 W charger able to fully restore the battery in three and a half hours,” Li added. Hitec Commercial Solutions came to the expo with two new servo products, broadening its range of actuator capabilities and applications. For those prioritising safety-critical and certifiable avionics, Hitec has developed its new SR33BL-CAN – the company’s first redundant servo and, effectively, a dual-redundant version of its 90 x 64 x 33 mm, IP67-rated SG33BL-CAN industrial-grade actuator, with a MTBF exceeding 1000 hours. “It’s essentially two servos built into one housing and output shaft, so if anything fails in either half, be it a signal or power input, a board mount component, one of the two motors or hardened steel gearboxes, it has a backup,” Shawn Spiker of Hitec told us. “We’ve been asked to make something like this for many years, but we’ve engineered it to be less expensive than competing redundant servos.” Owing to the redundancy, the SR33BL-CAN is sized at 100 x 33 x 195 mm. Hitec also unveiled the SU33BL-CAN, its first underwater servo, which has August/September 2025 | Uncrewed Systems Technology A plethora of new mission-specific payloads are now available for integration on Ghost Robotics’ Vision60 quadrupedal UGV
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