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AI speeds up 3D surveying

Researchers in Switzerland have used machine learning to develop a way to make 3D mapping more cost-effective...

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Trans-Atlantic inspection

Skypersonic has demonstrated a UAV being remotely piloted across the Atlantic Ocean using a standard mobile phone...

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IR lens for new-gen sensors

MKS Instruments has developed a motorised infrared zoom lens optimised for the new generation of 10 μm pixel SXGA/HD FPA (focal plane array) and 15 μmVGA FPA detectors...

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Low-cost radar on one PCB

Engineers at Plextek in the UK have developed a low-cost millimetre-wave radar on a single PCB. “Radar operating in the 60 GHz band offers...

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Sub has sensors on its skin

Researchers in Germany are developing a submarine robot with specialist sensors. The Bionic RoboSkin project, supported by Germany’s Ministry of Education...

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Maritime rescue system

Smith Myers has developed a mobile phone detection, location and comms system with maritime connectivity. Its Artemis system can detect...

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AI-based testing for UAVs

Microsoft has launched a software-in-the-loop tool to build, train and test autonomous aircraft through high-fidelity simulation. The AirSim tool was...

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Two-part radar design

Cambridge Sensoriis has developed a radar architecture that can be used for light weight, highly sensitive, all-weather sensors on UAVs.The architecture is split...

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Auto-cables

Researchers in Germany have developed a process for the automated manufacture and assembly of cable harnesses. The process, developed at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences...

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Off-road UGVs simulator

Intel has won a project to develop simulation technology for uncrewed off-road vehicle development. The Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency – Simulation (RACER-Sim) project has two phases over 48 months...