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Organic photovoltaic solar cell works in space

Researchers in the US have developed a flexible, organic, photovoltaic (OPV) solar cell that functions well in space. Space missions often decide on gallium arsenide for its high efficiency and resistance to damage from protons, but it is expensive...

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NASA report on Ingenuity rotorcraft’s failure on Mars

US space agency NASA has published its accident report into the failure of its Ingenuity rotorcraft on Mars, showing early designs for its successor. Ingenuity lasted 72 missions on Mars and flew 30 times further than intended Engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and AeroVironment...

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3D-printed rotor actuator

Flying-Cam has used 3D printing to develop a tail rotor actuator for its latest UAV. The actuator is built using a powder bed fusion (PBF) process with the Windform XT 2.0 carbon fibre-reinforced composite from CRP Technology. This has been used for the Discovery single rotor uncrewed helicopter, which has a 75 kg MTOW to carry payloads...

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Modular solution to conversion

ABD Solutions has developed a modular platform that can turn existing mining, agricultural and military vehicles into driverless ones. Indigo Drive is a complete autonomy solution that converts a vehicle to driverless operation...

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One platform fits all

As uncrewed systems become larger and more powerful, a growing number of endusers want to be able to carry multiple payloads simultaneously...

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Rescue team

A team from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, is developing a fully autonomous UAV system for rescue operations at sea...

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Cross-border data comms

A European project is set to demonstrate secure data comms across multiple national borders for driverless cars. The moveID project, led by Bosch...

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Cobot battery swap system

UAV maker Manna is using a collaborative robot (cobot) for an automated battery swapping system. Vikaso used a UR10e cobot from Universal Robotics...

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Atomic clock fits in UAVs

Orolia has developed an atomic clock that is small enough to fit into a UAV. The mRO-50 Ruggedized is a microwave optical double-resonance...

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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...