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Surfing underwater currents to reduce power

Underwater vehicles have to manage a complex environment of currents, fighting against many flows as they attempt to stay on course. Peter Gunnarson and John Dabiri at the California Institute of Technology have designed an underwater robot...

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Data transmission test on a high

Tests in Japan have shown successful data connection with an autonomous high altitude platform station (HAPS) flying at an altitude of 20km for the first time. The trial with Space Compass and NTT DOCOMO connected a 4G LTE base station on the ground with the HAPS...

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Hybrid vessel for Arctic Ice

Researchers in Florida have developed a hybrid system that combines uncrewed underwater, sea and air vehicles to monitor ice in the Arctic. Direct observation of the ice is challenging as satellite sensors have a coarse spatial resolution and cannot detect the fine fractal...

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AI control for ballbots

Researchers in Asia have developed a new technique with machine learning for controlling ballbots. Ballbots are versatile robotic systems with the ability to move around in all directions. This makes it tricky to control their movement...

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Dual axle steering for autonomous tractor

A team from the University of Córdoba in Spain is developing an autonomous tractor with three different steering modes, allowing it to drive in straight lines, make turns efficiently, and shift modes in response to its trajectories. The Sergius robot tractor...

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Millimetre wave radar for UAV localisation

A new low power sensing technique allows a UAV to determine its position, in indoor, dark, and low-visibility environments for autonomous navigation. The MiFLy system developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) uses millimetre wave radio...

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Exploring collaborative autonomy on and below water

A specialist project is exploring collaborative autonomy in uncrewed vehicles on and below the water. The Collaborative Automations for Subsea Intervention (CASI) project, led by Robosys Automation, aims to address a...

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Discovering what passengers need to know in real driving scenarios

Researchers in Korea have collected data on how passengers interact with driverless vehicles to improve trust, which has been a challenge for the widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles operating at SAE L4 and L5...

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Detecting faults in autonomous vehicles 20 times faster

ABLIC has developed an analogue power system that can detect faults in autonomous vehicles 20 times faster than digital devices. These high-speed voltage regulators are key to the safety of autonomous vehicles, but creating...

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Algo enables precise object recognition without boosting bandwidth

An algorithm can double the resolution of a radar system without replacing the equipment. In Korea, the algo developed by researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology enables precise object recognition using existing hardware...