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MEMS timer

A differential oscillator is providing more accurate timing for autonomous vehicles. The oscillator, developed by SiTime, uses a MEMS architecture to provide more accurate timing than existing oscillators that use quartz crystals.

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Modular-payload UUV

The Mission Technologies division of HII in the US is developing a medium-class UUV with a range of 200 nautical miles and carrying a sonar payload.

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Marine autonomy network

A laboratory at the University of Plymouth is setting up a £1.2 million project to create an underwater data network in Smart Sound Plymouth.

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Safer landings promised

UAV Navigation has enhanced the internal algorithms of its autopilot during the landing phase to include differential braking control of the undercarriage for fixed-wing UAVs.

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Iterative ECUs tester

NI has created a unified test system architecture that allows engineers to move iteratively between data replay and hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) testing.

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Navigation by neural net

Researchers in Belgium have developed the first UAV navigation architecture to fuse an event-based camera and a frequency modulated continuous wave radar.

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Listening out for sirens

Microphones from Infineon Technologies are being used to detect the sirens of emergency vehicles to ensure that autonomous cars move out of their way.

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SDR resists interference

Atlas has developed a software-defined radio (SDR) module for UAVs with a reliable anti-interference mode. The 3W radio module supports frequency hopping as a key part of the anti-jamming algorithm in UAVs. It measures 31 x 37 x 4 mm and weighs only 7 g.

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AI system detects UXBs

The system uses large, unlabelled survey datasets to aid automatic...

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Spot the dog’s survey skill

Trimble has teamed up with Exyn Technologies to develop an autonomous robotic system that can be used for surveying complex environments where existing positioning technologies won’t work.