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UAV flies through dust, night and obstacles

WaveAerospace has constructed a heavy-lift multirotor capable of high-speed, long-endurance flight in very harsh conditions, including in obstacle-laden and GNSS-denied environments at night and in zero visibility. The company has been in active R&D...

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COM module heat pipes for autonomous vehicle controller

congatec has shown its heatpipe cooling system for Computer-on-Module (COMs) for the first time. The cooling system uses acetone as a working fluid in the heat pipes instead of water to cool processors used in autonomous and conventional vehicles that are exposed...

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Solar powered pod for UAV forest fire monitoring

Dryad in Germany is developing a UAV system that can detect and even extinguish fires before they take hold. The company has developed a network of solar-powered gas sensors called Silvanet, linked by a low power, long range mesh wireless...

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Autonomous sea-skimmer performs over 70 test flights

Flying Ship in the US has shown the design of an autonomous sea-skimming vessel that is 10 times faster than a boat and a quarter of the cost of an aircraft. It has performed over 70 test flights using ground effect, flying 2 m above water...

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Image controller synchronises data from seven visual sensors

eYs3D Microelectronics, a subsidiary of Etron, has launched a multi-sensor image controller for autonomous systems. The eSP936 supports the synchronous processing of data from up to seven visual sensors to provide high...

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Robot with advanced visual perception

NexAIoT in Taiwan has developed an autonomous mobile robot platform using an AI accelerator from Kneron. The NexMOV-2 uses the Kneron KL730 neural-processing unit for SLAM and obstacle avoidance, and it replaces a 2D Lidar laser sensor...

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Takeoff with the swipe of a finger

Skyryse has successfully implemented single-swipe takeoff and hover for a production helicopter for the first time. Each time, Skyryse performed a textbook-perfect seamless and stable hover. While it wasn’t the first time the aircraft achieved this...

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Rapid UAV controller

Netherlands-based Fusion Engineering has developed a flight controller designed to allow better fine path-holding and station-keeping for next-generation multi-rotor applications, by using a proprietary control methodology...

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GCS is UAV-agnostic

UAV Navigation has launched a next-generation ground station that is designed to handle multiple types of UAVs, including those for maritime missions. The GCS is based around the GHU-100, a new ground control hub that helps platform manufacturers connect multiple ground devices such as the PC, data links and joystick controllers, and forms a single network segment.

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Cooler stacks and chips

Ambarella has developed a modular software stack for autonomous vehicles that runs on a range of different hardware, including its latest chip. The stack has been demonstrated on the new low-power CV3-AD chip, providing self-driving capabilities up to SAE Level 3, while also running...