Unmanned Systems

The US Navy aims to acquire several unmanned surface and underwater vehicles capable of deploying drone swarms in contested territory. The Navy has handed...

Drones continue to concern law enforcement and security authorities charged with protecting critical infrastructure and large public events. Drones have become a genuine threat...

Unlike humans, robots must be told what to do at all time - without an algorithm to guide it, modern technologies are not able...

High-rise buildings require regular inspections. With accelerating digitization, the need for structural scans is growing while pilot availability is limited. A new drone charging...

Could robot dogs be patrolling the US - Mexico border? Apparently so! Without a head and weighing around 45 kg: The US Department of...

Drones are ideal responders to a disaster, especially when comparing advanced drones and human capabilities. While sending a human onto freshly collapsed rubble risks...

Despite the commercial self-driving car industry making rapid advances in on-road autonomous mobility, military off-road autonomy algorithms and simulation capability development have lagged due...

The widespread commercial availability of cheap and capable drones means that they are available to unconventional adversaries as much as near-peer competitors. And because...

The US Navy’s vision for an “ocean of things” describes a sensor-rich sea where what can be known about conditions in the water is...

The increasing capabilities of miniature drones has led to their widespread use for monitoring in both civilian and military situations. At the same time,...

The nuclear sector can now rely upon the assistance of unmanned aircraft to carry out radiological measurements without any human intervention. In contrast to...

The threats facing the US are evolving rapidly and the technologies available to warfighters around the world are advancing faster than ever while much...

A new LiDAR perception system delivers highly accurate object detection, tracking, and classification, bringing the enhanced capabilities that enable autonomous vehicles to new industries. Endeavor...

“Today’s robot’s primary limitation is power, strength and versatility. They can perform limited tasks for a certain amount of time. But it’s not really...

Advanced target robots do not allow shooters to get used to the familiar target environment. New mobile target robots based on Artificial intelligence can...

A tethered drone system is being used for the first time in the United States to improve road safety under the management of the...

When there is a gas leak in a large building or at an industrial site, human firefighters need to go in with gas sensing...

The UK Royal Navy is exploring the use of drones to deliver lightweight supplies to vessels at sea. Given that seven out of ten...

Taking camera shots from drones has become a common practice among videographers. However, one limitation of taking videos on drones is limited camera audio...

A new technique allows robots to remain resilient when faced with intermittent communication losses on the battlefield. The α-shape, provides an efficient method for...

UAV-based technologies will be crucial for advancing radiation monitoring, including enhancing the application of environmental mapping and improving long-term monitoring of contaminated areas. In the...

A next-generation ground control solution for drones has been unveiled. Crysalis developed by AeroVironment is an integrated hardware and software-based ground control system (GCS)...