Intelsat General and L-3 Communication Systems-West Successfully Demonstrate Automatic Beam Switching for Unmanned Aerial System on Intelsat EpicNG
This software upgrade was funded and developed through a partnership between IGC and L-3 CS-West to ensure that the existing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) platforms can take advantage of the 3x-4x throughput improvement that Intelsat EpicNG enables. This demonstration was part of Intelsat's ongoing ecosystem work validating the compatibility of existing hardware with Intelsat's EpicNG high-throughput satellites.
Drones That Follow You Around Are The Feature of Drones, Data X Conference in San Francisco
Drones, Data X Conference in San Francisco June 3rd focuses on the merging of big data, computer vision, machine learning and drones for Industry.
3DR Announces Site Scan™, The Premier Aerial Analytics Platform for Data Collection And Cloud Analysis with The Solo™ Smart Drone
3DR collaborates with Autodesk® and Sony® to deliver a best-in-class solution for collecting and analyzing aerial data.
Exclusive demo drive of the Milrem's First-of-its-Kind Modular Hybrid UGV at UMEX 2016
The THeMIS, made in Estonia
Artificial Skin That Glows, Stretches Could Change Robotics?
By Brendan Byrne for ValueWalk: Researchers at Cornell University have developed an electronic artificial skin that doesn’t mind being stretched to 500% its original size (cell phone), glows in the dark and can move a bit like a worm.
In a paper published yesterday in the journal Science, a team of researchers showed off glowing electric skin that could be put to use in future wearables. While artificial skin that responds to commands has been done before, electronics embedded in the skin have generally broken when stretched. However, the team seems to have leaped over this hurdle by using hyperelastic, light-emitting capacitor (HLEC) technology.
“It’s actually much, much, much more stretchable than human skin or octopus skin,” says Chris Larson, a doctoral candidate and researcher in Cornell’s Organic Robotics Lab. “In terms of texture, it’s actually more like a rubber band or a balloon.”
While Larson freely admits that he doesn’t know much about cephalopods, the team was inspired by biology, specifically, the octopus beak with its ability to both move and stretch.
“The researchers created a three-chamber robot from the material, with the newly developed ‘skin’ layers on top, and inflatable layers below that allow movement,” according to a release from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. “As the chambers expand linearly, the robot moves forward with a worm-like wiggle.” Cont'd.. .
Postdoc's Trump Twitterbot Uses AI To Train Itself On Transcripts From Trump Speeches
From MIT:
This week a postdoc at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) developed a Trump Twitterbot that Tweets out remarkably Trump-like statements, such as “I’m what ISIS doesn’t need.” The bot is based on an artificial-intelligence algorithm that is trained on just a few hours of transcripts of Trump’s victory speeches and debate performances...
... ( MIT article ) ( twitter feed )
Sheffield holds first Global Workshop for Robotics in Mining
The event, held at the Millenium Gallery in Sheffield, saw over 55 attendees from the mining, robotics and autonomous systems sector coming together for a collaborative workshop on how to solve some of the major challenges within mining.
DRONE VOLT Launches its surveillance drone Capable of several days of autonomy At the Nüremberg IWA fair
This innovative model will be unveiled for the first time at the DRONE VOLT booth (stand n° 435 Hall 9) at the Nuremberg IWA (Germany) from Friday March 4th to Monday the 7th of March 2016.
Using Drones for Aerial Photography
If you can envision a shot, the drone can probably help achieve the photograph or video.
Turck Expands Capacitive Sensor Line with Teachable Options
Turck is expanding its portfolio of capacitive sensors, now offering 18 mm and 30 mm capacitive barrel sensors with teachable capabilities. The new offering comes in two variants - teach by wire or teach by button.
Drone-World.com Announces DJI Phantom 4 Pre Order March 23
Drone World will take orders for the all-new DJI Phantom 4 on March 23, 2016.
How This New Drone Can Track Your Every Move
Lisa Eadicicco for Time: Drones can already follow professional snowboarders as they speed down a slope or keep up with mountain bikers racing through rocky terrain. But drone-equipped athletes are usually required to keep their phone nearby, since the aerial devices often rely on handheld devices’ GPS signal to track a person’s location.
DJI’s newest drone, the Phantom 4, claims to eliminate that hassle. The company says the Phantom 4’s new ActiveTrack feature uses the drone’s front-facing sensors to see and track a target.
“Being able to learn about the object, as it squats, as it rotates, as it turns, is really complicated,” says Michael Perry, DJI’s director of strategic partnerships. “When you’re flying toward something, you have to make a decision to fly around it, fly above it, or stop. And to train the system to learn those different functions is also a big challenge.” Cont'd...
Boomers at Work: Retirement vs. Working … It's Complicated
A lot of really smart people in technology took Confucius' advice, "Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life."
Nervana Delivers New Cloud Platform With Advanced AI Capabilities For On-Demand Deep Learning
10x faster than other AI cloud platforms and optimized to handle complex problems at scale, Nervana Cloud enables enterprises to leverage deep learning to solve their most difficult data problems
Seegrid Adds Industry Veterans to Operations and Product Teams
Additions Highlight Sustained Growth for Leader in Autonomous Vehicle Technology
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