Deputy Dean for Education at Penn University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab member Vijay Kumar presented some groundbreaking work at the TED2012 Conference, an international gathering of people and ideas from technology, entertainment and design, including this remarkable video of the lab’s quadrotors. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
China’s Ship-Launched UAS Will Use Genetic Algorithms to Hunt Submarines
Chinese navy researchers have published a paper explaining how they plan to hunt submarines using ship-launched unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Boeing Develops Off-Grid Refuelling for UAS
ITM Power has signed an Equipment Development and Lease Agreement with Boeing Research & Technology Europe S.L.U. for the development, assembly and field trials of a 1 Nm3/hour (2.1 kg/day) PEM electrolyser. Continue reading
Arlington Texas Forms Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium
UTA researchers will gain access to a database of Department of Defense patents as part of a joint venture with the newly established Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium. Continue reading
University of Colorado Develops Supersonic Unmanned Aircraft
A rendering by Master's Degree student Greg Rancourt. (Courtesy Ryan Starkey)
Propulsion by a novel jet engine is the crux of the innovation behind a University of Colorado Boulder-developed aircraft that’s accelerating toward commercialisation. Continue reading
Iranian University Micro-UAVs on Display
Since the capture of the US RQ-170, Tehran has been using the media to display its capability to reverse engineer or build its own unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Singapore Technologies Aerospace and Singapore Polytechnic to Collaborate on UAS Design
Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd and Singapore Polytechnic signed a Memorandum of Co-operation at the Singapore Airshow 2012 to co-operate in the training and development of specialists focusing on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Continue reading
DARPA To Develop Mobile Hotspots via UAS
DARPA is looking to develop an advanced communications backbone to support dismounted warfighters in austere locations. Continue reading