Illos: courtesy of Progeny Systems Corporation
The US Army just handed out a half-dozen contracts to firms to find faces from above, track targets, and even spot “adversarial intent.”
US Army Wants UAS to Track Faces
Category Archives: Research
Quad Formation Flying at University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab
The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab at the University of Pennsylvania just posted this impressive video of their latest work in planning and control for heterogeneous quadrotor teams in environments with obstacles. Continue reading
Southampton University Programme Develops Civilian UAS
The Guardian UK’s Owen Bowcott joins Professors Jim Scanlan and Andy Keane from the University of Southampton, who are developing data-gathering unmanned aircraft for commercial and civilian use. Continue reading
Unmanned Systems Canada 2011-2012 Launches Student UAV/UGV Competition
This year competition includes not only unmanned air vehicles but unmanned ground vehicles as well. Continue reading
International Micro Air Vehicle Conference
The International Micro Air Vehicle Conference (IMAV 2011) which was held in the Netherlands last week, also featured a series of indoor and outdoor competitions. Continue reading
Iranian Students Design High-Altitude UAS
Iran's Karrar
Researchers at the Modern Technologies Engineering Collage of Tabriz University developed an unmanned aircraft, called the Shaparak (butterfly), which can fly at 15,000 feet and has a range of 20 km. Continue reading
Information Overload
Photo: US Air Force
UAS already beam thousands of hours of video to intelligence analysts manning multiple screens and send information directly to soldiers in the field. This dramatic growth is leading to information overload.
Progress Report at UK ASTRAEA National Conference
The aerospace industry’s Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment (ASTRAEA) programme is about to test wireless communication system designed to allow a UAS to securely send video footage and other information to its ground-based operator at the highest possible speed, even when it is out of direct range, and is also developing a device for sensing and avoiding aircraft in commercial airspace that is also undergoing testing. Continue reading