Shift Robotics’ newest model of robotic shoes are called Moonwalkers X, and they were unveiled at last week at CES 2024, America’s largest technology-focused convention and trade show. Continue reading
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Qaher-313 was Iran’s Stealth Fighter Joke – or Not?
Iran has shown its great capability to reverse engineer U.S. military drones, and its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) program has made great leaps forward. In 2011, a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 “Sentinel” was intercepted and then copied to create a new drone with similar capabilities. Continue reading
Russia Uses Advanced Camouflage to Hide Missile Launchers from Ukrainian Drones
Russian troops are using advanced camouflage systems to conceal their Iskander short-range ballistic missile launchers from Ukranian drones. Continue reading
RTK From the Sky Technology Delivers Three Minute Global Convergence
In late 2020, Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division announced their technological breakthrough of global RTK From the Sky, demonstrating a future where instantaneous PPP and global RTK-level accuracy is possible. Continue reading
Tyto Robotics to Distribute WindShape Drone Testing Technology in North America
WindShape Ltd has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Tyto Robotics, a Canadian manufacturing company specializing in drone testing equipment. The goal of the partnership is to give wider audiences access to WindShape’s custom wind generation technology (the “WindShaper”), designed to enhance drone testing methods for improved safety and reliability. Continue reading
Ingenuity – NASA’s Mars Helicopter
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Ingenuity, which weighs about 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms) on Earth and has a fuselage about the size of a tissue box, started out six years ago as an implausible prospect. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California knew it was theoretically possible to fly in Mars’ thin atmosphere, but no one was sure whether they could build a vehicle powerful enough to fly, communicate, and survive autonomously with the extreme restrictions on its mass. Continue reading
X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Assembly Presses On
NASA continues to make progress on the assembly of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, aircraft, while overcoming challenges presented by the global pandemic. Continue reading
Qualcomm Launches World’s First 5G and AI-Enabled Robotics Platform
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has announced the Qualcomm Robotics RB5 platform – the Company’s most advanced, integrated, comprehensive offering designed specifically for robotics. Building on the successful Qualcomm Robotics RB3 platform and its broad adoption in a wide array of robotics and drone products available today, the Qualcomm Robotics RB5 platform is comprised of an extensive set of hardware, software and development tools. Continue reading