The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is partnering with Verizon to host Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network for testing government technologies. PNNL’s main campus in Richland, Washington specializes in advanced mobile communications […]
Researchers at MIT have devised a system for training autonomous driving systems how to drive. VISTA – Virtual Image Synthesis and Transformation for Autonomy – creates a photorealistic world with multiple steering possibilities, helping the […]
The Underwater Multi-Sensor (UMS) test pool at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently underwent renovations and upgrades. UMS is a 9-million gallon (~35,000,000 liter) freshwater test pool that provides an […]
Oklahoma State University’s Unmanned System Research Institute has partnered with MaxQ to demonstrate the use of drone technology to deliver medical supplies. The project combines OSU’s drone expertise with MaxQ’s proprietary insulated medical containers to […]
Honda seeks potential business and technology partners for its prototype off-road vehicle, the Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle. The Autonomous Work Vehicle was designed by Honda R&D Americas to enhance efficiency and safety for public, commercial, […]
Emesent, a drone autonomy company spin-out from Australian federal research agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has developed software that allows autonomous drones to create mapping of underground spaces such as mines and […]
Researchers at the University of San Diego and The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy are seeking to better understand the way some birds – such as albatross, hawks, or eagles […]
Lockheed Martin, the Drone Racing League and NVIDIA have partnered to design a challenge called AlphaPilot – which calls for the creation of artificial intelligence technology that allows autonomous drones to out-race human-piloted drones. “Put […]
Middle Tennessee State University launched an institute focused on interdisciplinary research and public-private collaborations using big data. The Data Science Institute, currently led by Charlie Apigian, a professor of information systems and analytics in MTSU’s […]
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded a $1.25 million grant by the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR) to research the support of autonomous unmanned marine vehicle platforms […]
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