Odense, Denmark, has become a leading robotics cluster thanks to its spirit of collaboration and cobot leadership, says serial entrepreneur Thomas Visti.
Locus Lock promises to protect autonomous systems from GPS spoofing
Locus Lock has developed software-defined radio to overcome GPS spoofing for more secure autonomous navigation.
3Laws on robot safety and the evolution of bipedal locomotion
In this episode, Dr. Aaron Ames takes us down memory lane with a history of bipedal robotics and then introduces us to 3Laws Robotics.
A look at Zipline’s future and the design of the Zip’s Droid
In this episode, we learn about Ziplines’ new drone delivery platform with cofounder and CTO Keenan Wyrobek and lead droid engineer, Stephen Killian.
KEF Robotics takes a modular approach to aircraft navigation and autonomy
KEF Robotics says its vision software works with different hardware and software to enable drones to navigate in GPS-denied environments.
Wing gears up for drone delivery growth with updated FAA exemption
Wing says the updated exemptions for its detect and avoid approach will allow it to safely scale in the US.
Commercial drone company PrecisionHawk shutting down
PrecisionHawk was once a promising drone company. Now it’s shutting down with $17 million in debt and $3.8 million in assets.
NVIDIA Jetson supports Zipline drone deliveries, as Omniverse enables Amazon digital twins
NVIDIA technologies are helping supply chains add new levels of automation, as seen in its work with Adobe, Amazon, and Zipline.
New York Drones & Robotics AI Summit heralds growing automation industry
Speakers at the Drones & Robotics AI Summit in New York discussed state and federal support of tech startups, as well as opportunities
Doodle Labs launches Sense interference avoidance features
Doodle Labs’ Sense aims to help advanced robotic systems that regularly encounter signal interference in the field.
Skydio improves aerial imaging with uncooled thermal camera drone payload
The US drone company Skydio used the Thermal by FLIR program to make a better longwave infrared payload using the Boson+ thermal camera module.
FIRA USA 2023 Ag robotics recap
The 2023 FIRA USA agricultural robotics show in Salinas CA was a great collection of cutting edge agtech robotics solutions.
Airobotics’ Optimus drone receives FAA Airworthiness
Aerobotics’ system is only the second-ever Uncrewed Aircraft to receive this certification and the first “drone-in-a-box” system.
Skydio grounds consumer drone sales
Skydio announced that it is halting its consumer drone operations, four years after its Skydio 2 consumer drone was released.
Birdstop brings in $2.3M for inspection drones
Birdstop has raised $2.3 million in funding to expand its network of BVLOS drones across the country’s critical infrastructure.
Gather AI acquires assets of Ware Robotics to consolidate drone based inventory market
Gather AI acquires Ware’s drone-based warehouse inventory management business, doubling staff and enhancing growth opportunities.
XTEND acquires drone inspection company Performance Rotors
XTEND, the developer an operating system that helps users that have no flight experience operate drones, has acquired Performance Rotors.
WiBotic releases automatic drone charging pad
WiBotic’s PowerPad Pro charges drones without physical connection points, while wirelessly transferring flight data, images and video.
MIT uses liquid neural networks to teach drones navigation skills
A team of researchers from MIT CSAIL introduced a method for drones to master vision-based fly-to-target tasks in unfamiliar environments.
MIT researchers create algorithm to stop drones from colliding midair
Robust MADER is able to generate collision-free trajectories for drones even when there is a delay in communications between agents.
MIT ‘traffic cop’ algorithm helps drones stay on task
MIT developed a method for tailoring any wireless network to handle a large load of time-sensitive data from various sources.
Airobotics acquires Iron Drone assets
Airobotics announced that it acquired the assets of Iron Drone Ltd, an Israeli-based company that creates autonomous counter-drone systems.