Oct 14, 2020 | Defense, Drones, Energy
Army researchers are working with the University of Illinois Chicago on unmanned technology for recharging drone swarms. The university has been awarded a four-year, $8 million cooperative agreement “to develop foundational science in two critical propulsion and power...
Oct 14, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
Autonomous vehicle company Waymo provided a glimpse of its autonomous truck technology in a blog post this week, as the Alphabet-backed startup best known for self-driving passenger vehicles steps up its delivery and freight program. Waymo said its...
Oct 14, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Logistics
Driverless forklifts have been roaming warehouses since Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) were first brought to market in the 1950s. Compared to today’s standards, the technology was quite basic—the vehicles simply sensed and followed a wire buried in the floor. Over...
Oct 12, 2020 | Featured, Robots
It’s difficult to spy on shy creatures in their natural habitats, whether it be in the deep sea, or in the trees. Now, however, thanks to animatronic drones and robots, people are able to safely infiltrate the private lives of wild animals. Below, for example, is a...
Oct 8, 2020 | Climate, Energy, Mobility
Siemens Energy and Siemens Mobility have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly to develop and offer hydrogen systems for trains. The project aims at jointly developing holistic hydrogen solutions for rail transport and offering them to customers to...
Oct 8, 2020 | Featured, Mobility, Robots
The Engineering Design and Technological Development Group (DIDET), from the University of Alicante ArtefactosLAB, has once again taken a step forward in terms of social innovation with the design of a new handheld robotic exoskeleton. Named [flick], this robotic...
Oct 8, 2020 | Aerial Vehicles
The mobility disruption is all set to takeoff…skywards. A pioneering global survey by Frost & Sullivan on urban aero mobility (UAM) highlights that the day when air taxis will become as commonplace as your standard black cab isn’t that far off. Consider that by...
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