• For example, on 18 January 2022, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it will conduct the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) off-road UGV program to develop and demonstrate the ability of autonomous platforms to travel at speeds that keep up with crewed vehicles in complex terrain. (emergenresearch.com)
  • He got his first taste of the problem when working on the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s 'Grand Challenges', a contest designed to spur AV inventors. (scottishmortgage.com)
  • The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded grants to nine companies to develop an autonomous Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial System (VTOL UAS) with the ability to operate from a mobile sea vessel, even in adverse weather conditions. (defbrief.com)
  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Homeland Security encourage applications for the development of technologies that will advance the field of robotics. (nih.gov)
  • From a robotics point-of-view, control and estimation are two complementary sides, or necessary components, of efficient manipulation of autonomous robotic vehicles. (scirp.org)
  • In that role, he was responsible for managing the development of the perception sensors, route planning, position navigation, etc. for the Army's future ground vehicle robotics. (is4s.com)
  • A look at Automated with Velodyne companies that have developed the innovative lidar-base autonomous solutions for mapping and robotics. (velodynelidar.com)
  • In a webinar with Velodyne Lidar, Ryan Gariepy of Clearpath Robotics discussed how autonomous mobile robots are tackling the dirtiest and deadliest jobs. (velodynelidar.com)
  • Realtime Robotics was founded with the goal of transforming how robots and autonomous vehicles move. (rtr.ai)
  • Yaskawa Nordic and Realtime Robotics deliver advanced automated solutions to logistics customers. (rtr.ai)
  • Realtime Robotics partners with Siemens to accelerate the integration of industrial robotic workcells. (rtr.ai)
  • Back in 1942 when science fiction author Isaac Asimov introduced his "Three Laws of Robotics" in a short story, he was imagining how we could grapple with some of the problems that might arise as human beings worked with increasingly autonomous thinking and acting machines. (criminallegalnews.org)
  • The DHS blog post describes the unarmed Ghost Robotics Vision 60 robot "dogs" being deployed along the border as "Automated Ground Surveillance Vehicles" or AGSVs. (criminallegalnews.org)
  • Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team, said the second annual PC event taking place this fall at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona will scale up the number of robots from less than five systems up to 12 robots. (defensedaily.com)
  • Coffman is currently overseeing the development of the light and medium Robotic Combat Vehicle development programs, with plans to use data gathered from PC '21 to inform critical requirements for future ground robots. (defensedaily.com)
  • PC '21 will include assessing autonomous resupply with robots moving supplies across logistics areas, as well as pitching computer vision tools against Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technologies to look at reducing robots' signatures. (defensedaily.com)
  • Team CSIRO Data 61 took home second place in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Urban Circuit equipping their robots with Velodyne lidar. (velodynelidar.com)
  • Twinny discusses how its indoor driving autonomous mobile robots, equipped with Velodyne's lidar sensors, increase efficiency in for logistics & warehouses. (velodynelidar.com)
  • Robots increasingly are being used in warehouses to sort, pack, and prepare orders for delivery as logistics operators faced with labor shortages turn to automation. (acm.org)
  • As with most death-dealing technological innovations, fully autonomous killer robots appear to be making their debut in theaters of war. (criminallegalnews.org)
  • The convergence of AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud computing with UGV has provided an excellent environment for the development of intelligent autonomous systems in both the commercial and defense sectors. (emergenresearch.com)
  • PC '21 will also provide an additional opportunity to assess the government-developed robotic technology kernel, or RTK, autonomy software. (defensedaily.com)
  • The Army said last month it has started integrating the RTK autonomy software on the prototype offerings for both the light and medium Robotic Combat Vehicles. (defensedaily.com)
  • Autonomy requires us to rethink acceleration of wear and vehicle life cycle. (actresearch.net)
  • With autonomy, the importance of vehicle uptime will be high. (actresearch.net)
  • Velodyne Lidar and DGWorld discuss autonomy in seaports and deploying 3D lidar to improve logistics in seaport, marine and intermodal terminal operations. (velodynelidar.com)
  • The global Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) market size reached USD 3.10 Billion in 2021 and is expected to register a revenue CAGR of 7.1% during the forecast period. (emergenresearch.com)
  • How will the market shares for each unmanned surface vehicle (USV) submarket develop from 2021 to 2031? (visiongain.com)
  • A March 17, 2022, newsletter from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reports that analysts have detected the possible use of a Russian-made drone bomb capable of fully autonomous action in Ukraine. (criminallegalnews.org)
  • ASI provides an OEM/vendor independent automation technology to create fully autonomous vehicles by retrofitting existing equipment. (wikipedia.org)
  • ASI enables ground vehicle automation, centered around their Mobius fleet management software and custom hardware kits. (wikipedia.org)
  • June 2013, Ford Motor Company announced that it had been working with ASI as their preferred automation supplier for their robotic durability testing program. (wikipedia.org)
  • The program runs durability tests 24/7 with the use of ASI vehicle automation technology and was specifically launched to remove human durability drivers from Ford's most physically punishing durability tracks. (wikipedia.org)
  • Autonomous Solutions was contacted to assist in the cleanup efforts by providing remote control automation for 6 excavators (four CAT 375D and two CAT 390D). (wikipedia.org)
  • Using ASI's vehicle automation products testing can run 24/7 without compromising quality of the testing. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Los Angeles Police Department contracted Autonomous Solutions to provide the automation piece for a teleoperated CAT telehandler. (wikipedia.org)
  • This paper proposes a novel Hamiltonian servo system, a combined modeling framework for control and estimation of a large team/fleet of autonomous robotic vehicles. (scirp.org)
  • The three-year-old autonomous fleet will rise from around 100k units to 350k by 2032. (actresearch.net)
  • Because of the rapid turnover out of what we are referencing as the "first-life" fleet, there is an equally rapid accumulation of no-longer-fit-for-primetime, "second- life" vehicles which are autonomously capable and may or may not continue in autonomous operations. (actresearch.net)
  • The "second-life" autonomous fleet, using a six-year moving average, will be roughly equal in size to the "first-life" fleet at around 430k units. (actresearch.net)
  • The Next Generation Combat Vehicle's manned-unmanned teaming concept would leverage a protected tether between the NGCV Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle and the Robotic Combat Vehicle in order to provide soldiers with the capability to safely engage in combat via remotely controlled autonomous systems. (defensemedianetwork.com)
  • Autonomous Solutions was founded in 2000 when it was spun off from the Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems (CSOIS) division of Utah State University in Logan, Utah, to develop precision agriculture technologies for John Deere. (wikipedia.org)
  • That's really the question," Coffman said during an Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International discussion. (defensedaily.com)
  • Given the increasing success of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in recent times and the advancements made in unmanned vehicle (UV) design, autonomous systems in particular teams or swarms of autonomous vehicles have become a potential attractive solution to solving the complexity issues facing the military today. (scirp.org)
  • His last assignment at SAIC was as the Program Manager for the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Autonomous Navigation System (ANS) program. (is4s.com)
  • Key assignments included program manager for the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Armed Robotic Vehicle (ARV) and Integrated Product Team leader for the Active Rack Isolation System (ARIS) to develop and provide a microgravity environment for Space Station science payloads. (is4s.com)
  • At the Arms Control Association, Frank Sauer argues that it's important to continue pursuing a ban on fully autonomous weapons systems. (robohub.org)
  • Aircrew and maintenance simulation devices and instructional systems, networked devices, classroom and cockpit instructor, courseware development and logistics support of training devices, as well as affordable, innovative ground support equipment. (worldsecurity-index.com)
  • Increasing demand for autonomous systems in the defense and commercial sectors, development of fully autonomous UGVs, demand for autonomous control systems, and increased demand for UGVs in civilian applications are some major factors expected to drive revenue growth of the market. (emergenresearch.com)
  • In addition, research and development operations are carried out to create or construct autonomous unmanned defense systems and vehicles to increase the safety of forces on the battlefield. (emergenresearch.com)
  • The market is expanding due to the rising demand for autonomous systems in commercial and defense applications, driving revenue growth of the market in the forecast period. (emergenresearch.com)
  • American developments today are aimed at ensuring the global military dominance and strategic invulnerability of the United States and include strategic non-nuclear weapons, missile defence, high-precision weapons, SM-6 universal anti-air and strike missiles, space strike systems (space interceptors), laser weapons, autonomous air, surface and undersea vehicles and means of conducting cyber warfare. (moderndiplomacy.eu)
  • The large mass of autonomous systems interoperating collectively to act and respond in a coordinated effort to provide an overwhelming effect. (army.gov.au)
  • [2] This paper transcends the common conceptualisation of swarming 'drones', or Unmanned Aerial Systems, and instead discusses Uninhabited Vehicles (UxV) operating in and across all warfighting domains (land, air, maritime, space and cyber). (army.gov.au)
  • Ann is the project leader of the Mobility Performance of Robotic Systems. (nist.gov)
  • The results of this study effort provides a vision of a far off future which establishes a context for near-term technology advance, systems studies, robotic Mars missions and human spaceflight. (gaerospace.com)
  • First, this new transportation systems architecture assumes the use of highly autonomous on-board systems to a) reduce the number of crew and b) their occupation time of the transfer space ships to only five months in interplanetary space. (gaerospace.com)
  • Position sensors are necessary for obtaining precise positioning, motion control, and synchronization in a variety of devices, including robotic arms, assembly lines, conveyor systems, and material handling equipment. (exactitudeconsultancy.com)
  • In the worst-case scenario, robotic systems currently in development, and some already in use, may even be granted the power to make the choice of when, where, and on whom to deploy lethal force. (criminallegalnews.org)
  • S. Somanath , then-Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre , acknowledged a need for identifying a cost-effective launch vehicle configuration with 500 kg payload capacity to LEO at the National Space Science Symposium in 2016, and development of such a launch vehicle was underway by November 2017. (technologistsinsync.com)
  • Two small drones, Insitu 's Scan Eagle X200 (left) and AeroVironment 's PUMA (right), have become the first federally certified unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for civilian use in the US. (evergreen.edu)
  • The need for precise positioning and navigational capabilities will grow as self-driving cars, drones, and other autonomous vehicles develop, generating a substantial market for position sensors. (exactitudeconsultancy.com)
  • On December 15, 2014, ASI announced a multi-year partnership with mining major Anglo American that was already underway to develop an autonomous haulage program. (wikipedia.org)
  • Britain and France awarded a group of European defense firms a $164 million contract to develop an unmanned undersea vehicle for mine-hunting. (robohub.org)
  • The goal was to develop vehicles capable of autonomously navigating desert trails and roads at high speeds. (scottishmortgage.com)
  • The researchers set out to develop a robotic AI agent with manipulation abilities equivalent to a 3-year-old child. (aleleve.fr)
  • Also at Breaking Defense, Richard Whittle looks at how DARPA's vertical take-off and landing drone could change the ways the U.S. Army thinks about logistics. (robohub.org)
  • Ltd., a Chennai-based start-up, entered into a partnership with BEML, the Army in developing AI-based autonomous ground vehicles. (emergenresearch.com)
  • Ann's past contributions include leading data collection efforts and participating in field exercises for several DARPA and Army Research Laboratory projects. (nist.gov)
  • AwV is a one-of-a-kind program in the lidar industry that spurs collaboration in commercializing next-generation autonomous solutions. (velodynelidar.com)
  • Alberto Lacaze, president of Robotic Research, discusses how his company is using Velodyne's lidar sensors to make mobility safer and more efficient. (velodynelidar.com)
  • MOBILTECH offers 3D mapping scanners, which include Velodyne's lidar sensors, that can be deployed in vehicle, handheld and UAV mode to create an HD map. (velodynelidar.com)
  • Video highlighting companies that have recently joined the Automated with Velodyne ecosystem program to commercialize lidar-based autonomous solutions. (velodynelidar.com)
  • Moon Heechang, CEO, discusses how his company is using Velodyne lidar sensors to advance Unmanned Solution's autonomous technology. (velodynelidar.com)
  • Stephen Liu, Executive Director at TURING Drive, discusses his company's autonomous driving development using Velodyne Puck lidar sensors. (velodynelidar.com)
  • A problem which arises in utilizing large teams or swarms of autonomous vehicles is one of control. (scirp.org)
  • Clemson University will provide real-world testing of Optimus Ride's autonomous shuttles and provide researchers a chance to study rider behavior and sustainability. (robotics247.com)
  • The first three, focused on self-driving cars, were wildly successful in acceleration the development of autonomous vehicles. (brookings.edu)
  • She has been principal investigator on a series of NIH- and DARPA-funded studies on the development of novel neuromodulation technologies, and her team pioneered magnetic seizure therapy as a novel depression treatment from the stages of animal testing, first in human, and now international trials. (nih.gov)
  • These two developments put the robot dogs' creators on the cutting edge of a global trend in which governments and law enforcement agencies push for the development and deployment of semi- or fully autonomous machines capable of surveilling, targeting, maiming, and killing human beings. (criminallegalnews.org)
  • Rajaram Nagappa recommended the development route of a 'Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-1' to launch strategic payloads in a National Institute of Advanced Studies paper in 2016. (technologistsinsync.com)
  • ISRO has begun development of a Small Satellite Launch Vehicle to serve the burgeoning global small satellite launch service industry. (technologistsinsync.com)
  • AI has enabled the development of various innovative applications such as voice assistants, autonomous vehicles , and predictive analytics. (schneppat.com)
  • The autonomous system, Origin, prepares for a practice run during the Project Convergence capstone event at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, Aug. 11 - Sept. 18, 2020. (defensedaily.com)
  • How will the industry evolve during the period between 2020 and 2031?What are the implication of unmanned surface vehicle (USV) projects taking place now and over the next 10 years? (visiongain.com)
  • All booster segments for the SSLV first stage (SS1) static test (ST01) were received in December 2020 and assembled in the Second Vehicle Assembly Building (SVAB). (technologistsinsync.com)
  • Adopted in 1984, the SDI programme involved deploying several echelons of space strike weapons that would intercept and destroy ballistic missiles and their re-entry vehicles in all flight segments. (moderndiplomacy.eu)
  • The UN classifies machines like these as "Lethal Autonomous Weapons" or LAWs. (criminallegalnews.org)
  • Autonomous UGVs are mostly used in tough terrains, locations with severe environments, or areas that are unreachable to humans. (emergenresearch.com)
  • After three years and competition in real and simulated tunnels, urban environments, and caves, two teams took top spots in the $5 million final DARPA SubT Challenge. (robotics247.com)
  • ANYmal X demonstrates its capabilities for extending robotic inspection into Ex-environments (Zone 1) that haven't been accessible for this technology before. (aleleve.fr)
  • It's always been my goal to have sensors armed with algorithms that could identify enemy vehicles by type and geolocate them. (defensedaily.com)
  • The autonomous control system functions without the intervention of a human controller, instead of relying on sensors to complete tasks. (emergenresearch.com)
  • The new innovative Mars transportation system architecture concept being developed by Global Aerospace Corporation uses small, highly autonomous, solar-electric-propelled space ships, we dub Astrotels for astronaut hotels, for transporting humans to and from Earth and Mars on cyclic orbits between these planets, that were originally conceived by former Apollo astronaut, Buzz Aldrin. (gaerospace.com)
  • Dive into a world of cutting-edge innovation and robotic cuteness, as we take a peek into Misty's unique personality and human expressions. (aleleve.fr)
  • In 2011, ASI-led team wins the Robotic Range Clearance Competition (R2C2). (wikipedia.org)
  • This is now being expanded in the form of the Open Source Vision Foundation (OSVF.org http://www.osvf.org/ ) to cover other areas of visual intelligence crutial to deploying beneficial AI in society, He organized the computer vision team for Stanley, the autonomous car that won the $2M DARPA Grand Challenge robot race across the desert which in turn kicked off the autonomous driving industry. (ieee.org)
  • DARPA Phase 1 landed, team expands to five employees that collaborates to complete the first demo of our RapidPlan product with precursors to RapidSense. (rtr.ai)
  • The team presents at RSS conference, which puts the technology on the map with robotic technologists. (rtr.ai)
  • You have the capabilities inherent in the vehicle and you have the RTK, the technology kernel that is allowing us to autonomously move across the battlefield," Coffman said. (defensedaily.com)
  • Swift Navigation , the San Francisco tech firm building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles, raised $34 million in a Series B financing round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from existing investors Eclipse and First Round Capital. (therobotreport.com)
  • Broad, tailored, performance-based programs and network-centric logistics solutions based on new technology and business models to significantly improve readiness and affordability. (worldsecurity-index.com)
  • And then, as this technology rolls out more broadly to light vehicles, the whole transport ecosystem will also get safer," says Urmson. (scottishmortgage.com)
  • Robotic technology is transforming the retail industry. (robotiq.com)
  • Fully autonomous UGVs with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the capacity to carry out tasks with little human contact are being developed across the world. (emergenresearch.com)
  • The use of unmanned ground vehicles has grown significantly throughout counterinsurgency, urban, and jungle warfare situations for a variety of tasks, including surveillance and reconnaissance operations, as well as the safe handling and disposal of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). (emergenresearch.com)
  • Additionally, it will support expeditionary tasks for special operations forces and enable cost-effective logistics by facilitating the transportation of parts and supplies during ship-to-shore transitions. (defbrief.com)
  • At Breaking Defense, Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. explores how the U.S. Marines are developing new tactics that integrate unmanned ground vehicles into infantry operations. (robohub.org)
  • Such risky circumstances are effectively handled with the assistance of autonomous UGVs, which enable the immediate detection of casualties, rapid evaluation of losses, and swift operations in the affected regions without jeopardizing human safety. (emergenresearch.com)
  • During the forecast period, the market is expected to benefit from the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in unmanned naval vehicles to better combat operations for command-and-control applications. (visiongain.com)
  • The major challenge is developing an integrated flight vehicle that meets the hard objective of combining VTOL, long endurance, and large payload while also meeting requirements for shipboard storage and operations. (defbrief.com)
  • The expected high launch rate is based on mostly autonomous launch operations and simplified logistics in general. (technologistsinsync.com)
  • Their actual use in fully autonomous mode has not yet been conclusively confirmed as of press time, but the high probability of it in both of these cases means that humanity may already have set foot into this dark new frontier. (criminallegalnews.org)
  • NSF Phase 1 and DARPA Phase II grants plus additional commercial contracts enable beta production and expansion of engineering and commercial teams. (rtr.ai)
  • As autonomous commercial vehicles (ACVs) enter the transportation market, there will be a massive surge in productivity. (actresearch.net)
  • In building our new vehicle estimates, we focused on productivity as a one-time impact on demand. (actresearch.net)
  • Once we move past the period of major autonomous productivity gains, we would expect to see Class 8 demand normalize to levels not dissimilar to the current relationship between economic activity and new vehicle demand. (actresearch.net)
  • Now, thanks in part to those two Darpa-funded challenges, the age of "robotic Prius-driving overlords" are nearly upon us. (brookings.edu)
  • Second-wave applications abound in today's world, from self-driving vehicles, facial recognition software, and route mapping applications, to personal assistants such as Google Assistant, Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and Microsoft's Cortana. (defensemedianetwork.com)
  • Personnel support services performed on location, including maintenance and engineering support, as well as comprehensive, affordable contractor logistics support to aircraft programs. (worldsecurity-index.com)
  • How will each unmanned surface vehicle (USV) submarket segment grow over the forecast period and how much revenue will these submarkets account for in 2031? (visiongain.com)
  • ASI has participated in the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007). (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, autonomous UGVs are deployed on battlefields to conduct ISR missions, resulting in fewer losses due to cross-fire. (emergenresearch.com)
  • On June 14, 2013, Ford Motor Company issued a press release detailing their robotic durability testing program. (wikipedia.org)
  • This program allows vehicles to be tested on the most punishing test tracks without the risk previously experienced with human drivers. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2002, Dr. Rolader was one of only seven nominees for the prestigious DARPA Sustained Performance Award for his management of the Self Healing Minefield (SHM) program. (is4s.com)
  • Mr. Martin also served as the program manager for the Multifunctional Utility Logistics Equipment (MULE) Vehicle that integrated the Autonomous Navigation System (ANS) to provide autonomous operation. (is4s.com)
  • Massey attended a recent speech by Darpa program director Dr. Gill Pratt, who outlined the new challenge. (brookings.edu)
  • the space policy white paper the campaign released last month, though, was critical of "international opportunities to cooperate in robotic explorations of Mars [that] have been squandered" by the Obama Administration, a reference to the administration's decision to withdraw from the ExoMars program with Europe. (spacepolitics.com)
  • By using vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and a multi-step approach to restricting the market, ACT Research has identified and quantified the potential available market. (actresearch.net)
  • Within the next few weeks, Darpa, the Pentagon's far-out research arm, is expected to launch its contest, which will likely ask roboteers to build a bipedal robot that can do things like drive cars, open doors, traverse rough terrain and show off its fine motor skills, perhaps by repairing busted pipes. (brookings.edu)
  • According to the Internet Architecture Board's (IAB) definition, IoT is the networking of smart objects, meaning a huge number of devices intelligently communicating in the presence of internet protocol that cannot be directly operated by human beings but exist as components in buildings, vehicles or the environment. (slideshare.net)
  • Autonomous trucks that mostly stick to highways could make sense, both technologically and economically, in ways robotaxis have not. (acm.org)
  • With 80 per cent of freight in the US (by value) moved on trucks, autonomous trucks also promise greater convenience and more choice for consumers and businesses. (scottishmortgage.com)
  • Yunyi Transport's order is latest step in the large-scale commercialization of autonomous trucks in China. (robotics247.com)
  • The cutting-edge of autonomous driving has shifted squarely to deep learning. (therobotreport.com)
  • Members of the Automated with Velodyne integrator network are advancing new, cutting-edge autonomous solutions in Korea. (velodynelidar.com)
  • This would allow for autonomous or semi-autonomous operation of large teams of UV which would be easily manageable. (scirp.org)
  • This paper proposes a Hamiltonian servo system which is a combined modeling framework for the control and estimation of such autonomous teams of UV's. (scirp.org)
  • Even traditional autonomous driving teams have 'sprinkled on' some deep learning, but Drive.ai is at the forefront of leveraging deep learning to build a truly modern autonomous driving software stack. (therobotreport.com)
  • Acquisitions also continued to be substantial with SoftBank's acquisition of Google's robotic properties Boston Dynamics and Schaft plus two others acquisitions. (therobotreport.com)
  • In 2011, ASI entered the automotive market with specific offerings for automotive proving grounds for autonomous durability and endurance testing. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are several factors to consider when determining the total available market (TAM) for autonomous commercial vehicles (ACVs). (actresearch.net)
  • How is the unmanned surface vehicle (USV) market evolving? (visiongain.com)
  • What is driving and restraining the unmanned surface vehicle (USV) market? (visiongain.com)
  • Is there a greater need for product commercialisation to further scale the unmanned surface vehicle (USV) market? (visiongain.com)
  • Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) was founded in 2000 as a spinoff from Utah State University and is headquartered in Petersboro, Utah. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2006, Autonomous Solutions entered the mining industry offering a vendor-independent solution to mining end users. (wikipedia.org)
  • The biggest bottleneck to the rollout of robotic vision solutions has been the industry's inability to deliver a world-class perception layer. (therobotreport.com)
  • Will leading unmanned surface vehicle (USV) markets broadly follow the macroeconomic dynamics, or will individual national markets outperform others? (visiongain.com)
  • It is a three-stage all-solid vehicle capable of launching up to 500 kilograms satellites into 500 km LEO. (technologistsinsync.com)
  • In addition, an entire support infrastructure was envisioned that includes human, cargo and propellant transfer vehicles, transport hubs and propellant manufacturing plants. (gaerospace.com)
  • These vehicles reduce the possibility of human injuries or deaths during various industrial processes. (emergenresearch.com)
  • The self-driving UGVs can be utilized for logistics and surveillance in adverse weather and terrain situations. (emergenresearch.com)
  • In 2007, Darpa's next challenge doled out $2 million to a collaborative entry from Carnegie Mellon and Tartan Racing, when their autonomous car managed not only drive itself, but obey traffic signs and avoid other driving 'bots. (brookings.edu)
  • Fun experiment aiming to gather data [for modeling] autonomous vehicles' motion on ice. (aleleve.fr)
  • This innovative design architecture relies upon the use of small, highly autonomous, solar-electric-propelled space ships, we dub Astrotels for astronaut hotels and hyperbolic rendezvous between them and the planetary transport hubs using even smaller, fast-transfer, aeroassist vehicles we shall call Taxis. (gaerospace.com)