• Team CERBERUS, one of 11 teams competing in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge robotics competition for robotic exploration of underground terrain, uses autonomous aerial robots and ground robots to explore tunnels and caves. (unr.edu)
  • Team CERBERUS is one of 11 robotics teams from around the world participating in the exclusive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's DARPA Subterranean Challenge Aug. 15-22 navigating aerial and ground robots in a defunct mine system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (unr.edu)
  • DARPA Subterranean Challenge We participate in the DARPA competition as CTU-CRAS-NORLAB. (cvut.cz)
  • The Subterranean Challenge will require the robots to navigate on their own in an underground tunnel and complete tasks in this rough environment. (hplusweekly.com)
  • The DARPA Subterranean Challenge explores innovative approaches and new technologies to rapidly map, navigate, and search complex underground environments. (emesent.io)
  • Besides spurring development of semi-autonomous robots, the DRC also sought to make robotic software and systems development more accessible beyond the end of the program. (wikipedia.org)
  • To that end, the DRC funded the adaptation of the GAZEBO robot simulator by the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) for DRC purposes and the construction of six Boston Dynamics ATLAS robots that were given to the teams that performed best in the VRC. (wikipedia.org)
  • Unlike previous Challenges, entrants to the DRC need not build their robots from scratch. (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite the advances of robotics, today's robots are not yet tough enough to function in many disaster situations. (roboticstomorrow.com)
  • Because of the inability of robots to successfully release pressure valves in the Fukushima nuclear plant following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, DARPA decided to establish a new generation of robot and human teams to mitigate disasters during those few days and hours when it's still possible to make a difference. (roboticstomorrow.com)
  • The DRC's concept is to develop robots that can operate in spaces that are designed for humans, use tools that are built for humans, and can be controlled with only minimal training by people who are not robotics experts, so that the robots could be quickly integrated in assisting human-led response teams to address future emergencies. (roboticstomorrow.com)
  • The DRC is a competition of robotic systems and software teams competing to create robots able to assist humans and react to natural and man-made disasters. (roboticstomorrow.com)
  • Technologies resulting from the DRC will transform the field of robotics and advance the development of robots with task-level autonomy that can operate in the dangerous conditions common in disaster zones. (roboticstomorrow.com)
  • The walking and flying robots are equipped with multi-modal perception systems, navigation and mapping autonomy, and self-organized networked communications. (unr.edu)
  • As the robots explore the underground domain they will report the class and location of specific objects of interest to DARPA. (unr.edu)
  • Amazon Robotics builds the world's largest mobile robotic fleet where many thousands of robots deliver inventory shelves to pick operators in e-commerce warehouses. (upenn.edu)
  • This talk will describe how mobile robots and human operators collaborate to solve this challenging problem and enable Amazon to ship millions of orders every day. (upenn.edu)
  • Joey joined Kiva Systems after completing his Ph.D. at the University of California at Santa Barbara in distributed coordination for teams of robots. (upenn.edu)
  • Despite the possibilities robotics has, Erol Ahmed, director of communications at Built Robotics, believes that the definition of robots is often misconstrued when it comes to construction. (khl.com)
  • Peng Gao , formerly a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland and now at the University of Massachusetts Amherst , received a Best Paper Award in the Agri-Robotics category at the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), held in Detroit, Michigan, from October 1 to 5, 2023. (umd.edu)
  • Such traits are also hard to build into flying robots, but MIT Assistant Professor Kevin Yufeng Chen has built a system that approaches insects' agility. (ieee.org)
  • Many robots roll, but walking is a real challenge. (constantcontact.com)
  • The UCSB Robotics Lab works to develop control algorithms for legged robots. (constantcontact.com)
  • The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge calls on teams to create robots that can minimize human peril in man-made and natural disasters. (acm.org)
  • The participating teams are divided into Track A, which will develop robots and software, and Track B, which will use ready-made Atlas robots and design new software for that system. (acm.org)
  • We want to have these tools outlast the program and be the foundation for catalyzing the field of robotics, particularly helping to make the design of robots move from an art to a science," he says. (acm.org)
  • From the application point of view, MRS deals with safety critical systems , environment monitoring by swarms of micro aerial vehicles , self-stabilized convoys of ground and aerial robots, and search & rescue topics of modular robotics . (cvut.cz)
  • In addition, NASA's Robotics Alliance Project will showcase student-built robots of all sizes from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. (extropy.org)
  • Each advancement in the technology of autonomous systems helps NASA realize the vision of using robots and humans together to explore our solar system and beyond. (extropy.org)
  • Will social robots be nothing more than robotic digital assistants like those on smartphones, or are there new opportunities and challenges when we put an AI brain into a robotic body? (parc.com)
  • The movement has taken off with two startups leading the charge: Universal Robots and Rethink Robotics. (therobotreport.com)
  • Temporary help firms say that Amazon's demand for temps is testing the limits of the supply, hence Amazon's focus on robotics, particularly the 30,000+ Kiva Systems robots at work today to save on transporting goods within warehouses, and the newer robots that do both the picking and transporting. (therobotreport.com)
  • Much of the analysis in robotics focuses not on specific industrial duties, however on investigations into new kinds of robots, other ways to consider or design robots, and new methods to manufacture them. (etu-triathlon.org)
  • Several Atlas robots will participate in the DARPA Robotics Challenge next year. (anxietyspace.com)
  • Instead of eye-catching humanoid robots, the new wave of robotics at Google focuses on robots that can learn skills on their own, like sorting through a bin of unfamiliar objects or navigating a warehouse filled with unexpected obstacles. (hplusweekly.com)
  • Let's take a breath: Robots and artificial intelligence systems are nowhere near displacing the human workforce. (acm.org)
  • During the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), robots were expected to solve a number of tasks under teleoperation by a human operator. (scaron.info)
  • Limits in execution time and teleoperation bandwidth required teams to implement some level of autonomy on their robots, yet meaningful input could still be provided by the operator on a regular basis via the team's Operator Control System (OCS). (scaron.info)
  • Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge 2017 We competed and won in the prestigious Mohamed Bin. (cvut.cz)
  • Originally initiated in 2017, with OFFSET, DARPA envisions swarms of up to 250 autonomous aerial and land-based drones collectively descending upon urban environments to provide critical insights for military ground forces. (thedebrief.org)
  • South Korea's robotics team KAIST has won the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). (bellenews.com)
  • DARPA showed this video as it was awarding South Korea's Team KAIST the grand prize of $2 million for winning the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge. (richaix.com)
  • CDS 110 (2016/17):''']] Introduction to Control Systems. (caltech.edu)
  • International Conference on Social Robotics (8th : 2016 : Kansas City, Mo. (stanford.edu)
  • It does for example when you win DARPA SubT Challenge among self-funded teams. (cvut.cz)
  • Emesent has partnered with the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group at CSIRO's Data61 and Georgia Tech to compete in the DARPA Subterranean or "SubT" Challenge . (emesent.io)
  • Alongside Georgia Tech and the CSIRO, Emesent is part of the only Australian team competing in the SubT Challenge, and one of only seven teams worldwide to receive funding of up to US$4.5 million from DARPA across the three-year challenge. (emesent.io)
  • Dr. Gill Pratt, Program Manager DARPA Robotics Challenge described DARPA and its goals with the Robotics Challenge: DARPA's role is to spur innovation. (wikipedia.org)
  • The reason for doing this is to open the aperture as wide as possible, so that we can gather teams that are not in traditional robotics fields, that may not have been used to sending in proposals to DARPA, maybe from other parts of the world that aren't used to doing business with us," says DARPA Challenge program manager Gill Pratt. (acm.org)
  • and two live hardware challenges, the DRC Trials in December 2013 and the DRC Finals in June 2015. (wikipedia.org)
  • The DRC followed the DARPA Grand Challenge and DARPA Urban Challenge. (wikipedia.org)
  • This move is in line with our mission of saving lives and represents another major milestone for Torc since crossing the finish line in the DARPA Urban Challenge 12 years ago. (techcrunch.com)
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan - Team Cybernet, a semifinalist in the 2007 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge, arrived in Victorville, California, today to compete in the final stages of the competition. (cybernet.com)
  • Our Urban Challenge solution is unique in that it not only matches the age of the current in-the-field fleet of defense vehicles, but is also modular and scalable to all vehicle platforms. (cybernet.com)
  • The 2007 Urban Challenge is the third in a series of competitions DARPA initiated to foster the development of autonomous robotic ground vehicle technology simulated military supply missions in a mock urban area. (cybernet.com)
  • The Urban Challenge program supports the Congressional mandate that one-third of operational ground combat vehicles be unmanned by the year 2015. (cybernet.com)
  • His paper, titled "Visual, Spatial, Geometric-Preserved Place Recognition for Cross-View and Cross-Modal Collaborative Perception," stood out among 1,700 accepted papers, highlighting its innovative advancements in robotics. (umd.edu)
  • With JPL, we are part of The Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance (RCTA). (caltech.edu)
  • With OFFSET, the goal is to provide greater insights via collaborative ground and air autonomous systems - around corners and in buildings - to dismounted troops as they traverse urban environments. (thedebrief.org)
  • TRACLabs has developed the PRIDE electronic procedure system as a means to create collaborative and interactive routine operating procedures. (traclabs.com)
  • Dr. Gill A. Pratt joined Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a program manager in the Defense Sciences Office (DSO) in January 2010. (usna.edu)
  • In August 2012, DARPA announced that it would pay about $10.9 million to Boston Dynamics to build seven platforms based on the PETMAN project by August 2014. (wikipedia.org)
  • Atlas is an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA. (anxietyspace.com)
  • TRACLabs developed control software and human-robot interfaces for the Boston Dynamics ATLAS humanoid robot as part of the DARPA Robot Challenge. (traclabs.com)
  • Boston Dynamics acquired Kinema Systems, a startup that develops vision sensors and deep-learning software to enable industrial robot arms to locate and move boxes. (hplusweekly.com)
  • Competitions like the Robocup, DARPA, FIRST LEGO League (FLL), or World Robotics Olympiad (WRO), are more geared towards industry and academic research teams. (nutsel.com)
  • Dubbed RoboScout DTC, the UMD team will be part of the Systems Competition, one of three competitions in the Triage Challenge, and will focus its efforts on primary triage, in which medical personnel seek to identify and treat those most urgently in need of care. (umd.edu)
  • The ones you can join pretty easily are interschool competitions, like the ones FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) hold. (nutsel.com)
  • The lesson of the original challenge [DARPA Grand Challenge - driverless cars] is that persistence pays. (wikipedia.org)
  • Previously he worked on path planning for autonomous vehicles at Stanford University for the DARPA Grand Challenge. (upenn.edu)
  • Dr. William "Red" Whittaker, a leader in the field of mobile robotics, will discuss "Racing for the Future," and his team's efforts to win the $2 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge racing prize on Oct. 8, 2005. (extropy.org)
  • I programmed the self-driving car that won the DARPA Grand Challenge using C++. (i-programmer.info)
  • The DARPA Grand Challenge in autonomous vehicles paved the way for the autonomous vehicle products that are coming out today. (parc.com)
  • A multi-institutional team led by the University of Maryland (UMD) has been selected for the DARPA Triage Challenge , in which participants compete to develop novel methods of detecting injuries, particularly in mass casualty incidents, so that medical personnel can respond more quickly, efficiently, and precisely. (umd.edu)
  • Thirty-five entries have been selected by DARPA to compete in the race for $3.5 million in prizes, beginning October 26. (cybernet.com)
  • We're honored to have been chosen by DARPA to compete and can't wait to get out on the course and show what the Cybervan can do. (cybernet.com)
  • Meet the first 9 teams to compete in DARPA's latest robotic challenge. (hplusweekly.com)
  • All types of systems are capable of resilient localization in the sensing-degraded environments found in subterranean settings (such as smoke, dust and mist) and decide on their own with respect to the best path to follow. (unr.edu)
  • Her research focuses on dynamic systems and control, with particular interest in modeling and control techniques to deal with the challenges of the underactuation, stochasticity, and dimensionality reduction that characterize bio-inspired robot locomotion and manipulation in real-world environments. (constantcontact.com)
  • Military operations in urban environments present many challenges. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • To answer these challenges, autonomous systems in a complex city environment would present both opportunities and challenges for U.S. Army units operating in such environments. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • and Phd. students and senior researchers together cooperates to reach a common goal being deployment and application of multi-robot systems in real-world demanding environments. (cvut.cz)
  • In a paper by Noah Zych, Principal Engineer - Unmanned Systems, Oshkosh Corp., entitled United States Marine Corps/Robotics Technology Consortium Cargo Unmanned Ground Vehicle , he states "The increasing level of technical functionality demonstrated by progressive unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) has liberated them from the highly constrained environments of research laboratories and rigidly structured scenarios, and has transformed consideration of their use in military operational environments from hypothetical to imperative. (oemoffhighway.com)
  • DARPA edges closer to its dream of having 250 AI drones for urban warfare environments. (thedebrief.org)
  • The challenge is a US$2 million prize competition funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) , a prominent research organisation of the United States Department of Defence, which aims to explore new approaches to rapidly map, navigate, and search underground environments. (emesent.io)
  • Tracks B and C will go through the Virtual Robotics Challenge (VRC), after which successful teams may receive funding for subsequent stages. (wikipedia.org)
  • Designed as a three-stage competition, the DRC started with a Virtual Robotics Challenge (VRC), where a selection of 26 teams proved their algorithms in a cloud-based simulated platform. (uah.es)
  • 1. ANYmal: legged robot capable of traversing challenging terrain and presenting dexterous agile locomotion combined with advanced autonomy and rich perception capabilities. (unr.edu)
  • Dinesh Manocha, a co-PI of the challenge, contributes expertise in perception-based machine learning and multi-agent coordination. (umd.edu)
  • As David Silver, head of Udacity's School of Autonomous Systems, puts it C++ is the common thread between self-driving cars, drones and robotics and Udacity co-founder. (i-programmer.info)
  • We may also profile the important thing firms and innovative entities engaged on new robotics and drones. (etu-triathlon.org)
  • Capable of being launched from manned fighter aircraft, with Perdix, masses of tiny (12-inch) drones can perform reconnaissance missions and evade air defense systems by operating with a collective hive mentality and traveling in leaderless "swarms. (thedebrief.org)
  • The challenge also focuses on human-robot interaction. (acm.org)
  • Biography: Dr. Cristina Davis is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Davis (Davis, CA). Her research group focuses on creating miniature analytical sensor systems for mobile chemical detection platforms and human performance monitoring. (usc.edu)
  • DARPA was created in 1958 as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) by President Eisenhower with the purpose of formulating and executing research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science to go beyond military requirements and benefit everyone. (roboticstomorrow.com)
  • Joey Durham is Manager of Research and Advanced Development at Amazon Robotics. (upenn.edu)
  • My research is divided between traditional robotics research, and collaborations with neuroscientists to develop technology for paralyzed nervous systems. (caltech.edu)
  • Subsequently, he became a professor at Franklin W. Olin College, and before joining DARPA, was Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Research. (usna.edu)
  • Dr. Byl has worked on a wide range of research topics in the control of dynamic systems, including magnetic bearing control, flapping-wing microrobotics, piezoelectic noise cancellation for aircraft, vibration isolation for gravity wave detection, and the DARPA Robotics Challenge. (constantcontact.com)
  • Multi-robot Systems (MRS) group at Department of Cybernetics , Faculty of Electrical Engineering , Czech Technical University in Prague integrates various research disciplines required for design, implementation, experimental evaluation, and application of complex robotic systems. (cvut.cz)
  • If you are interested in our robotics research and/or education , we invite you to visit the MRS laboratory. (cvut.cz)
  • Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, WI, has been working on its unmanned vehicle system platform for years, starting with its vehicle submission for the 2004 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Challenge. (oemoffhighway.com)
  • Current Research Projects & Interests == My research is divided between traditional robotics research, and collaborations with neuroscientists to develop technology for paralyzed nervous systems. (caltech.edu)
  • Comprised almost entirely of professionals from Cybernet Systems Corporation, a woman-owned American research and development company, the self-funded Team Cybernet provides life-saving technology that can remove service men and women from increasingly dangerous situations in urban battlefields. (cybernet.com)
  • NASA Ames Research Center has played a key role in the development of intelligent systems and smart spacecraft," said NASA Ames Director G. Scott Hubbard. (extropy.org)
  • The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiated development of the exoskeletons in 2001 under the Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation programme. (investmentwatchblog.com)
  • The XOS system was originally developed as the Wearable Energetically Autonomous Robot (WEAR) by Sarcos Research of Salt Lake City, Utah. (investmentwatchblog.com)
  • What are some examples of government-funded research in AI and robotics that is happening today that will set the stage for tomorrow's products? (parc.com)
  • The use of unmanned systems in naval operations, however, has been limited, but new research into vehicle technology, autonomy software and underwater communications could change all that. (naval-technology.com)
  • Organisations, including the US Office for Naval Research, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Nato have been working alongside commercial and non-commercial parties to address these issues. (naval-technology.com)
  • Nevertheless, at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - officials seem undeterred. (thedebrief.org)
  • We should think twice before allowing autonomous AI systems to decide what research warrants publication. (acm.org)
  • We describe the design of the system as well as the technical choices made, meanwhile pointing out the underlying research questions and directions for future work. (scaron.info)
  • Dr. Pratt's primary interest is in the field of robotics. (usna.edu)
  • TRACLabs has over twenty years of experience in the field of robotics and automation, and consistently works with the preeminent minds in the field. (traclabs.com)
  • Named for the mischievous imaginary creatures blamed by British pilots during WWII for causing aircraft malfunctions, DARPA's Gremlins represent swarms of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) that can be launched outside of the range of adversaries' defenses by larger aircraft such as bombers or transport planes. (thedebrief.org)
  • Team CERBERUS, funded by DARPA, is already at the competition site preparing to participate in the Systems challenge. (unr.edu)
  • Two event websites - www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge and www.grandchallenge.org - will have regularly updated content on the competition and host a webcast of the final event on Saturday, November 3, beginning at 6:30 AM PT. (cybernet.com)
  • She'll focus on her lab's ongoing work with the RoboSimian, a robot developed by JPL for the recent DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). (constantcontact.com)
  • Robotics can play a role in a variety of tasks on site but automation is what sets it apart from other technologies. (khl.com)
  • Matthew Johnson-Roberson, director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, sees the continued trend of automation on the cards for the future of robotics. (khl.com)
  • As the CNR, ADM Klunder provides leadership for maintaining Navy's capabilities in all Science and Technology fields, which include the three themes of this conference: Robot-Human Interaction, Remote Sensing, and Automation and Intelligent Systems. (usna.edu)
  • Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics industry, the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. (therobotreport.com)
  • The index of ~90 companies in 13 sub-sectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies. (therobotreport.com)
  • The ESCHER (Electromechanical Series Compliant Humanoid for Emergency Response) robot uses LIDAR laser mapping to create a 3-D image of its surroundings during the (DARPA) Robotics Challenge, June 2015. (thefader.com)
  • These challenges may be more focused on a particular application, such as search and rescue, or maybe more general, such as developing a humanoid robot that can operate in a human environment. (nutsel.com)
  • With more than $260 million invested in the development of its technologies, more than $350 million in revenues, and over 300 patents, Sarcos' products represent decades of advancements in complex electro-mechanical and biologically-inspired engineered systems. (investmentwatchblog.com)
  • H+ Weekly sheds light on the bleeding edge of technology and how advancements in AI, robotics, and biotech can usher in abundance, expand humanity's horizons, and redefine what it means to be human. (hplusweekly.com)
  • The track C application window closed on 18 December 2012, though late applications were still being considered as of January 2013, though participants may still download the DRC Simulator, an open-source application created by the Open Source Robotics Foundation. (wikipedia.org)
  • DARPA will provide to some participants "a robotic hardware platform with arms, legs, torso and head. (wikipedia.org)
  • He also runs the Amazon Robotics Challenge robotic manipulation contest. (upenn.edu)
  • He presently manages the Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM), Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3), Nano Air Vehicle (NAV), Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System (CT2WS), System of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE) and DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) programs. (usna.edu)
  • Its capabilities on Dreamer demonstrating feedback torque control of Meka's dual arm manipulation system and the robot's redundant pose while handling the torso's bi-articular transmission constraints are showcased in this video [4]. (utexas.edu)
  • There have been defensive examples like ship missile defense systems for decades, and more recently in jet aircraft controls where the system sometimes must take action before the pilot is even aware of a threat. (parc.com)
  • According to DARPA , "When the gremlins complete their mission, a C-130 transport aircraft would retrieve them in the air and carry them home, where ground crews would prepare them for their next use within 24 hours. (thedebrief.org)
  • The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and the Threat Systems Management Office push a swarm of 40 unmanned aerial systems through town May 8, 2019 at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. (thedebrief.org)
  • As one of the world's leading technological drivers of unmanned systems and robotics, Israel provides a hub for technological innovation, technical knowhow and practical, operational experience. (defense-update.com)
  • Second place went to Team IHMC Robotics from Pensacola, Florida and its robot, Running Man. (roboticstomorrow.com)
  • Led by Kostas Alexis of the University of Nevada, Reno's Computer Science and Engineering Department, the CERBERUS team will put to the test their technologies aimed at revolutionizing how robotic systems navigate and operate in the underground domain - human-made tunnel systems, urban underground settings and natural cave networks that are too dangerous, dark, deep and unknown to risk human lives. (unr.edu)
  • We competed as part of the JPL team in the DARPA-ARMS program. (caltech.edu)
  • To learn more about Team Cybernet or Cybernet Systems Corporation, please visit www.www.cybernet.com. (cybernet.com)
  • Speaking with The Debrief , OFFSET's program manager, Dr. Timothy Chung, said, "Cities present a significant challenge for dismounted troops as they navigate and search tall buildings amid tight spaces. (thedebrief.org)
  • The Richard W. Hamming Medal, established in 1986, is the highest IEEE-wide award for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology. (umd.edu)
  • What is the future of autonomous defense systems? (parc.com)
  • The construction industry is facing numerous challenges and more companies are looking to automate tasks to relieve some of the pressure. (khl.com)
  • Media coverage of Multi-robot Systems group / MRS v médiích IEEE Spectrum VIDEO FRIDAY. (cvut.cz)
  • This would seem to demonstrate that robotics has come a long way in the past few years alone and development shows no signs of slowing down. (khl.com)
  • I think many people would be surprised by the advanced capabilities that autonomous systems for defense are already demonstrating - capabilities that many might guess wouldn't be achievable for many years. (parc.com)
  • We've been doing underground autonomy for years, and then DARPA announces this challenge on exactly what we're doing. (emesent.io)
  • Professor Marco Hutter of the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich, Professor Roland Siegwart of the Autonomous Systems Lab at ETH Zurich, Professor Mark Mueller of the HiPeR Lab at U.C. Berkeley, Maurice Fallon of the Oxford Robotics Institute Sierra Nevada Corporation based in Sparks, Nevada and Flyability based in Switzerland. (unr.edu)
  • Mounted on an agile vehicle base, the Sarcos GT's dual-armed system can lift payloads up to 1,000 pounds, dexterously, and with minimal human effort. (investmentwatchblog.com)
  • DARPA is in the innovation business, not in the development business. (wikipedia.org)
  • Daimler Trucks just announced that it's acquiring a majority stake in Torc Robotics , a deal that will see the two companies collaborating on the development of Level 4 self-driving trucks. (techcrunch.com)
  • Oshkosh's robotics efforts began in response to the 2001 U.S. Armed Forces announcement of its goal to have one-third of all operational ground combat vehicles unmanned by 2015. (oemoffhighway.com)
  • Another DARPA project currently marching towards operational completion is a program codenamed GREMLINS. (thedebrief.org)
  • Militaries across the world are increasingly turning to unmanned systems to augment their manned capabilities. (naval-technology.com)
  • Additionally, since at least 2013, the Strategic Capabilities Office of the Department of Defense and Air Force has been testing and developing the Perdix drone system. (thedebrief.org)
  • Introduction to Control Systems. (caltech.edu)
  • control of switched and discontinuous systems and automatic drive-train control. (ucsb.edu)
  • Microprocessors are already embedded into many parts of an automobile-from an engine's control-valve timing system to the seat controls. (mentalfloss.com)
  • CRAFTSMAN allows non-robotics-experts to design and use cutting-edge user interfaces and control software for robotics systems. (traclabs.com)
  • Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. (ieee.org)
  • Weighing approximately 10 pounds, the Snake Robot can be tele-operated from miles away, can reliably traverse challenging terrains including stairs, culverts, pipes, tanks, and many vertical surfaces, and can facilitate two-way real-time video and voice communication. (investmentwatchblog.com)
  • So, if you didn't see that pedestrian walking into the street, the video system would know where you were, know about the pedestrian, and warn you to pay attention. (mentalfloss.com)