Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.22
May 27, 2021
…2020 and 2024. Artemis is a joint effort by NASA, U.S. commercial aerospace providers, and international partners. These include including the European Space Agency (which itself has 22 member countries), Canada, Japan, and Russia, said the IFR. There are plenty of other bright spots in the global robotics constellation, including AI research in France, customer-service robots in Singapore, drones and assistive systems in Israel, marine systems in the Netherlands, and collaborative robot arms and mobile robots from Denmark. And that's not even counting the billions of dollars currently flowing into autonomous vehicle development, with China and the U.S. as early…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.23
May 23, 2021
…and civilian customers. Last year, Near Earth won a NASA contract to develop technology for industrial infrastructure inspection. The company provided its systems to the K-MAX TITAN, which Kaman Air Vehicles described as “the world's first heavy-lift, unmanned helicopter for the commercial market.” The U.S. Marine Corps planned to test the K-MAX TITAN this month. Understand the applications “Users don't care how you got the data. Nobody wants a point cloud for its own sake,” said Barry Rabkin, director of marketing at Near Earth Autonomy. “We realized that it's not about the drones or the autonomy but the customer value…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.47
May 12, 2021
…the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) and is academic co-lead of Black in Robotics. “Ayanna Howard is a trailblazer in vital research areas, including topics such as trust and bias in AI, which will continue to be front and center in society in the coming years,” said Gabriele Kotsis, president of ACM. “The quality of her research has made her a thought leader in developing accessible human-robot interaction systems. Both as an entrepreneur and mentor, Ayanna Howard has worked to increase the participation of women and under-represented groups in computing.” “It's nice to be in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.58
May 11, 2021
…than directly piloting,” he noted. “We've even run with NASA or the European Space Agency, managing terrestrial vehicles from space or vice versa.” “Connext 6.1 is available with an annual subscription or for free for evaluation, research, and academic use,” Barnett said. “Some of our customers in marine and mining applications have been working with beta versions. We definitely expect interest in oil and gas, and agriculture and construction have similar use cases.” “By providing support for mobility, scalability, and heterogeneity, Connext 6.1 allows for control by phone, cloud, or remote operations center,” he said. “By empowering operators and decision…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.50
May 02, 2021
…set in the drone's third flight on April 25. NASA took more pictures with Ingenuity's black-and-white navigation camera and its color camera. The agency said it plans to use some stereo images to create 3D imagery of the Martian surface. Now that Ingenuity has proven that that powered, controlled flight is possible in the thin atmosphere of Mars, its mission will shift. In a new operations demonstration phase, the drone will explore how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds. Ingenuity to test capabilities This new phase will begin after the helicopter completes…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 60.22
April 28, 2021
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field center in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. It is administered by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.46
April 19, 2021
…the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. “With Ingenuity, we're trying to do the same for Mars.” “Ingenuity is the latest in a long and storied tradition of NASA projects achieving a space exploration goal once thought impossible,” said Steve Jurczyk, acting NASA administrator. “The X-15 was a pathfinder for the space shuttle. Mars Pathfinder and its Sojourner rover did the same for three generations of Mars rovers. We don’t know exactly where Ingenuity will lead us, but today’s results indicate the sky – at least on Mars – may not be the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 31.26
March 22, 2021
…Colorado State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering for the NASA Robotic Mining Competition (RMC) for a fourth consecutive year. As part of the sponsorship agreement, Allied provides a monetary grant to the team, access to critical components and parts, and advice from Allied’s in-house engineering experts to assist CSU’s team in developing a lunar mining vehicle for the NASA competition. “Our sponsorship of the CSU Lunabotics team is a natural way for Allied to better provide these student engineers with the resources, expertise and materials they need to innovate and further their technical and professional development,” said Ken Bradley, president…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.97
September 03, 2020
…incredibly useful,” says Antonio Ruiz, supervisor, Strategic Sourcing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. “Having 24/7 visibility and access to the real-time schedule of things is a game-changer.” “Fictiv’s new streamlined end-to-end process is exciting, capturing the entire value chain from design upload through DFM with real-time pricing,” says Ibrahim Toukan, head of Supply Chain at Level 5, Lyft’s autonomous vehicle unit, agrees. Key Transparency Features Available now, Fictiv’s radical transparency initiative includes these key features: On-Demand Production Status: detailed current production status of all the parts within every order, immediately and online; Virtual Inspection Photos: inspection photos from manufacturing partner…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.25
August 20, 2020
…the MIT Media Lab and a consultant at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is the founder of MagicLab. His presentation covers mixed reality storytelling, gesture sensing, and swarm robotics—a glimpse of the promise of augmented reality. There will also be a robust lineup of technical papers. CFD and Airborne Contagion Control One way is to minimize COVID infection, is to implement effective aid duct and ventilation systems to minimize airborne contagion. SimulationHUB, the developers of the on-demand browser-based CFD analysis program by the same name, shows how to set up and design airborne infection isolation rooms to study and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.55
June 02, 2020
…in a single piece reduces cost and enables the highest-performance regenerative cooling design.” Launcher will be testing E-2 at NASA Stennis as part of an Air Force Phase II SBIR later this year. The AMCM M 4K platform is a global offering and is available now. AMCM is ramping up its production at their new expanded facility in Starnberg, Germany. In addition to the AMCM M 4K platform, AMCM is producing other high-performance, customized industrial 3D printers based on EOS technology. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.45
January 20, 2020
…and more efficiently using the latest technologies and a global network of manufacturing partners. Companies such as Audi, ABB, NASA and German Orbital already use 3D hubs for both prototyping and end-part production. “Entering the German market further strengthens our position as the leading force behind digital manufacturing in Europe. With an experienced local team on the ground, we are excited to provide German companies with a platform that helps them compete with the biggest players in the industry,” explains Bram de Zwart, founder and CEO of 3D Hubs. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned…
