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New Products

Portable Laser Scanner Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (North Kingstown, RI) has announced the Leica Absolute Scanner LAS-XL, a new ultralarge scale portable laser scanner. Designed for industries and applications where both...

What We’re Driving: 2018 Chrysler 300 S AWD

Selling a car, any kind of car, is tough business in a time when everyone wants crossovers. It’s always seemed particularly difficult for FCA, so in more than one sense you can see the logic...

3D Imaging in Space

NASA is digging ever more deeply into understanding the makeup of the surfaces of Mars and our Moon. A lot can be learned by sending instruments to land on these places, but vastly more can be discovered by bringing back...

A Secret Weapon for Roof-crush Testing

Evaluating how school buses and other commercial vehicles perform in crash-test scenarios is regular practice at the Center for Advanced Product Evaluation (CAPE) in Westfield, Indiana. The center, a...

Autonomous Helicopters

Northrop Grumman CorporationFalls Church, VA+1 703-280-2900www.northropgrumman.com/firescout Fire Scout is a combat proven, autonomous helicopter system that provides real-time Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance,...

Turbos Tackle New Propulsion Applications

Turbo machines continue to drive engine “right-sizing” trends while adding complementary technologies such as electric motors. They’re also finding new applications for vehicle propulsion....

Miniature Data Recorder

DTSSeal Beach, CA+1 562-493-0158www.dtsweb.com Harsh, wet and dusty environments pose serious reliability issues for data collection. The SLICE IP68 data acquisition system is designed to measure physical signals in...

Detecting Pedestrians

Automakers and legislators are focusing on pedestrians, aiming to reduce injuries that are rising as more people worldwide migrate to cities. Camera systems have surpassed passive technologies to become the key...

Advancements Made to the Wingman Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) Simulation: How to Operate the SIL

The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), DCS Corp., and Naval Surface...

When Autonomy Underperforms: the Evolving Liability Model

When humans drive a vehicle, safety liability issues are well-established and depend largely on whether a state has adopted no-fault liability or whether a product was at the root...

Soft Robotic Fish Swims Alongside Real Ones in Coral Reefs

A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled “SoFi,” a soft robotic fish that can independently swim alongside real fish in the ocean....

Seeing Through Fog

As the mobility industry advances with ADAS and autonomous vehicle (AV) operation, the safety challenges of applications involving nighttime warning systems, pedestrian detection and driver situational awareness will...

New Technologies Tackle UAV Challenges

Unmanned vehicles for air, land, and water represent an increasingly-important capability for virtually all military services worldwide. Because each new generation of device technology promises...

Automated Flight System Software

KittyhawkSan Francisco, CA+1 415-598-7757https://kittyhawk.io Kittyhawk recently announced new features to its flight system software platform. Kittyhawk is adding an automated flight system to its Flight Deck...

Soldier-Robot Team Communication: An Investigation of Exogenous Orienting Visual Display Cues and Robot Reporting Preferences

The advancement of robot capabilities and functionality has changed the way in which soldiers perform many of their...

GPS Enabled Semi-Autonomous Robot

The primary objective of this research is to integrate GPS and local sensory data to allow a robot to operate semi-autonomously outside of a laboratory environment. The Pioneer 3-AT, a robust platform capable...

Nissan Variable-Compression Engine Gets First Shot at Volume with New 2019 Altima

Nissan’s all-new, sixth-generation Altima midsize sedan arrived at its 2018 New York auto show reveal with several innovations, but probably its most...

Extended-Range Loitering System

UVision Air LtdZur Igal, Israel+972 9 749 6823www.uvisionuav.com UVision Air Ltd. — a company that specializes in lethal aerial loitering systems of all sizes — has successfully demonstrated the Hero-400EC...

Robotic Applique Kits Leverage Existing Assets

When it comes to modern military operations, robotic technology provides a tremendous tactical advantage. Drones, ground robots and autonomous vehicles are routinely used for missions such as...

New Products

Rapid Deployment SIGINT Sensor VStar Systems (San Diego, CA) announced the addition of a pod version of its MA-C SIGINT Sensor, the MA-C MiniPod™. Two active high frequency (HF) antennas allow for intercept and copy of land...

Protecting Critical Data on Unmanned Underwater Platforms

Emerging mission requirements from global defense forces are driving new programs and applications for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) platforms. Like their airborne counterparts, UUVs...

Rethinking Architectures: From Chips to the Cloud

Creating a powerful, robust electronic controls architecture is among the most important tasks faced by those chosen to create autonomous-vehicle systems. Risk-averse developers who are...

Development of a Vision-Based Situational Awareness Capability for Unmanned Surface Vessels

Using unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for “dull, dirty and dangerous missions” is gaining traction in recent years as it removes the human element...

Cabin Fever

The transition to autonomous driving will transform many aspect of vehicles, not the least being interiors. Cabins will evolve significantly to give drivers and passengers more freedom and varied entertainment options.

Educating UGVs

Advancements in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) are accelerating as the technology matures from being research-orientated to being deployed in a wide range of products and services, such as autonomous vehicles. While...

Nvidia’s ‘Kitchen Sink’ for AV Testing

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang laid out the problem during his keynote address at the company’s 2018 GTC conference in San Jose in late March. Autonomous driving technology is “probably the hardest...

Inertial Measurement Unit

Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd.Plymouth, UK+44 0 1752 723330www.siliconsensing.com Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd's latest DMU30 inertial measurement unit (IMU) has been chosen to provide highly accurate ship's attitude data...

SOI ‘Sauce’ for Next-gen Microelectronics

Automotive applications and the Internet of Things (IoT) will be the next big drivers for semiconductor growth through 2025. Vehicles are increasingly relying on greater intelligence,...

Robotic Paint Removal System

Air Force Research LaboratoryWright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH+1 937-255-0017www.wpafb.af.mil AFRL Materials Integrity engineers recently played a key role in enabling the safer and more efficient removal of paint...