Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) technology provider Altitude Angel has announced that software company Drone Harmony has opted to equip its flight mapping solutions with Altitude Angel’s market-leading data.
Drone Harmony is developing a data capture platform that enables enterprises to capture quality data of infrastructure assets. According to Altitude Angel, this addresses the main hurdle encountered when attempting to tap into digitalization benefits: the lack of complete, quality, and up-to-date digital databases representing the enterprise assets.
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Conversations with AUVSI: Miso Robotics
Miso Robotics is creating innovative robotics and artificial intelligence solutions designed to revolutionize the restaurant and prepared food industries. The company was founded with a mission to leverage AI technology to help chefs cook food perfectly and consistently and enable restaurants to increase labor productivity, reduce costs and drive profitability while improving the overall dining experience.
In the fourth edition of “Conversations with AUVSI,” Buck Jordan, president and chairman of Miso Robotics, took the time to answer some questions about Miso Robotics’ background, the company's robotic kitchen assistant, Flippy, and the company’s various partnerships with different restaurants and kitchens.
Weekend Roundup: November 20, 2020
This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World
Students and faculty at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia are working on an autonomous vehicle that can transport the elderly. The JMU Autonomous Cart (JACart) research group tested its second autonomous (AV) golf cart on the university’s campus in a fixed course on Wednesday, Nov. 18. (WHSV-TV)
Drone Delivery Canada successfully tests several critical aspects of its Robin XL UAS
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that it has successfully tested numerous critical aspects of the Robin XL drone at its ‘Tranquility Base’ test range.
Rapid Robotics, creator of ready-to-work robotic machine operator, announces $5.5M in seed funding
Rapid Robotics, creator of what it calls the first ready-to-work robotic machine operator, has announced $5.5M in seed funding.
Thales completes important work to enable BVLOS ops in North Dakota
Thales has announced that it has successfully completed the preliminary design review for the key site implementation of Vantis, the statewide UAS network for BVLOS operations in western North Dakota.
As part of the BVLOS network, Thales will deploy surveillance and communications infrastructure in the greater McKenzie County area. The sensors and communications network will support mission and network operations.
“North Dakota’s Statewide UAS Network, known as Vantis, is truly the first of its kind,” says Jean Ferré, Vice President of Airspace Mobility Solutions, Thales.
Plus selects BlackBerry technology for its automated driving system for Class 8 trucks
Plus has selected BlackBerry Limited’s QNX technology for the global commercial deployment of its automated driving system for Class 8 trucks.
Plus is the first automated truck developer to use BlackBerry QNX technology for its next-generation self-driving systems. The systems are expected to be commercialized and deployed beginning in 2021 by Plus and FAW, which is China’s largest heavy-duty truck maker. In the next two years, Plus also plans to deploy thousands of intelligent, automated trucks in the US.
FLIR Systems receives order for more than 250 additional FLIR Centaur UGVs from U.S. Armed Services
The United States Army, Air Force, and Navy have collectively ordered more than 250 additional FLIR Centaur UGVs from FLIR Systems Inc., worth $32 million combined.
The award is being sourced through the Army’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc. II) program.
“We’re tremendously honored that EOD teams across America’s military are relying on our Centaur robot to help them perform dangerous missions with greater stand-off capability,” says Tom Frost, VP and general manager for Unmanned Ground Systems in the Unmanned and Integrated Solutions business at FLIR.
Drone Delivery Canada successfully completes Phase Three of its 'AED On The Fly' project
On Nov. 6, Drone Delivery Canada successfully completed Phase Three of its Automated External Defibrillator (AED) On The Fly project with Peel Region Paramedic Services and Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine.
DDC announced 100 percent successful Phase One and Phase Two testing in June 2019 and July 2020, respectively. During Phase Three, the Sparrow drone, with its cargo drop capability and audio announcement system, was utilized to drop an AED where a designated untrained (lay) bystander would then retrieve the AED and apply it to a simulated cardiac arrest patient in a rural environment.
During testing, response time to drop, retrieve and apply an AED, and physiological and psychological human factors in a stressful situation were all measured.
RE2 Robotics receives $1.1 million in funding to develop mobile robotic manipulation system for U.S. Army
RE2 Robotics has received $1.1 million in Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) to develop a mobile robotic manipulation system that will allow combat medics to remotely assess and extract injured soldiers on the battlefield.
Known as Autonomous Casualty Extraction (ACE), the program will utilize RE2 Robotics’ dual-arm Highly Dexterous Manipulation System (HDMS) mounted to a FLIR Kobra UGV from FLIR Systems Inc., to autonomously locate a casualty in the field.
