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CSAIL launches artificial intelligence initiative with industry

From self-driving cars to the internet of things, artificial intelligence (AI) has reached new levels of sophistication in recent years. With that in mind, this week MIT’s Computer Science and Artif...

12 April 2017, by CSAIL MIT

Which companies provide robotic systems to the military?

Robohub is running a week-long series of focused stories about robotics for defense, security and surveillance purposes. In an attempt to add to the conversation, here is a list of some of the compani...

18 March 2013, by Frank Tobe

AlwaysInnovating’s MeCam mini video copter available for licensing

While not yet a shipping product, AlwaysInnovating's MeCam appears to be close to being so. Operating under voice command, the MeCam can be set in a mode where it keeps its camera focused on you an...

01 February 2013, by John Payne

Losing Humanity: The case against killer robots

Released yesterday by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization, the report Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots (herein: the report) and associated press release and video (below), w...

20 November 2012, by Mike Hamer

How an autonomous driving bill becomes law

Two years ago, no state legislature had even contemplated self-driving cars. Now, three states have passed legislation, several more are considering it, and Nevada's DMV has issued the world's first a...

06 November 2012, by Andra Keay

Three different worlds, one big show

The business of unmanned aerial, underwater and ground vehicles -- originally funded by DARPA, NSF and other government-sponsored research programs -- and the many ancillary businesses involved -- h...

13 August 2012, by Frank Tobe

Parrot invests in SenseFly and Pix4D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bVxOleKf8s Last week, SenseFly and Pix4D announced deals with drone maker Parrot, in which Parrot will invest in both companies, 5 million Swiss francs in SenseFly and...

01 August 2012, by John Payne

Catching up with robots

http://youtu.be/UpyKt6mClVA The above video, by Erico Guizzo and Evan Ackerman of IEEE Spectrum, and shows Patrick Rowe, of RE2 (RE-squared), the firm hired by DARPA to build the standard platform fo...

28 May 2012, by John Payne