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CSAIL launches artificial intelligence initiative with industry

CSAIL MIT 12 Apr 2017

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...

Which companies provide robotic systems to the military?

Frank Tobe 18 Mar 2013

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...

AlwaysInnovating’s MeCam mini video copter available for licensing

John Payne 01 Feb 2013

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...

Losing Humanity: The case against killer robots

Mike Hamer 20 Nov 2012

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...

How an autonomous driving bill becomes law

Andra Keay 06 Nov 2012

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...

Three different worlds, one big show

Frank Tobe 13 Aug 2012

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...

Parrot invests in SenseFly and Pix4D

John Payne 01 Aug 2012

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...

Catching up with robots

John Payne 28 May 2012

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...