c-Mapping-Surveillance

Drones for Schools

Matthew Schroyer 24 Sep 2013

To understand what the Drones for Schools program is, and how it came about, it helps to know a few things about my background. I didn't originally set out to be a STEM educator. I had some science ed...

National Geographic uses AGVs and drones for photo story about lions

Frank Tobe 12 Aug 2013

... Once again National Geographic photographers have used innovative techniques to capture amazing images. Remember the polar bear cam in 2011 that got crushed by the curious bear as he examined and ...

SpaceX awarded launch reservation contract with MDA Robotics for Canadian satellite program

Hallie Siegel 30 Jul 2013

The Falcon 9 rocket in the hangar at SpaceX's launch site at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Photo credit: SpaceX. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced today that, in 2018, it will...

Two small drones approved by FAA for civilian use in the US

Frank Tobe 27 Jul 2013

Insitu's Scan Eagle x200. Two small drones, Insitu's Scan Eagle X200 and AeroVironment's PUMA, have become the first federally certified unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for civilian use in the US. O...

Active military robots around the world

Ioannis K. Erripis 15 Mar 2013

This is a brief presentation of some of the most widely used robots (or remotely controlled, semi-autonomous systems) from militaries around the world. There are numerous other projects that are curre...