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QinetiQ North America's Dan Deguire, Senior Program Manager for Future Robotics, details the safety features built into the MAARS robotic platform as well as additional features that set it apart from the SWORDS robots that came before it. The new...
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Electronic Design's Bill Wong had a chance to talk with QinetiQ North America's Dan Deguire about the MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System), a modular remote weapons platform & IED neutralization tool. MAARS uses the more powerful...
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The GoldenEye 80 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned ducted fan air vehicle features several acoustic dampening techniques that enable quiet hover and stare operations from altitude and an advanced flight control computer to rapidly transition...
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Aurora Flight Sciences' John Lambert and Tom Clancy talk to Engineering TV about the GoldenEye 80 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft System. Originally developed under the DARPA's OAV-II Program, the GoldenEye 80 features an...
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The A160T Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle looks like a helicopter but is unlike any other helicopter on the market today. It features a unique optimum speed rotor technology that enables the Hummingbird to adjust the RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) of...
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Developed under the auspices of the DARPA, the A160 Turbine Hummingbird (A160T) is a revolutionary vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system capable of endurance greater than 20 hours, with a range of 2,250 nautical miles...
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The Dragon Runner Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV) is a modular ground robot system capable of both quick reconnaissance and improvised explosive device (IED) disarmament in urban, mountainous or rural environments. Recently, engineers and roboticists...
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Vehicles retrofitted with the Pronto4 System can perform flexible roles in a tele-operational or semi-autonomous mode. The ProntoMimic Software Suite has a series of path creation / following interfaces that perform the task of path creation and maintenance...
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Troy Takach, President & CEO of Kairos Autonomi, takes us through the components of the Pronto4 Agnostic Autonomy System. This compact, modularly-constructed hardware system is capable of installation anywhere in the field in a four-four-four process...
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Rather than build expensive, purpose-built systems, Kairos Autonomi produces high-quality, cost-effective solutions that can be retrofitted or "strapped-on" to any existing vehicle or vessel that has a steering wheel. The Pronto4 Agnostic Autonomy...
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The iRobot Seaglider is a deep-diving UUV designed for missions lasting many months and covering thousands of miles. Seaglider measures temperature, salinity and other quantities in the ocean, sending back data using global satellite telemetry. More than...
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Mike Rufo discusses the mechanical and electronic systems on board Boston Engineering's GhostSwimmer, a new Autonomous Underwater Vehicle being developed for the Office of Naval Research (ONR). It is a biomimetic vehicle that further develops underwater...
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GhostSwimmer is a tactical, efficient, biomimetic autonomous artificial fish UUV that employs the actual mechanics and dynamics of biological fish to create the ultimate in efficient swimming while remaining responsive to the needs of current covert,...
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Dan Deguire from QinetiQ North America describes various missions for remote operation of Bobcat Loaders using their ROCK Robotic Kit. For example, the Loader can be sent down-range to handle large, deep-buried IEDs that require actual excavation to dislodge...
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QinetiQ North America's Dan Deguire reveals more details about the hardware, software and Symphony middlware used in the ROCK Robotic Kit. The kit’s hardened electronics are rated at 156ºF to handle the solar load in places like Iraq and Afghanistan...