Robotics Education Journal
06/27/2021 AeroVironment and NASA plan to design a hexacopter using data from demonstrations of the Ingenuity robotic coaxial helicopter on Mars. The partnership is exploring a new six-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle concept, dubbed Mars Science Helicopter, with a maximum payload capacity of 5 kilograms.
06/24/2021 Veteran Air Force combat pilot Major Kyle Sanders, vice president of U.S. Drone Soccer, is working to make drones and robotics accessible to students through the emerging sport of drone soccer. July 31 to Aug. 1, the first drone soccer tournament is coming to North America.
06/22/2021 Speed Magazine reported that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is teaming up with Sony, toymaker Tomy, and Doshisha University to fly a baseball-sized transforming robot to the Moon next year.
06/19/2021 Somewhat resembling MIT’s Mini Cheetah, the new MIT-designed dynamic acrobatic humanoid robot operates with a new leg design featuring actuators with higher power and torque density than the Cheetah.
06/17/2021 New research by Army scientists could lead to legged robots that are as efficient as wheeled or tracked battle buddies — a boon for dismounted infantry in rugged terrain, such as mountains or cluttered urban streets.
06/17/2021 Robotics Business Review (RBR), a leading online robotics news site at WTWH Media, has announced its listing of 2021 Robotics Innovation Award honorees. The global listing reflects WTWH's editorial opinion of the 50 most innovative companies in robotics.
06/15/2021 Founded by Blue Origin in 2019, Club for the Future is a foundation whose mission is to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and to help invent the future of life in space.
06/08/2021 The Department of Defense and Israel’s defense ministry have jointly selected drone developer Xtend to provide a small unmanned aircraft system for use in remotely controlled operations.
06/03/2021 Jonathan Rupprecht is an attorney whose highly regarded practice, Rupprecht Law, P.A., offers comprehensive guidance to drone pilots on legal and technical matters. Rupprecht’s many tutorials and educational posts have provided invaluable support to the drone/UAV and radio control (RC) communiti
06/02/2021 According to the Marinecorpstimes.com, the Marines are one step closer to finding ways to transport vital supplies to Marines on the move via drones.
05/28/2021 It was reported by C4ISRNet.com that the Aevum Ravn can deliver small payloads via a rocket booster to low earth orbit.
05/22/2021 A recent report by Inverse.com compared and contrasted the Persevera
05/20/2021 UAV swarms carrying explosives or surveillance gear are notable threats on the battlefield.
05/14/2021 As reported by The Warzone at Thedrive.com, Pipistrel’s militarized unmanned Surveyor has been used by the U.S.
05/11/2021 As reported by Breakingdefense.com, Russia has created a new robotic combat unit of Uran-9 unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), which have been battle-tested in Syria, though with mixed results.
05/08/2021 The Xponential 2021 online conference was held May 4 – 6, 2021 and was a gold mine of information for businesses, industry professionals, academics, researchers and tech-hounds of any age looking for the latest information on unmanned systems, robotics and leading edge artificial intelligence app
05/04/2021 AUVSI's Xponential Conference is the signature gathering for leaders in the robotics, AI and unmanned systems industries to share technology use cases, experience new technology and strike up new partnerships.
04/30/2021 As reported by Caleb Larson in Nationalinterest.org, the Marine Corps is preparing to face China, a near-peer rival, in the Pacific. The report notes that the Marines
04/26/2021 As reported by Shephardmedia.com, the US NAVY has begun a major Congress-mandated assessment to explore the efficacy of pairing a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) with a vertical launch
04/23/2021 Adversary drones are observed spying on U.S.
04/23/2021 Miko 2 encourages your kids to interact, learn, and communicate.
04/18/2021 SAN DIEGO – The Navy begins its inaugural multi-domain manned and unmanned capabilities exercise April 19.
04/17/2021 The challenges imposed on schools by the COVID-19 pandemic have left parents and educators without essential information about how students are doing and which schools need urgent attention.
04/14/2021 CTTSO / NASA – On 21 May, via the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD), Dr.