Robotics Education Journal
08/20/2022 On August 9, the Vertical Lift Consortium (VLC), in partnership with TechConnect and Advanced Technology International (ATI), announced 19 finalists for its Urban Air Mobility Challenge.
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08/16/2022 PickNik Robotics, which develops robotics software and engineering services, has announced commercial availability of its MoveIt Studio Developer Platform and the MoveIt Studio SDK (software development kit).
08/14/2022 US-based Shield AI and Australian company EPE have partnered to deliver AI pilot functionality to military UAV operators in Australia and New Zealand using Shield’s Nova 2 drone. The drone features Level 5 autonomy— it can operate independently in GPS-denied environments.
08/12/2022 August 9: First comprehensive analysis finds broad gains in test scores, with larger gains for students of color than white students.
08/08/2022 Space.com reported 8 August that the Space Force has conducted a demonstration using dog-like quadruped unmanned ground vehicles (Q-UGVs) for security patrols and other repetitive tasks.
08/06/2022 GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI) has developed “S10,” a 10-meter autonomous robotic arm for commercial space stations. The GITAI S10 has successfully completed various tests corresponding to level 3 of NASA’s Technology Readiness Level (TRL).
08/05/2022 As note in an AUVSI news release, the DOD’s budgeting process for uncrewed systems (UxV) in Fiscal Year 2023 has commenced. The charts suggest DOD priorities among systems intended for deployment in Air, Counter-UAS, Ground, Maritime Surface and Maritime Subsurface domains.
08/05/2022 Ottonomy.IO has introduced Ottobot 2.0, a “best-in-class and friendly service fleet of fully autonomous robots” for food/beverage and retail contactless deliveries.
08/02/2022 On Monday, August 8, 2022, in Lawrence, Ind., (a suburb of Indianapolis) history will be made when traditional mail is delivered to the world’s first smart mailbox.
07/30/2022 Several countries are planning Lunar missions in the near future, within one to a very few years, as these representative lunar robot concept images show.
In the order shown, these are:
1, NASA's Viper polar exploration robot.
2. Astrobotics' Peregrine lunar lander.
07/28/2022 As reported by EdSurge.com, in mid-July, a group of more than 500 business, education and nonprofit leaders called on states to update their K-12 curriculum to make computer scie
07/27/2022 Fierce Education has announced its upcoming free virtual event to be presented August 25th: “Higher Education: The Connected Campus”.
07/26/2022 Tom Atwood, Executive Director of the National Robotics Education Foundation, in late June was interviewed by Tracey and Cameron Hughes, founders of CTEST Laboratories, on his career in aviation and robotics magazine publishing.
07/25/2022 Animal Dynamics, based in Oxford, England, works closely with the University of Oxford and specializes in aerial and maritime drones used for logistics, humanitarian aid, emergency services, defense and agriculture.
07/22/2022 As reported by Guy Norris of AviaitionWeek.com, this experimental “concept” hypersonic vehicle is called the HVX. HVX is part of an RAF study evaluating hypersonic technologies for “intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (IRS) and other missions that, reportedly, are undisclosed.
07/17/2022 SkyRange, a program managed by the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center, is developing and integrating advanced sensors/capabilities and providing flight operations & maintenance for a fleet of unmanned air-vehicle systems to support the U.S.
07/13/2022 Retired Adm. William McRaven, a former US Navy SEAL commander and head of US Special Operations Command recently stressed that K-12 education is vital to US national security.
07/09/2022 Steve Trimble of Aviation Week reported recently that Israel is planning to develop the capability to deploy uncrewed, autonomous combat systems, which will distance the human warfighter from the battlefront in order to save lives.
07/05/2022 In a preceding article, Engineering360 looked at various robots that mimic creepy crawly insects, snakes and rodents. In part 2, the website focused on robots fashioned after grasshoppers, flies, beetles, earthworms and spiders.
07/02/2022 BAE Systems has announced that its Robotic Technology Demonstrator (RTD) successfully fired laser-guided rockets at multiple ground targets, with a human decision in the loop, during a recent U.S. Army tactical scenario at the Dugway Proving Ground in Falls Church, Va.
06/30/2022 As reported by Military & Aerospace Electronics, officials of the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y., issued a request for information (RFI-RIKD-22-03) in mid-June for the Low Collateral Effects Interceptor (LCEI) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) project.
06/27/2022 Kerrwil Media’s Robotics-World recently spoke with Jack Morrison, CEO of Scythe Robotics, one of the hottest autonomous mower startups offering enterprise-scale mowing systems designed for commercial business.
06/23/2022 ARLINGTON, Va.
06/19/2022 Defensenews.com reported that next year Israel will begin testing an all-terrain unmanned combat vehicle armed with a 30mm autonomous turret.