It s a type of Vertical Takeoff or Landing (VTOL) rarely done with humans on board because#that transition from vertical to horizontal and back again is difficult for onboard human pilots to manage.
Cars on roads travel in close proximity and only move in two dimensions. Aircraft operate in vast empty skies
But maybe a simple parachute could slow them down enough for a safe landing Sunspiral says.
and digesting which would allow the robots to automatically roll in the same way that you
In addition the researchers also developed a way for the robots to learn how to roll on their own with the help of evolutionary algorithms which is valuable for robots operating by themselves on another planet where the rules for movement might differ from those On earth.
and its cargo is loaded unloaded or lost its center of mass changes and the thrusters no longer operate in harmony
Pilots who neglect to properly stow cargo risk having it bounce free during evasive maneuvers potentially injuring crew
Tempted to take on extra cargo to pad profits? That might strain the ship s components. 2011 Developers begin building Star Citizen in secret revealing just enough details to entice investors. 10/10/12 Crowdfunding campaign begins
##Free WINDOWS OS X Linux Orbot for Androidpros The preconfigured browser routes you through a worldwide network of proxy servers anonymizing IP numbers.
The tests were performed#aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.##The exercise was operationally simple: the unmanned X-47b took off from the carrier's deck followed by a manned#F/A-18 Hornet.
but successfully integrating both manned and unmanned aircraft into the same flight patterns especially on the confined space of an aircraft carrier is essential for future operations.
It's#similar#to#the#challenge#of#making sure#driverless cars can safely avoid cars with human drivers
Unlike most drones which have a pilot dictating their every move#by remote control the X-47b is largely autonomous calculating its flight paths.
Last summer the X-47b#successfully landed on an aircraft carrier#twice. It aborted a#third landing
but it did so to avoid crashing into the aircraft carrier and safely landed on an airstrip elsewhere.)
The result of a collaboration between South africa's Aerosud aviation firm and the Paramount Group, the AHRLAC is designed as a cheap alternative to the big name in military surveillance right now:
quieter direction when it introduced Project Livewire, its first battery-powered bike. The Livewire has a lightweight aluminum frame rather than the classic tubular-steel version,
Several niche companies have marketed electric bikes over the past few years but Harley entry into the market is telling.
The manufacturer sees the technology as a way to court new riders. This fall, before the motorcycle goes into production,
the company will sell the bike, or some version of it move that could shape the industry for years to come.
and enables semi-autonomous driving on highways. 4) Honda has started using 3-D visualization technology co-developed with tech firm 3dx CITE for crash simulations.
#Russia Orders Helicopters For Its New Amphibious assault Ships Russia recently ordered a batch of new attack helicopters,
and around 30 light helicopters within landing distance of a coast, where they will (in peaceful situations) arrive
It's likely each of the four ships would only fly eight attack helicopters so the full order for 32 indicates that Russia expects full delivery of the ships.
what military use the Mistral would add to the war in Ukraine, even with the planned Ka-52k helicopters.
Regardless of actual military utility, the international community is excited less about the sale, especially after Russia's seizure of Crimea and Moscow's ongoing support for the separatists that shot down a Malaysian airliner.
which changed previous laws regarding space in a key way:""Nonmilitary use"became"nonaggressive use."
in addition to reducing the annual carnage on American and European highways, this system could prove useful in reducing similar accidents in heavy industries like mining as well,
Anaerobic digestion is considered also a less favored way of dealing with excess food. From an environmental standpoint, it's better to chop food up into deli salad,
it could be modified in other desirable ways, such as possibly being able to biodegrade after it is done serving a useful purpose,
and testing in the areas of robotics space exploration aviation and other technologies NASA said in a press release.
Once renovations are complete Hangar One will again be home to high-tech innovation as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research development assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration aviation rover
Using the right features to represent the painting paves the way for judging similarity between paintings in a quantifiable way.
Specific notes make Wigl move in specific ways. For example an A might move Wigl forward while A d could move Wigl backward.
This is a fun way to problem solve (e g. Wiglng out of a maze) and teach kids the basics of coding:
What is particularly exciting is that this actuator can be bent literally in half without being damaged in any way.
How would you understand exit signs on the freeway? With augmented reality systems in your car signs you see could be translated automatically so that
#Antares orb-3 accident A very unfortunate incident for NASA and the commercial orbital transportation services program took place yesterday.
(along with Spacex) under contract from NASA for supplying the International Space station with cargo supplies and secondary experimental and commercial ISS payload.
During the press conference that took place shortly after the accident NASA official stated their satisfaction from the way Orbital operates
The Cygnus cargo vehicle destroyed on this accident was carrying a lot of small satellites owned by schools universities and startups.
and Orbital will find a way to deal with the cost of any replacements. Any correlation between payload and this accident is practically impossible so the rules
Competition will certainly make access to space easier and cheaper for everyone even with occassional incidents like this along the way a
and is equipped with computers for navigation and a satellite communication system. Three Wave Gliders have been deployed for this project.
and external sensors in this way the AZ Series can reduce setup costs electrical connections and footprint. n addition to the current lineup Oriental Motor is planning to release a model with a gearhead.
The ability for machines to tap into multiple online data sources and services allows them to quickly stitch together value reducing time
In lieu of this the technology#s advance will progress slowly with  interim solutions to pave the way.
To increase the range of a small UAV one idea is to pair it with an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that can carry it to a site of operation and transport heavier cargo.
We are way past the MULTI-BILLION dollars in investments by now. Thanks Sebastian. Â s
Covering manufacturing agriculture health transport civil security and households the initiative#calledâ SPARCÂ#is the EU#s industrial policy effort to strengthen Europe#s position in the global
The way most robots do range and bearing is to abstract the robots as a point light source from which infrared rays emerge.
or brake pedals#and you can ride it strictly as a passenger which is probably a strange feeling but according to Google video not entirely unpleasant.
and above it the whole front panel is made of foam so the car is not only safe for its passengers but for pedestrians as well.
If you completely eliminate any kind of input from the occupants (apart from the destination selection) then anyone on board is defined strictly as a passenger
The prototypes released on public roads will have manual controls for obvious legal reasons but the goal of this project is to learn
and other areas and finds ways to translate them into helping disabled individuals. Using technologies developed for larger markets helps lower the costs in developing applications for assistive technologies.
and a keyboard even today seems like an antiquated way to interact with technology. We#ve seen developments like touch-screen technology and voice-control come along way but it#s still not mainstream.
In order to really penetrate the commercial marketplace there s a high threshold for how well something has to work.#
Eye motion-capture technologies developed for paralyzed individuals open up new ways for the general public to interact with technology
the nerves that trigger muscular movement in the eyes and the way that the brain processes vision.
This cutting age brain-computer interface system could lead the way for the development of similar user interfaces for tablets and smart phones.
and navigate their way around them. Thanks to their algorithms the robots should be able to react to gestures and touch as well.
Masan Robot Land project finally breaks ground With permission finally given to occupy lands that include an existing road
1. 3 trillion won will also be invested in the expansion National Route No. 5 the highway that will connect Robot Land to the tourism complex as well as a new road between Geoje
and Masan. 400 billion won is secured already for the National Route No. 5 project next year.
It is hoped also that the Masan project will accelerate the construction project of National Route No. 5
and IP instead in the same way that Wolfram is talking about owning the database of the internet of things.
and uses three slightly modified bicycle brakes instead of the metal barriers used in the previous version.
There are multiple ways to keep a cube in its balance but jumping up requires a sudden release of energy.
â#â##Play-i gets how a developmentally appropriate introduction to programming can pave the way towards a lifelong interest and aptitude in computer scienceâ#saidâ Vibha Sazawal Lecturer and Visiting Research Scientist at the University
#Honda automatic driverless valet parking system Honda has developed a low-cost automatic valet parking system that uses parking lot surveillance cameras to help park cars automatically.
In this demonstration when a car is left in the drop-off area of a parking lot it receives information about
if it is implemented in the large parking lots of suburban shopping centers. f a store introduces this system customers can drop their car off in front of the store
and the car will go to a parking space automatically in cooperation with the parking lot. Then when customers come out with all their shopping they can just wait in front of the store
and parking lot management systems and develop ways to operate them smoothly. Honda believe that this system could be practical by or before 2020 y
and offer little margin for a startup. â##Textbooks are an excellent way to test the market as they allow for varying weightsâ#he says. â##With the concentration of students in universities in Australia we will have proof of concept that shows
and aerial photography leading the way as consumer and small business verticals. What next? Drones are the gateway for consumer robotics where the robot is a tool that anyone can use.
Flirtey are working in partnership with The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering a nonprofit research institute to develop a set of guidelines for the use of commercial drones. â##We hope to use this guide as a way to work through safety privacy and community concerns locally
if the timing is correct the braking energy of one axis can be used as energy for another in the same way as a regenerative braking system reducing energy usage. his system is used currently in the automotive chip-making printing and food industries.
#Students hope their ship inspection robot will significantly reduce dry-dock time for maritime transport industry,
which are filled with seawater to compensate for weight changes as cargo is loaded and unloaded. Located between the outer hull and the cargo holds
and consisting of beams and stiffeners separated by bulkheads ballast tanks form much of a ship#s supporting structure.
I-profiles presents a significant navigation challenge for any robotic inspection system. A few prototypes have been developed to date
In the same way our turning command is sent to every robot. Even steering 10 robots to point in the same direction is like flipping a coin until you get 10 heads in a row.
#World lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for mperceptible electronicsresearchers from Asia and Europe have developed the world lightest and thinnest organic circuits
while retaining full functionality. his is a very convenient way of making electronics stretchable because you can fabricate high performance devices in a flat state
which way the tofu is facing and how big it is using a camera. The images are analyzed by a computer and the robot works out
which way to orient the tofu. Once it picks the tofu up it then puts it in a package.
Although each unit is capable of generating enough thrust to lift itself off the ground on its own it is incapable of flight much like a helicopter cannot fly without its tail rotor.
and even if this were did possible we not yet have any way of automatically generating the appropriate control strategy for the assembled configuration.
and TED Global is not the first time it has taken to the road: In 2011 they set up at the FRAC Centre in Orlã ans France to create a six metre-high tower the first architectural installation built by flying machines (see video.
Just like you might trail your hand along a wall to find your way in the dark the robot can bounce of walls
paves way for personalized drug treatments Panasonic, together with the Belgium-based research institution IMEC, has developed a DNA TESTING chip that automates all stages of obtaining genetic information,
We had studied already the use of motion-based cues in navigation, such as optic flow and the size changes of visually salient features like SURF,
if the appearance of visual features could be used to aid navigation as well. To this end
and by habit you may avoid playing the game in such a way that would make the program malfunction.
In the future, we may also improve our crowdsourcing game in various ways, in order to make it as fun and easy as possible for players,
In any case, it an adventure to work with this exciting new way of gathering robotic data n
making it ideal for navigating crowded environments like tradeshows, restaurants, offices and airports. It easy to imagine it one day being used to unobtrusively serve drinks at a cocktail event,
Rezero could even one day rival the Segway as a personal transportation device. Rezero agility comes from a propulsion
PSS which is searching for a way to roll out the Genelead globally including through OEM sales is
#First autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance Based on the following press release, irobot,
RP-VITA is the first autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance. RP-VITA is a joint effort between two industry leaders, irobot and Intouch Health.
The robot combines the latest in autonomous navigation and mobility technologies developed by irobot with state-of-the-art telemedicine
The world's first crash avoiding drone comes from Guangzhou Walkera Technology Co. Ltd. a Chinese manufacturer of R c model toys such as helicopters
For traditional radio frequency helicopters in same frequency cannot fly together because of interference. With 2. 4ghz radio system many helicopters can fly at the same time without interference.
Mind-controlled quadrotor dronemind controlled drones are a hot area for researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzou China who have adapted a Parrot AR Drone 2. 0 to be operated by an Emotiv EPOC
By thinking left strongly the mind-pilot can make the drone take off; thinking left right and push makes it turn clockwise move forward
as the DALER will cover the longest distances this way. The wings were adapted then for walking,
Supervised traffic jam assist After a short day looking at robocars at CES a more full day was full of the usual equipment cameras TVS audio and the like and visits to several car booths.
Lots of people were making demonstrations of traffic jam assist at CES simple self-driving at low speeds among other cars.
All the demos were supervised of a traffic jam assist. This style of product (as well as supervised highway cruising) is the first thing that car companies are delivering (though they are also delivering various parking assist
and valet parking systems). This makes sense as it an easy problem to solve. So easy in fact that many of them now admit they are working on making a real traffic jam assist
which will drive the jam for you while you do e-mail or read a book.
This is a readily solvable problem today you really just have to follow the other cars
and you are going slow enough that short of a catastrophic error like going full throttle you aren going to hurt people no matter what you do at least on a highway where there are no pedestrians or cyclists.
As such a full auto traffic jam assist should be the first product we see form car companies.
It a shame because frankly the supervised cruise and traffic jam assist products are just in the leasant extra featurecategory.
which is need what you for dealing with intersections where cross traffic doesn stop and for changing lanes at high speed.
However, it is an exciting development in the way we think about how cancer can be treated.
we will find new ways to target and combat the disease. It is very likely that the chemotherapies of the future will exploit these interactions
Senegal Minister of Energy and Development of Renewable energies. e can resolve it without financing solutions to transportation and distribution issues.
One way plants achieve this efficiency is by making use of the exotic effects of quantum mechanics effects sometimes known as uantum weirdness.
he wondered if that might provide a way to artificially induce a similar effect, in an effort to approach nature efficiency. had been talking about potential systems you could use to demonstrate this effect,
and to demonstrate that the new viruses were indeed making use of quantum coherence to enhance the transport of excitons. t was really fun,
it points the way toward an approach that could lead to inexpensive and efficient solar cells or light-driven catalysis,
In his blog 99 Mind-blowing Ways the Digital economy Is Changing the Future of Business, Vivek Bapat revealed that 68%of consumers are interested in companies that bring social and environmental change.
Five ways your business can take advantage of the circular economy As the circular economy proves,
For me to have her in the studio at her hourly rate would be way more expensive than to hire the professional talent we hire."
"Keep the Videos Topical Maris offered several tips to others who may decide to go this route in creating videos.
The Old Way Vickie Maris, former director of professional development programs who now is the graduate programs director in Purdue's Weldon School of Biomedical engineering,
described the traditional way Purdue's Engineering Professional Education program produces lecture videos: After an initial brainstorming session
"That's a fairly simple way to get something on the ground and get running,
That's an easy way for them to get their content out and for us to have some'meat'to work with."
"In exchange for that free registration, they know up front that we're going to ask them at several points along the way for feedback."
We can change the way light waves are being reflected at will and ultimately focus a large area of sunlight onto a solar power tower
and vet potential participants for the train and equip program. As we review the program,
airways and collapsed lungs. Now a new ARA software program funded in part by the Army intends to significantly advance that training via a downloadable hysiology enginethat allows medical personnel see how their actions affect every other aspect of their patient physiology.
"said Zach Johns, the prototype's main pilot.""The four engines on the right wing also work in concert.
"Successful flight tests have not only demonstrated its hovering capabilities during its vertical takeoff--the way a helicopter does
Now we're working on our second goal--to demonstrate that this concept is four times more aerodynamically efficient in cruise than a helicopter."
water comes through--in your basements, in a parking garage. Secondly, if this water gets to the steel reinforcements--in concrete we have all these steel rebars
"But Jonkers has come up with an entirely new way of giving concrete a longer life."
#Scientists grow monkey arms in the lab But that's not the end of the road for this arm.
Suppressing immunity in this way opens up the risk of new infections and certain cancers. Ott's ambitious technique therefore has an ambitious goal--to one day provide amputees with fully functional limbs that can be transplanted
#Prosthetic hand'tells'the brain what it is touching Research on prosthetic hands has come a long way,
but most of it has focused on improving the way the body controls the device. Now, it may also be possible for prosthetic hands to send signals back to the body
that we have a way to describe how it might survive, "said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA.
But because of the screen constraints and the way people typically use their smartphones, it's traditionally been hard to push mobile ads for anything other than branding purposes that is,
"Drones have a lot of potential to further connect our vast network of stores, distribution centers, fulfillment centers and transportation fleet,
That's way late for your last-minute Christmas shopping plans, which could reasonably be assisted by drone deliveries.
People could be seen frantically calling their families as medical attendants rushed to set up tents in the parking lot.
This research paves the way for future treatments that may preserve and restore male fertility
#Skype's Real-time Translator Now Open to All Microsoft-owned Skype has cleared the way for anyone to use a new feature that translates video chats or instant messages in real time.
#Google Self-Driving Cars Ready for Public roads Google announced Friday its self-driving prototype cars were ready to leave the test track
and hit public roads in California, in a step forward for its autonomous automobile program. The move comes after Google's internal testing of the bubble-shaped vehicle over the past year
and hit the familiar roads of Mountain view, California, with our safety drivers aboard,"said project chief Chris Urmson in a blog post."
there hasn been a simple, inexpensive and quick way to monitor water quality. But a team of entrepreneurs from Calgary, Canada, has developed a solution.
But in the future, charging an electric vehicle may require nothing more than driving and parking. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind energy and Energy system Technology IWES in Kassel, Germany, have developed a wireless charger system that not only recharges a battery but also feeds excess energy back into the electrical grid.
one built into the road, parking space or garage and the other fitted to the underside of electric car.
With this system in place, energy can be transmitted without a plug and entirely through the air or as researchers explain in more depth, hrough a time-varying magnetic field.
Scientists in the UK, for example, are developing electric highways to charge electric cars. However, unlike other options, this coil system from Fraunhofer Institute can also discharge the electricity stored in a vehicle battery
For patients with significant motor impairments, BMI tech allows the use of artificial limbs by way of electrodes connected to the brain.
Millán team has found a way to make use of those error signals by teaching the machine itself to learn from mistakes.
Since there no way to stop it, Dutch scientists have decided to join in. Theye built a machine capable of creating the world largest artificial wave.
#Helicopter's Robotic Legs Help Stick Tricky Landings Helicopters of the future could use insectlike robotic legs to land in unlikely places like the slopes of steep hills
Touching down on uneven surfaces is something that today's helicopters are equipped just not to do, according to the Defense Advanced Projects Agency,
The new landing gear features four robotic legs with bendable"knees"that turn a normal helicopter into
unmanned helicopter successfully demonstrated the ability to land and take off from terrain that would be impossible to operate from with standard landing gear,"Ashish Bagai,
the robotic legs determine the precise angle they need to assume to keep the helicopter from tipping over
or fixed skids (the ski-type beams sometimes seen under the fuselage of a helicopter).
because helicopters often need to land and take off in areas like disaster zones, where there may not be any flat surfaces, according to DARPA.
even if there are significant obstacles in the way, including rocky ledges or boulders. And besides making landings more versatile, the jointed legs also significantly reduce the damage inflicted on helicopters during"hard landings,"according to DARPA.
The agency said these improved capabilities can"greatly expand"the effectiveness of helicopters used for both military and nonmilitary purposes u
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