Flying robots that can show true autonomy and even a bit of politeness in working together and venturing into hostile environments are being developed by engineers at the University of Sheff... Read more
A new radar-based technology named Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER) has been developed When natural disasters or man-made catastrophes topple buildings, searc... Read more
If current technology trends are any indication, it’s possible that human lifeguards could be replaced by robots in the future. So far, we’ve seen a remote-controlled rescue buoy... Read more
“This is a very challenging design problem” Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as those used by the military for surveillance and reconnaissance, could be getting a hand –and an arm... Read more
Development in this area is no longer just a flight of fancy Remote-controlled quadrotor robots have been around for some time, but in the following video just released by a research team at... Read more
A patch about the size of the leather name tab on a pair of jeans could save your life one day A patch about the size of the leather name tab on a pair of jeans could save your life one day... Read more
Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are in development at various research institutes and aerospace firms worldwide with an eye toward someday being used in applications such as search and rescue oper... Read more