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Carnegie Mellon University to send first US robotic rover to the Moon in 2021

David Szondy June 6, 2019

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has announced that it plans to send the first American unmanned rover to the Moon in July 2021. The miniature four-wheeled robot will ride aboard the Peregrine lander along with 14 other scientific payloads and will carry a miniature art gallery on its journey.

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Military

Combat robot with over-the-horizon control put through its paces in live-fire exercise

David Szondy May 28, 2019

At a recent live-fire exercise in Tapa, Estonia, the latest version of Milrem Robotics and ST Engineering's ground combat robot showed off its ability to operate under Beyond Line Of Sight (BLVOS) control while equipped with the ADDER DM Remote Weapon Station.

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Military

Raytheon's "universal remote" could operate all the US Navy's unmanned vehicles

David Szondy May 7, 2019

Raytheon is developing what is billed as a universal remote for the US Navy that will allow a single unit to control a wide range of unmanned vehicles, saving space onboard ships as well as making pilot training easier.

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Marine

Unmanned surface vessel successfully crosses Atlantic

Paul Ridden September 4, 2018

After trying and failing last year, Offshore Sensing has now succeeded in sailing an unmanned vessel across the Atlantic. The Sailbuoy Met was deployed from Newfoundland on June 7, 2018 and reached the coast of Ireland on August 26, a distance of 3,000 km.

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Marine

Unmanned rover will study the surf zone

Ben Coxworth April 23, 2018

Conducting scientific research in the ocean's surf zone can be challenging, as conventional watercraft get tossed all over the place. Well, what about using a remote-control tracked vehicle that crawls along the bottom? That's just what the Surf Rover is planned to be.

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Aircraft

Russian unmanned, long-range, hybrid multirotor wants to do the heavy lifting

Loz Blain November 21, 2017

This chunky multirotor can carry up to a 400-lb payload, and fly for up to eight hours. The SKYF uses the power and endurance of gasoline engines for lift, and the instant torque of electric motors for control and stabilization, resulting in a heavy-lift, affordable multirotor using today's tech.

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Drones

Yamaha to launch YMR-01 multi-rotor drone in 2018

Mike Hanlon October 10, 2017

Yamaha announced today that it will show a multi-rotor YMR-01 drone at tomorrow's Next Generation Agriculture Expo in Tokyo. The YMR-01 is one of many new agricultural drones to be launched at the expo, but it is a landmark in that it is the first multicopter to be shown by Yamaha.​

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Drones

Closed wing tiltrotor aircraft downsized for the UAV market

Rich Haridy August 30, 2017

For several years​, VTOL Aerospace has been developing a closed wing tiltrotor aircraft that blends the VTOL capabilities of a helicopter with the range and efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft. The company has now revealed its latest line, a smaller unmanned version called a Converticopter.

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Aircraft

CARNAC program to put robots in the pilot's seat

Darren Quick June 21, 2017

RE2 Robotics, a Carnegie Mellon spin-off located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been tapped by the US Air Force to develop a drop-in robotic system that can fly an unmodified aircraft in much the same way as a human pilot.

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Drones

MIT's gasoline-powered UAV targets five-day flight endurance

Rich Haridy June 7, 2017

A team of engineers at MIT has developed a cheaper UAV design that has the ability to stay aloft for up to five days at low-altitudes on a single tank of gasoline, potentially offering communications support in areas struck by natural disasters.

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