by Emily Winter | Apr 2, 2018 | Industry, Legislation, Policy, Research, UAV
FERRUM — When asked about the future of Virginia’s economy, there is one industry at the top of Sen. Mark Warner’s mind. “If I was starting all over again, the area that I would go into is unmanned systems,” he said. Warner, who was an early investor in cellular...
by Emily Winter | Mar 13, 2018 | Industry, Policy, UAV
One shred of solace that surfaced as hurricanes and tropical storms pummeled Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico last fall was the opportunity to see drones realize some of their life-saving potential. During those disasters unmanned aircraft surveyed wrecked roads,...
by Emily Winter | Jan 8, 2018 | Curriculum, Research, Teleoperated Robots, UVA
Nicola Bezzo is using robots to map the past. Bezzo, a University of Virginia assistant professor in the departments of Systems and Information Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and two of his graduate students, Esen Yel and Tony Lin, have had a...
by Emily Winter | Dec 18, 2017 | Industry, Legislation, Policy, UAV, Virginia Tech
As Hurricane Irma churned inland over the Florida peninsula in early September, photojournalist Brian Emfinger readied his drone. After the eye passed over Naples, calming the 100-mph-plus winds and torrential rains, he lifted off. “Five minutes later, I’m flying over...
by Emily Winter | Dec 4, 2017 | Autonomous Vehicles, Curriculum, General Robotics, Research, Robotics Competitions
The challenges of coaxing a small, quirky robot along a ping-pong-table-sized course were readily apparent at Saturday’s Worker Bots contest. Held at Virginia Western Community College, Worker Bots was the 11th annual autonomous robot competition put on by the School...
