by Emily Winter | Nov 29, 2017 | Ethics, Policy, Research, UAV
For several days Delphine Twese Hamwe’s 2-year old daughter, Ghislane Ihimbazwe, had been screeching in pain as fever wracked her tiny body. A nurse at the local clinic in central Rwanda told her that an acute form of malaria was attacking her daughter’s red blood...
by Emily Winter | Oct 12, 2017 | Augmenting Robots, Autonomous Vehicles, Ethics, General Robotics, Industry, Legislation, Policy, Teleoperated Robots
ADELPHI, Md. (Oct. 4, 2017) – The U.S. Army Research Laboratory recently announced the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Pennsylvania as lead research organizations for two enterprise research programs that will address challenges...
by Emily Winter | Oct 11, 2017 | Augmenting Robots, Autonomous Vehicles, Ethics, General Robotics, Industry, Legislation, Policy, Teleoperated Robots
Unmanned vehicles in ground combat units will likely first serve in resupply, transport and other logistics-based roles, said a lead Army Research Laboratory researcher. Stuart Young, head of ARL’s Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance project, told audience...
by Emily Winter | Sep 11, 2017 | Ethics, Policy, UAV
A Chesapeake-based company that trains amateur drone pilots coordinated more than 5,000 disaster relief missions in the Houston area after Hurricane Harvey. DroneUp, an app that’s the main interest of Chesapeake resident Tom Walker’s company DART Ventures, allows...
by Emily Winter | Sep 7, 2017 | Ethics, Event, Industry, Legislation, Policy
You are cordially invited to attend the discussions where a panel of experts from the DOAV, AOPA, AMA and AUVSI will address issues and your thoughts related to General Aviation and UAS operations in the vicinity of airports. Topics include: Determining whether your...
by Emily Winter | Sep 6, 2017 | Autonomous Vehicles, Ethics, Industry, Legislation, Policy
The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation designed to streamline rules governing self-driving cars. The legislation passed unanimously in a voice vote. In a highly polarized era, the debate over self-driving cars has been remarkable...