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The registration for the pinnacle event of UK Robotics Week 2017, the International Robotics Showcase is now open.Jointly organised by theEPSRC UK-RASNetworkand the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), theInternational Robotics Showcasewill take place atIET Savoy Place in London from 9.00am–6.30pm.

Engineering students from Bath University have beaten other undergraduate teams to be crowned overall winners of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Challenge. Now in its third year, the annual event encourages teams of undergraduates to undertake a full design and build cycle of a UAS, also known as a drone, with specific mission objectives – before competing in a final ‘fly-off’ and j...

The CargoCopters are unmanned aircrafts that can lift off by themselves, cover fifty-kilometre distances, and reach speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour. Aeronautical and robotics engineer Bart Theys from the Department of Mechanical Engineering came up with the idea for this new type of drone about five years ago and based it on two existing models.“The most commonly used drones are multicopters,” says Theys.

As there has been a recent growth in autonomous flying drones, driven by advances in technology and economies of scale, thoughts turn to underwater drones becoming as cheap and ubiquitous as their airborne counterparts. Guest blog byMirko Bernacchi, Mouser Electronics.

There’s a limit to how fast autonomous vehicles can fly while safely avoiding obstacles. That’s because the cameras used on today’s drones can only process images so fast, frame by individual frame. Beyond roughly 30 miles per hour, a drone is likely to crash simply because its cameras can’t keep up.Recently, researchers inZurich invented a new type of camera, known as the DVS, that continuously visualises a scene in terms...

Each year, new cars are being equipped with electronic systems that improve vehicle performance; that add comfort and convenience; and that warn, detect, and take corrective measures to keep drivers safe and alert. Consumer demand and government mandates for many of these new systems, along with rising prices for many IC components within them, are expected to raise the automotive IC market 22% this year to a new record high of $28.0bn (Figure 1)...

In order to address the rapidly growing demand for reliable Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) technology,u-blox, Commsignia and NXP Semiconductors have announced a strategic collaboration.The adoption of V2X technology in North America and European markets equips new vehicles with the ability to securely and anonymously share information with other similarly equipped vehicles, infrastructure and even pedestrians within ...

Within KOLLMORGEN´s AKM series the DC servomotors with 48V winding for autonomous vehicles1- 6220, the Packman 200 finds its own way through the rows of shelves. Guest piece by; Sandra Becker, Marketing Communications Manager EMEA and India, KOLLMORGEN.

Qualcomm Technologies has announced the winners of the Europe Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF) programme. QInF is an annual programme that focuses on recognising, rewarding, and mentoring the most innovative engineering PhD students across Europe and the US.

NEXT Future Transportation and Globetouch Inc. have announced a partnership to deliver next generation municipal transportation solutions. Both companies made the announcement during the Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Conference in Silicon Valley, which brings together industry leaders to explore new business models in the implementation of transportation and mobility technology of the future.