The EPSRC UK-RAS Network (Robotics and Autonomous Systems) has announced the launch of its first funding scheme of 2024, with ad-hoc funding available for up to £2k for suitable UK academic projects. The grants are designed “to enable academic engagement and growth in the field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems in line with the specific priorities of the UK-RAS NetworkPlus,” ...
Students are taking part in a robotics STEM competition with a twist: the challenges involved are designed by the nuclear power industry.
Welcome the new electric era of the Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics. Reports of the demise of Atlas, it seems, were greatly exaggerated… It turns out that the previous hydraulic Atlas, which has been retired, was but an evolutionary step towards a robotic Übermensch. The electric version of Atlas will be stronger, says the company, with a broader range of ...
It's been a while in development but the Alvik robot system is now here - Arduino's new STEM support for coding and robotics is available.
Children from Cambourne, near Cambridge, are set to represent the UK in the Asia Pacific FIRST LEGO Robotics Open Championship, which will be held in Sydney in July. To reach the grand final in Australia, teams from the Cambourne Educational Robotics Club (CERC) competed with 75 regional champions from schools across the UK and Ireland. At the IET-backed FIRST LEGO ...
ClearSpace, the in-orbit services specialist founded in Switzerland, is highlighting that its CLEAR Mission – for space debris removal – has reached a key development milestone. Specifically, it has achieved Preliminary Design Review (PDR) maturity, marking a significant advancement for making space operations more sustainable, said the company. The mission is funded as part of the UK Space Agency’s national ...
The use of robots should trump that of astronauts when it comes to government funded space travel, suggests Lord Rees (OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP), the cosmologist and astrophysicist. The UK’s Astronomer Royal – his official title – has said government funding should no longer be used to send people into space. Talking in the context of space exploration ...
There's space laser communications, FD-SOI/ePCM 32bit MCUs from ST, an AI vision and real-time control MCU for industrial robots and machinery, and Imec's nanowell FET design...
The most important aspect to consider in time-of-flight technology is the drastic change in embedded vision technology, says Maharajan Veerabahu. From the 1970s when it was first theorised to its status today, the leaps in technology have blazed a new era in advanced imaging for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). The most common uses of the AMRs are in industrial warehouses, ...
DigiKey is launching Series 3 of a video sequence entitled ‘Farm Different’, which explores agri-tech. The series features three episodes that look into the future of farming to determine what innovations will power the next generation of global food production. For example, how robotics and autonomous vehicles are coming to the farm and also the integral data necessary to maximize ...
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