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School of Robofish Provides Basis for Teams of Underwater Robots

University of Washington researchers have constructed a school of underwater ‘Robofish’ that are programmed to either all swim in one direction or all swim in different directions, basic tasks that can provide the building blocks for coordinated group movement.

New Robot Scouts Best Locations for Components of Undersea Lab

Sentry, an Autonomous underwater vehicle built by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution uses sonar and a towed camera to map two prospective sites for a seafloor laboratory.

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Technical Workforce Development Through Robotics: A Conversation With Dr. George Blanks

The US workforce currently has a two million person gap in workers qualified for technical positions, putting the country at a competitive advantage. What’s to be done? In this Q&A session with Robotics Trends’ contributing editor John Desmond, Dr. George Blanks, Director of K-12 Engineering Outreach for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University, believes that robotics in the form of the Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) program, is a step in the right direction.

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Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute and Caterpillar Inc. To Automate Large Off Highway Haul Trucks

CMU Robotics Institute partners with Caterpillar and leverages perception, planning and autonomous software architectures created for the DARPA Grand Challenge to develop driverless haul trucks.