Service Robotics

Design and Development

Feature Articles

Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog and its Consequences

Using unmanned aerial vehicles, researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are undertaking a long-term survey will profile pollutants to determine how much of Southern California’s air pollution comes from Asia, Mexico and from regions north of California.

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‘Nitty-Gritty’ but Vital Data Helps Field Rescue Robots

ASTM International, a voluntary technical standards development organization for materials, products, systems, and services, as part of a National Institute of Standards and Technology urban search and rescue robot performance standards project, has developed a new standard that describes specific ways to describe requirements for the storage, shipping and deployment of urban search and rescue robots.

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Evolution Robotics

Opinions

Issues in Robotics Workforce Development

The robotics industry must vie with all other industries for qualified engineering talent.  Unfortunately, the overall US pool of engineering talent is dropping right at a time when scores of existing engineers are preparing to retire. 

By John P. Desmond

Vendor Spotlight

iRobot Enters Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Market

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