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'Autonomous' Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly
Stanford computer scientists
have developed an artificial
intelligence system that
enables robotic helicopters
to teach themselves to fly
difficult stunts by watching
... > full story
Heavy Trucks: Safety Research Identifies Factors That Lead To Loss Of Control, Accidents
Research carried out in
Sweden suggests that there
are three critical
manoeuvres that lead to loss
of control of heavy trucks
... > full story
Safer Skies For The Flying Public: New Air Traffic Control System Model Will Track Variables Without Human Input
Researchers are developing
an air traffic control
system that can track
multiple flight locations
and changing weather
... > full story
Space Age Engineers To Verify Control Software For Future Robotic Inter-planetary Missions
An international team of
engineers is to develop
mission-critical control
software for future European
robotic space missions, it
... > full story
- 'Autonomous' Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly
- Heavy Trucks: Safety Research Identifies Factors That Lead To Loss Of Control, Accidents
- Safer Skies For The Flying Public: New Air Traffic Control System Model Will Track Variables Without Human Input
- Space Age Engineers To Verify Control Software For Future Robotic Inter-planetary Missions
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Dashing Computer Interface To Control Your Car
September 2, 2008 — Researchers have developed a special dashboard computer to act as a single conduit for all devices emerging in modern cars – GPS, mobile, PDAs, intelligent car technologies. It should mean a ... > full story -
New Robot Scouts Best Locations For Components Of Undersea Lab
August 18, 2008 — Like a deep-sea bloodhound, Sentry -- the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own in demanding and rugged environments -- has helped scientists pinpoint ... > full story -
Robot Vehicle Surveys Deep Sea Off Pacific Northwest
August 18, 2008 — The first scientific mission with Sentry, a newly developed robot capable of diving as deep as 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) into the ocean, has been successfully ... > full story -
Energy Storage For Hybrid Vehicles
August 18, 2008 — Hybrid technology combines the advantages of combustion engines and electric motors. Scientists are developing high-performance energy storage units, a prerequisite for effective hybrid ... > full story -
Computer Simulates Thermal Stress
August 13, 2008 — A new simulation method has made it possible to predict in record time when and where heavily stressed engine components are likely to fail. Car manufacturers can thereby significantly reduce the ... > full story -
Promising Lithium Batteries For Electric Cars
August 11, 2008 — Why does lithium iron phosphate, a candidate for use in future lithium batteries, conduct electricity despite being an insulating material? Chemists have shed light on this paradox. Their ... > full story -
Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts Being Assessed
August 8, 2008 — Flying downwind from Chinese mainland, unmanned aerial vehicles will measure emissions of soot and other forms of black carbon during China's "great ... > full story -
Wind Powered Vehicle, Ventomobile, Ready To Race In The Netherlands
August 6, 2008 — Students have constructed a vehicle that is solely powered by wind energy, the Ventomobile. It took them many months of intense construction work to reach this goal. First wind tunnel testing ... > full story -
Military Use Of Robots Increases
August 5, 2008 — Robots in the military are no longer the stuff of science fiction. They have left the movie screen and entered the battlefield. Researchers report that the military goal is to have approximately 30% ... > full story -
Hybrid Cars Could Be More Reliable And Cheaper With New Fuel Cell Technology
August 3, 2008 — Scientists have revolutionized the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build. The breakthrough, published in ... > full story
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