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Physical security is an evolving proposition. Whether your application is critical infrastructure, intrusion detection, border security, or access control, there are numerous solutions to consider. But the most compelling option...
Ouster’s L2X digital LiDAR chip, which powers all of their Rev 06 OS series LiDAR sensors, is the most powerful, high-performance chip that they have produced to date. Capable of...
The Dataspeed Drive-by-Wire Kit enables electronic control of a vehicle’s brake, accelerator, steering, gear shifting, indication and other ancillary functions, safely and effectively. It creates a secondary path to communicate...
Industrial automation promises a future of greater safety for humans and higher productivity for machines. Transforming this vision into reality requires equipment and systems to be robust, consistent and reliable....
Winter’s extreme challenges are something that Canadians know well, with weather and terrain often unforgiving and hazardous when venturing north during the colder months. Yet, research and exploration continue to...
Increased levels of autonomy are being added to passenger vehicles, but even greater levels of autonomy are being added to passenger buses and shuttles. With urbanisation on the rise, increasing...
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has innovatively integrated Kaarta Stencil-2 with a special camera to visualise radioactive substances in three dimensions. In 2011, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima...
Unmanned and self-operating vehicles – such as drones and mobile robots and – are powered by Lithium-ion Polymer (LiPo) batteries. Larger vehicle platforms can be powered by an ICE (Internal Combustion Engine), typically paired with a...
In the second part of our dive into the world of UAV technology we continue to consider how drones are making our world a more efficient and accessible place, and...
In May 2021, the Oxford Robotics Institute had a major field trial at JET (the Joint European Torus), at the UKAEA site in Culham, involving the remote operation of a customised Clearpath Robotics Husky mobile...
