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Matternet, Robotic Skies partner to provide field service and repair support for Matternet M2 UAS operators

February 18, 2020
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Matternet has partnered with Robotic Skies to provide field service and repair support for operators who fly the Matternet M2 drone logistics system.

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MIT researchers enables soft robotic arm to understand its configuration in 3D space using “sensorized” skin

February 14, 2020
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MIT has announced that for the first time, its researchers have leveraged just motion and position data from the “sensorized” skin of a soft robotic arm to enable it to understand its configuration in 3D space.

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UPS, Henry Schein to explore and test various UAS delivery use cases

February 4, 2020
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UPS and Henry Schein Inc. have signed an agreement to explore and test various UAS delivery use cases. The use cases would examine UAS within business-to-business operating models.

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UC San Diego Health and partners to deliver medical products between hospitals and laboratories using UAS

January 30, 2020
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To speed up the delivery of services and patient care currently managed through ground transport, UC San Diego Health will launch a pilot project in February to test using UAS to transport medical samples, supplies and documents between Jacobs Medical Center and Moores Cancer Center and the Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine (CALM).

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Boeing, Tactical Robotics partner to explore development of ducted fan propulsion technology

January 22, 2020
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Boeing has signed an agreement with Urban Aeronautics' subsidiary Tactical Robotics to explore the development of a ducted fan propulsion technology, which could potentially be used for piloted and autonomous light aircraft.

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Deloitte, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine examining benefits of using UAS to deliver medical samples

January 22, 2020
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Deloitte and Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) have announced that they are looking into how drone technology can help cut the time it takes to get medical samples to the laboratory.

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