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UToledo awarded grant to purchase new equipment to train students in autonomous vehicle tech, robotics

March 2, 2020
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Thanks to a $474,287 grant from the state of Ohio, the University of Toledo (UToledo) will purchase new state-of-the-art equipment to train students in the areas of autonomous vehicle-sensing technologies, robotics and vision-based systems for automation.

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Swiss Army selects Parrot as its micro-UAS provider

February 18, 2020
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As part of the “Swiss Mini UAV Program” (Swiss MUAS) call for tender against major civilian UAS players, Parrot has been selected to provide the Swiss Armed Forces with micro-drones.

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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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Persistent Systems to develop Protected Communications for Manned-Unmanned Teams for U.S. Army

February 11, 2020
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The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center has awarded Persistent Systems LLC a $5.4M contract to develop Protected Communications for Manned-Unmanned Teams (MUM-T).

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Sec. Chao releases version 4.0 of federal AV guidelines

January 8, 2020
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Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced the fourth iteration of the federal automated vehicle policy during a keynote speech at CES 2020. Named Automated Vehicles 4.0: Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies, the guidance streamlines federal guidance for 38 government agencies, departments, commissions and others, Chao said, and is aimed at maintaining highway safety while allowing development... Continue reading

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