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    Autonomous Vehicle Insurtech Koop Technologies Raises $2.5 Million Seed Round

    PITTSBURGH, Aug. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Koop Technologies, an insurance technology startup specializing in autonomous vehicle and robotics risks, has announced its $2.5M seed funding. Koop will use this capital to bring its data-driven insurance platform to more customers in the autonomous vehicle and robotics industries. The round was led by a leading deep tech... Continue reading

    Fitting In: People, Privacy, and Public Acceptance of Unmanned and Autonomous Systems

    XPONENTIAL 2021 ended its last day with a host of panel discussions about the impending challenges for autonomous and unmanned systems to fit in with our society and gain public acceptance.  The innovation of autonomous vehicles and systems is exciting and disruptive.  However, full social acceptance and adoption has specific challenges.  Developing a Workforce for... Continue reading

    Robotics pioneer ponders: Where are all of the robots?

    As co-founder of the Amazon Prime Air delivery-by-drone project, groundbreaking technologist Gur Kimchi has done more than his part to usher in a reality full of robots. But in his keynote Thursday, Kimchi posed what he called a key question: Why aren’t there more?“I have been irritating my friends for literally a decade with this... Continue reading

    On the Road to Assured Autonomy

    AUSVI's XPONENTIAL 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia, began day one with a focus on technology and an accent on how technology affords assured autonomy.  Panelists and speakers focused on the challenge of serving assured autonomy, delving into the processes and methodologies to ensure safe and practical systems for autonomous systems.   Panels tackled the issues via various topics. ... Continue reading

    University of North Dakota, DHS Sign Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for UAS Operations

    A new agreement between UND Aerospace and the U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations is a great opportunity for UND faculty and staff to involve aviation and UAS students in real-world scenarios and research, as well as to educate and train DHS employees, according to UND Aerospace officials. UND and U.S. Customs... Continue reading

    FAA Selects Iris Automation to Participate on New BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking Committee

    San Francisco, Calif. (June 11, 2021) – Iris Automation has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to participate in the FAA's BVLOS ARC (Aviation Rulemaking Committee), announced Wednesday at the virtual AUVSI FAA Symposium. The UAS BVLOS ARC will provide recommendations to the FAA for performance-based regulatory requirements to normalize safe, scalable, economically viable,... Continue reading

    Mayflower Autonomous Ship is loaded with future-focused technology as it prepares for historic, fully unmanned trans-Atlantic voyage

    Roughly 400 years ago, 101 people known as pilgrims made a risky, historic trans-Atlantic voyage from Plymouth, UK, toward Plymouth, Mass., in a ship called the Mayflower. This month, a collaboration of maritime boundary pushers aims to launch a second Mayflower to repeat the journey  – this time with no humans aboard. “This isn’t a... Continue reading

    Singer spotlights increasingly urgent questions for society as AI revolution picks up speed

    Futurist Peter Warren Singer drew lessons from the past in Wednesday’s XPONENTIAL 2021 keynote as he challenged his audience to grapple with the overarching questions that the prospect of an unmanned revolution raises for society. The questions, Singer noted, are increasingly urgent, given that advances toward the revolution have picked up dramatic speed during the... Continue reading

    Kate Darling Discusses the Future of Human-Robot Interaction

    Robotic systems are increasingly moving from behind factory walls into homes, workplaces and other where they interact with humans. What societal challenges will we face in a future with robots as a result? Over the course of her XPONENTIAL keynote and Q&A session, Kate Darling, PhD, addressed this and other complex questions that must be faced... Continue reading

    FAA’s Remote ID Rule Will Enable Drone Integration

    Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented new regulations addressing the remote identification of drones and drone operations over people and at night. The rules make critical steps toward assured autonomy by enabling more complex UAS uses, which will ultimately lead to more drone deliveries, public safety operations, and infrastructure inspections.  During today’s XPONENTIAL... Continue reading