Unmanned Systems Technology 032 June/July 2020
- Intro - Announcing our new, free USE Network service
- Platform one: Mission-critical info - First production car with Level 3 autonomy starts shipping, satellite positioning with six-axis IMU unveiled, researchers use a team of different vehicles to map an area of the ocean bed, and more
- USE Network launch - Details of our initiative to provide technological solutions to the industry – the Unmanned Systems Engineering Network
- In conversation: Bjorn Gjelstad - Kongsberg Maritime’s marine robotics manager explains how his background led to his latest work surrounding the Hugin AUV
- Dossier: UAV Works VALAQ family - Take a flying-wing planform, use propellers to allow it to take off and land vertically without needing rotor tilting mechanisms and you get this tail-sitter with high speed and a long range
- Focus: Cable harnesses - We explore the latest options for connecting up the burgeoning range of subsystems in unmanned vehicles
- Insight: USVs - Development activity in the marine sector continues to grow, as this round-up of some new systems amply demonstrates
- Show update: AUVSI Xponential 2020 - In light of this show’s delay, developers have been unveiling new products during the lockdown. Here are some highlights
- Digest: MARIN modular AUV - We look at how this blank-sheet design is helping its Dutch research institute developers expand its autonomy testing toolbox
- Dossier: Suter Industries TOA 288 - The design and development story behind this naturally aspirated two-stroke boxer, the first in what is set to become a family of high-end UAV engines
- In Operation: Vitirover UGV - An object lesson in keeping it simple, with this automated grassmowing and weed-control vehicle
- Focus: AI systems - New ways of providing AI for unmanned systems are emerging. We look at and explain the key advances
- Digest: Vtrus Autonomy Brain Implant - The ABI is a ‘head’ that fits on different vehicle bodies to provide navigation in GNSS-denied environments. Here’s how it works
- PS: Unmanned systems in pandemics - How do you decontaminate UAVs that are used to help stop the spread of infectious diseases? Here are some solutions