Unmanned Systems Technology 043 April/May 2022
- Intro - Regulations and technology are combining to cut the costs of unmanned systems and promote their wider use
- Platform one: Mission-critical info - Researchers develop a reuseable probe to gather water data near glaciers, AI system improves radar sensor performance, exoskeleton destined for lunar caves exploration, and much more
- In conversation: Ray Leto - The CEO of TotalSim US explains how his time in motorsport drew him into providing modelling and simulation services to the world of unmanned systems
- Dossier: Auve Tech Iseauto - Spotting a gap in the market provided the impetus for developing this optionally powered SAE Level 4 taxi for places such as campuses, hospitals and business parks
- Focus: Charging - As the options for charging unmanned systems continue to grow, we report on which ones are best suited to different vehicles and their applications
- Digest: Advanced Navigation Hydrus - When it comes to ocean research you can opt for a single, large UUV or a batch of low-priced small ones. This company chose the latter, and in doing so came up with a novel design
- Insight: UGVs - Unmanned ground vehicles are turning up in all sorts of niche and ingenious applications. Here’s a selection of them
- Dossier: MVVS 116 - We report on how this company has applied its experience of building RC aircraft engines to produce this two-stroke boxer
- Digest: Windracers ULTRA - A heavy-lift UAV for delivering food aid over long distances needs to be robust, as do its flight control systems for BVLOS operation – issues that the team behind this craft have solved. But how?
- Show report: CES 2022 - Finally returning as an in-person event allowed a host of developers to show off their latest wares. Here are our highlights
- Focus: ECUs - We investigate the steps ECU developers are taking to continue supplying their products in the face of supply chain shortages
- In operation: Distant Imagery - In a novel application for a UAS, this company is repopulating mangrove forests in the UAE. This is how the system works
- PS: Mind-controlled UAVs - Research and prototype systems could one day allow UAV operators to control craft using little more than brain waves