Monthly Archives: October 2016

• Quartz: An adorable toy robot is teaching kids how to code

  Posted on October 31, 2016 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  He can walk, do a funky dance, and even play soccer. Developed by the British robotics company Robotical, Marty the robot is supposed to be simple enough for children to program. Kids can write the software that powers Marty using Scratch, a graphic programming language that lets them drag and drop commands to build the robot’s movements. By [...]

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  The Guardian: Reach for the sky: five of the best drones

  Posted on October 31, 2016 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  Discover your inner aviator, from the entry level Parrot Mambo to the high-spec DJI Phantom We all have our own way of transcending the banality of everyday life. A good book, going to the gym, watching our football teams struggle to reach the heights or avoid the lows. Taking to the sky with a drone [...]

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• Arkansas Online: IBM robot to learn role of educator

  Posted on October 31, 2016 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  The world’s largest education company is leveraging IBM’s Watson platform as it tries to take college tutoring from campus libraries to the virtual world. Pearson PLC is partnering with Armonk, N.Y.-based International Business Machines Corp. to use the Watson artificial intelligence product as an online tutor for college-course software. The companies recently announced a pilot [...]

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  The Westerly Sun: Local robot used in Yellowstone work

  Posted on October 31, 2016 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  MYSTIC — A remotely operated vehicle, designed and built by a local nonprofit, spent three weeks this summer exploring the depths of Yellowstone Lake. Through the exploration, the robot, nicknamed Yogi by its creators at the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration (GFOE) based in Mystic, provided scientists and researchers with views of volcanic vents, 20-foot [...]

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  Tech Republic: Our autonomous future: How driverless cars will be the first robots we learn to trust

  Posted on October 31, 2016 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  In this in-depth report, learn why self-driving cars are inevitable, what the industry is doing about safety, and what it will take to get autonomous vehicles into the mainstream. In March 2015, an Audi SQ5 began its nine-day journey from the Golden Gate Bridge to midtown Manhattan. The 3400-mile drive involved the normal obstacles: construction, [...]

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  eMarketer: Millennials Are Most Receptive to the Idea of Drone Deliveries

  Posted on October 31, 2016 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  Boomers are not fans of the concept  Millennials are more likely than baby boomers and Gen Xers to like the idea of drone delivery services, June 2016 research indicates. Interestingly—and at the same time not necessarily surprisingly—most boomers dislike the concept. According to the survey from the United States Postal Service (USPS), millennials had an optimistic attitude [...]

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  ABC News: Sky’s the limit: Making drones more accessible to agricultural industry with World Drone Challenge

  Posted on October 31, 2016 by auvsiadmin in Enhancing Public Safety, Environmental Protection, News, Spotlight on Programs.

  A Queensland researcher is looking to highlight what drone technology means for graziers and how they manage their livestock in northern Australia. Toowomba drone expert Josh Keegan is currently working with CASA to create a new global competition to showcase how drone research can be applied to various industries. Media player: “Space” to play, “M” [...]

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  Forbes: Google To Spin Off Self-Driving Car Business

  Posted on October 28, 2016 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  Google’s self-driving cars business is ready to “graduate” from its experimental phase and into its own independent entity outside of Google, according to CEO John Krafcik, speaking at the Nikkei Innovation Forum in Palo Alto on Wednesday. “Around a year ago we announced this new Alphabet structure and the ‘bet’ of Alphabet is sort of a [...]

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• ABC News: Drone Video Reveals Rarely-seen Bowhead Whales in the Arctic

  Posted on October 24, 2016 by auvsiadmin in Environmental Protection, News, Spotlight on Programs, STEM Education and Learning.

   Rare video of one of Canada’s largest marine mammals is helping both researchers and the public get a closer look at the Arctic species.   Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/video/drone-video-reveals-rarely-bowhead-whales-arctic-42986189 

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  Yahoo Finance: BMW CEO: Electric cars are ‘not enough’ — they must be self-driving, too

  Posted on October 24, 2016 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  BMW is making a bold push for electric cars, but CEO Harald Krueger said it’s not enough to just go electric. In a Monday interview with Automotive News, Krueger said the next addition to its electric i series car line, the iNext, will have self-driving capabilities. “When the iNext is on the market, it will not be enough, [...]

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