America, Regulate Drones Now or Get Left Behind
Missy Cummings for Wired: Drones are a big business and getting bigger, a reality that comes with both economic opportunities and risks. The UAV market is set to jump from $5.2 billion in 2013 to $11.6 billion in 2023. Opportunities for delivery services, cinematography, and even flying cell towers could introduce thousands of jobs and reinvigorate an ailing aerospace market.
At the same time, drone sales to hobbyists have exploded. Registered drone operators in the US now outnumber registered manned aircraft. In tandem with that growth, close calls with commercial aircraft have more than doubled in the past two years. An analysis of FAA reports by Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone counts 28 instances in which pilots changed course in order to avoid a collision. Cont'd...
Mountain Aviation First FAA Certified Airline Approved for Commercial Drone Operations
After 23 years of operating private jets for business and leisure travelers, Mountain Aviation is expanding its product offering into the newly regulated field of commercial Drone operations.
Panasonic Develops Assist Robots
Back support offering Assist Suit: AWN-03 was developed to provide lower back support. When lifting and holding heavy objects, it reduces stress on the user's lower back by 15kg.
Texas UAS Summit & Expo agenda set to reveal industry trends, compelling UAS storylines
Produced by UAS Magazine, Lone Star UAS Test Site and Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). Texas UAS Summit will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the current state of the unmanned aircraft systems industry.
Robotics expert: Self-driving cars not ready for deployment
Joan Lowy for PHYS.org: Self-driving cars are "absolutely not" ready for widespread deployment despite a rush to put them on the road, a robotics expert warned Tuesday.
The cars aren't yet able to handle bad weather, including standing water, drizzling rain, sudden downpours and snow, Missy Cummings, director of Duke University's robotics program, told the Senate commerce committee. And they certainly aren't equipped to follow the directions of a police officer, she said.
While enthusiastic about research into self-driving cars, "I am decidedly less optimistic about what I perceive to be a rush to field systems that are absolutely not ready for widespread deployment, and certainly not ready for humans to be completely taken out of the driver's seat," Cummings said.
It's relatively easy for hackers to take control of the GPS navigation systems of self-driving cars, Cummings said.
"It is feasible that people could commandeer self-driving vehicles ... to do their bidding, which could be malicious or simply just for the thrill of it," she said, adding that privacy of personal data is another concern. Cont'd...
Robotics Tomorrow joins AutoSens 2016 as official media partner
Agreement with AutoSens 2016 will see discounts for readers and high quality industry coverage
I Sing the Body Electric
Prosthetic technology is advancing rapidly, but not without sticking points.
Interaerial SOLUTIONS - Biggest commercial UAS event cleared for take-off
Following on from the flight zone at INTERGEO 2014 in Berlin, interaerial SOLUTIONS last year celebrated its première as an integrated topic platform at INTERGEO. At INTERGEO 2016 in Hamburg, interaerial SOLUTIONS will run as a free-standing UAS platform for the first time.
Yost Labs Closes $1 Million Series A Funding
Ohio VCs Make Strategic Investment in Virtual Reality Sensor Firm
Image Processing 101
Sher Minn Chong wrote a good introductory to image processing in Python:
In this article, I will go through some basic building blocks of image processing, and share some code and approaches to basic how-tos. All code written is in Python and uses OpenCV, a powerful image processing and computer vision library...
... When we’re trying to gather information about an image, we’ll first need to break it up into the features we are interested in. This is called segmentation. Image segmentation is the process representing an image in segments to make it more meaningful for easier to analyze3.
Thresholding
One of the simplest ways of segmenting an image isthresholding. The basic idea of thresholding is to replace each pixel in an image with a white pixel if a channel value of that pixel exceeds a certain threshold... (full tutorial) (iPython Notebook)
Inside 3D Printing 2016: A world full of business models
1,400 visitors at the leading specialist conference on additive manufacturing methods
Professional Drone Leader Delair-Tech Announces US Subsidiary Plans, $14.5 Million In New Funding
Will also launch Delair-Services to provide "all inclusive"
drone solutions for major industrial groups
eSMART HMIs Give Manufacturers A Firm Grasp of Manufacturing Status
NEXCOM's eSMART solution can visualize, control, and monitor machining processes and production line status, enabling manufacturers to stay on top of daily operations with real-time data at all times.
Hilton and IBM Pilot "Connie," The World's First Watson-Enabled Hotel Concierge
Domain knowledge from Watson and WayBlazer will help personalize and enhance the Hilton guest experience
Commercial UAV Expo Issues Report on the Outlook for the Commercial Drone Market
Free Report Provides Insight from UAV Experts on Important Developments for Commercial Drones
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