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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

Source: Xwing A joint program by the U.S. has demonstrated fixed-wing cargo-carrying capability in a point-to-point flight between two airbases using a specially modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. Air Force and Xwing Inc. kg) payload.

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Virtual Incision’s mini surgical robot arrives at ISS

Robotics Business Review

A screen grab from a NASA broadcast shows a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station on Jan. Source: NASA Virtual Incision’s MIRA surgical robot system has made it to the International Space Station (ISS). More about the Virtual Incision MIRA platform The MIRA surgical robot.

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Make it British: Supporting Sovereign UK Supply Chain for Connected and Automated Mobility

i4.0 today

On 1 February 2023, the Government announced the winners of its deployments competition, where seven successful projects from around the UK form the most advanced set of commercial, self-driving passenger and freight operations anywhere in the world. cargo dolly. Partners: DRISK.AI

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Molder Emphasizes Circularity in Molding, Extrusion, Automation and AM

Mold Making Technology

Source | KraussMaffei KraussMaffei comes to NPE2024 with the motto “Make plastic green — with high quality and efficiency.” The linear robot LRX 150 from KraussMaffei with EOT from ACH Solution allows an inline production with inspections, weight check and separation.

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Flying cars and hyperloops?

E&T

Olson’s most recent prediction is that, assuming vehicle makers continue improving ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) software at the same rate they have done since the mid-2000’s DARPA challenges where robot cars occasionally mistook rocks for other cars, those lines will not intersect until around 2035. Why is ammonia better?