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One of a small army of PhytoPatholoBots (PPB) developed by Cornell University and deployed to four grape breeding programs across the United States. These autonomous robots will roll through vineyards, using computer vision to gather data on the physiological state of each grapevine. They use a NovAtel SMART antenna. (Image: Allison Usavage / Cornell University)

April 10, 2023

Hexagon | NovAtel: Taking on land with SMART antennas

By Matteo Luccio

Image: Renu Robotics

April 10, 2023

Autonomous systems take on more tasks

By Matteo Luccio

L’avion jaune, a French UAV and aerial photogrammetry company, uses the Trimble Applanix APX-20 UAV GNSS-inertial OEM solution and a YellowScan VX-20 lidar on its M600 multirotor UAV. (Image: L’Avion Jaune)

April 10, 2023

Trimble Applanix: Unmanned aerial vehicles aid survey efforts

By Maddie Saines

To improve the efficiency of their hydrographic surveying services and expand them, Coastal Geomatics evaluated multiple USV, choosing the CHC Apache 4. (Image: Coastal Geomatics)

April 10, 2023

CHC Navigation: The boat boost

By Jodie Hartnell

Image: Angelo F-/ iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Image

April 2, 2023

Seen & Heard: Can GPS forecast rain?

By Maddie Saines

The Moonlight initiative will provide sustainable lunar data-relay services for communication and navigation around the Moon. (ESA Moonlight Study conceptual drawing.) (Image: SSTL/Airbus/ESA)

March 30, 2023

Research roundup: Space and lunar applications

By Maddie Saines

NASA-JPL prototype of POINTER base units on a first responder vehicle. The magneto-quasistatic fields they generate can be detected through walls, where legacy indoor positioning technologies fail. (Image: Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

March 28, 2023

Positioning through walls: DHS and NASA partner on indoor positioning and location solution

By Gavin Schrock

On Feb. 6, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkiye and northern Syria creating enormous damage throughout both countries.

March 21, 2023

Monitoring earthquakes, eruptions and avalanches to mitigate risk

By Brendon McHugh and Simon Ndiritu

Trueview 720. (Image: GeoCue)

March 20, 2023

Launchpad: Navigation software, UAV and lidar systems

By Maddie Saines

Artists rendering of the B-21 raider, which is being produced by Northrup Grumman for the U.S. Air Force to operate in tomorrow's high-end threat environment. (Image: U.S. Air Force)

March 17, 2023

What does the future hold for military and commercial systems dependent on current GPS?

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